Welcome to the Lancashire (North) branch of The Western Front Association.
The branch continues to meet every month at The Victoria Institute, 2-4 Brookhouse Road, Caton, Lancaster. LA2 9QT.
ATTENTION
Change of Venue for May Meeting.
The May meeting will be held at the Lansil Club, Caton Road, LA1 3PE.
The Victoria Institute is closed for rewiring and we will return there after this is completed.
Meetings are usually held on the first Monday in the Month. The only exception is when the Monday is a Bank Holiday and we then move the meeting to the Tuesday.
The doors open at 7pm with the talk starting promptly at 7.30pm.
The talks are about one hour long with time for a Q&A session. The meeting finishes with tea/coffee and biscuits with time to chat to the speaker and other attendees.
The branch aims to cover many different aspects of the Great War.
Entrance donations of £5.00 are invited and this includes an entry into the raffle. The prizes are a bottle of wine and several books on the Great War.
New attendees are always given a warm welcome.
Members of the Western Front Association and non-members are invited to join us.
Upcoming Branch Events
'The Imperial Camel Corps by Martyn James
The Imperial Camel Corps was raised in 1916 by the British Army's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and tonight Martyn will tell their little known story. We welcome Martyn for his first talk at the branch. He is from the East Lancashire Branch and coordinates their talks.
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'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria by Richard Preston'
'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria'. Richard's talk looks at the development of VADs and how they were directly related to the growth of Auxiliary Hospitals (VAD hospitals) and the civilian appetite for voluntary efforts. It is based upon a report written in 1921 of the work done in Cumbria…
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'Branch AGM 2024 and Members' Contributions'
This year we are continuing with the traditional format of the AGM followed by members' contributions. All members are invited to contribute and share any experience or bring along memorabilia and artifacts that they would like to share with the branch members. If you have visited any sites or events that you feel are special in any way then pl…
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