National Events
'Clearing the dead 1919-1939' by Peter Hodgkinson
02 Sep 2020 19:30Cambridgeshire
Peter Hodgkinson will be examining about how the battlefields were cleared of fallen soldiers after …
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The Experiences of Black Watch Veterans after the Great war
05 Sep 2020 14:00Scotland (Tayside)
Dr Derek Patrick Derek will explore the experiences of demobilised Black Watch soldiers in the yea…
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Maj. General (Retd) Mungo Melvin: Learning from the First World War: The Br…
05 Sep 2020 14:30Wessex
Major-General Robert Adam Mungo Simpson Melvin CB OBE is a retired British Army officer, and a noted…
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'German War Birds by Graham Kemp'
07 Sep 2020 19:30Lancashire (North)
German War Birds by Graham Kemp Our Branch Chairman Graham Kemp will give his new talk on the Germa…
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Nobody of Any Importance: A Foot Soldier's Memoir of World War One by Phil …
09 Sep 2020 19:45Heart of England
Phil's father, Sam Sutcliffe, was a World War One 'Tommy.' He enlisted at the age of 16 in the 2/1st…
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The Whippet Tank: a talk by Rob Langham
12 Sep 2020 14:30Yorkshire
The Medium Mark A 'Whippet' Tank was a new type of tank thought up just two weeks after the first Mk…
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'Gallipol, A Foot Soldier's First Battle' with Phil Sutcliffe
19 Sep 2020 14:00Birmingham
I'll read excerpts from my father's experiences – touching on the poor London childhood that 'made' …
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India's Great War with Dr Adam Prime
28 Sep 2020 19:30Preston & Central Lancashire
Adam's talk looks at India's contribution to the First World War in every sense of the word. It take…
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Tom Cousins (Bournemouth University): The world's first aircraft carrier
03 Oct 2020 14:30Wessex
Commissioned in 1924, HMS Hermes served briefly with the Atlantic Fleet before spending the bulk of …
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Tanks in the 100 Days:- by Peter Harris
06 Oct 2020 19:30Chesterfield
Tanks in the 100 Days (more info to follow) -------------------------------…
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"Motorcycle dispatch riders in 1914" by Nick Shelly
07 Oct 2020 19:30Cambridgeshire
In this talk Nick will describe the motorcyclists contribution to the 1914 campaign, from their own …
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'Hartelebury V.A.D.' a talk by Doug Smith
09 Oct 2020 19:00Midlands (East)
In the First World War many hundreds of houses were converted into hospitals to help cope with the m…
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The Half-Shilling Curate: A personal account of faith & war during WW1
10 Oct 2020 14:30Yorkshire
In this talk, Sarah Reay will tell the story of an Army Chaplain from Yorkshire, the speaker's grand…
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Sarah Reay 'The Half Shilling Curate: A personal account of war and faith 1…
12 Oct 2020 18:30Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
Sarah's talk is based on her book "The Half Shilling Curate". The story of First World War army chap…
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Food Glorious Food - Pat Adamson
14 Oct 2020 19:30Somerset
Food Glorious Food - Pat Adamson A look at the types of food that were available at home and i…
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