National Events
June Branch Meeting Cancelled
27 Jun 2020 14:00Scotland (Tayside)
BRANCH MEETING CANCELLED Along with many others, our branch meeting and talk scheduled for Satu…
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“From business as usual to total war” :- by Tony Bolton
07 Jul 2020 19:30Chesterfield
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Shout at the Devil - Kevin Patience
08 Jul 2020 19:30Somerset
Shout at the Deveil by Kevin Patience Come and hear the true story of the SMS Konisberg a Germ…
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The Guns of Le Cateau by Vern Littley.
08 Jul 2020 19:45Heart of England
Vern looks at the Le Cateau battlefield as it is today, pointing out the best vantage points from wh…
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All Arms Warfare - a West Yorkshire Brigade at Cambrai
11 Jul 2020 14:30Yorkshire
Fraser Skirrow makes a welcome return to the branch. On 20th November 1917 the West Yorkshire Batt…
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Peter Hart 'V Beach Gallipoli 25 April 1915'
13 Jul 2020 18:30Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
We welcome back Peter Hart who has recently retired as an oral historian at the Imperial War Museum.…
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'Robert Circan, A General's Son and Captain of 18th Regiment D'Infanterie' …
18 Jul 2020 14:00Birmingham
A general's son is the story of a child born into a military family who joined the army at 1…
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Book launch of Defending Trinity College Dublin: Anzacs in the 1916 Rising …
29 Jul 2020 13:00Antrim and Down
Rory Sweetman’s new book challenges the historical orthodoxy that Trinity College Dublin was never u…
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'Vera Brittain 1893-1970: Her Life Known and Unknown by Philomena Badsey'
03 Aug 2020 19:30Lancashire (North)
"Vera Brittain 1893-1970 - Her Life Known and Unknown" Vera Brittain's 'Testament of Youth (1933)' …
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Disabled Soldiers Returning After WWI - by Beth Griffiths
04 Aug 2020 19:30Chesterfield
Information to be confirmed later Beth Griffith lives in Swansea and has a BA Politics and Hist…
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The U Boat Campaign and Experiences 1914-18: Graham Kemp
08 Aug 2020 14:30Yorkshire
This presentation begins with essential differences between U-boats and Submarines, as different con…
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'The Third Anglo Afghan War' by Dr Adam Prime
10 Aug 2020 18:30Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
The Third Anglo-Afghan War is a conflict very closely tied to the First World War. Firstly, it occur…
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War Across the Water: The Belgian Army on the River Yser by Chris Baker.
12 Aug 2020 19:45Heart of England
It is well known that the Belgians flooded the flat lands of the River Yser to bring the German adva…
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'Eclectic Mix of WW1 Photographs' with Roy Larkin
15 Aug 2020 14:00Birmingham
A diverse mix of some 150 WW1 related photographs and postcards from my own collection. Mostly, but …
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A Prelude to War’ (An Archduke’s Visit ;_ by John Taylor
01 Sep 2020 19:30Chesterfield
‘A Prelude to War’ (An Archduke’s Visit) This presentation, in part, explores the surprising visit …
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