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
The January 2024 has been cancelled. We will not have a meeting in January 2024. We start the year's programme on Monday 2 February 2024.
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 Battle of Nonne Boschen 11 November 1914 by Vern Littley'
The Battle of Nonne Boschen by Vern Littley A look at the battlefield today, the best stands to view the battle, retell the story of how XLI Brigade RFA stopped the Prussian Guard.
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'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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