Welcome to the Scotland (Tayside) branch of The Western Front Association.
We meet at 2.30pm at Glasite Hall, which is adjacent to St Andrew's Church, King Street, Dundee, DD1 2JB. (Bottom of King Street next door to the Wellgate Centre).
Forthcoming 2019 Meetings
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29 June |
TBA |
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7 September |
Television and the Great War by Taff Gillingham |
Upcoming Branch Events
In Search of the Unknown Warrior
Ron Scrimgeor The story of the 'Unknown Warrior' has fascinated Ron Scrimgeour for more than forty years. His research began then with the Ministry of Defence and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Military matters were not a high priority then and the Vietnam War summed up an unofficial attitude – that the military were a necessary evil and …
Event DetailsTelevision and The Great War
Taff Gillingham. Using his own experience of the television industry over the past 15 years, Taff looks at how The Great War has been portrayed on British Television over the past 50 years. Suffolk-based Taff Gillingham is a phenomenon. He is a military historian specialising in the British and Commonwealth soldier, 1899-1960 and is an expert …
Event DetailsAspects of War - A Great War Tribute
The Strathmore Speakers Club. Just a week before Armistice Day the members of the Strathmore Speakers Club will deliver a programme of short speeches on aspects of the Great War and its aftermath interspersed with readings from Scottish war poets and including a presentation on Western Front cemeteries.
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