National Events

The 2nd Battle at Ramadi
15 Nov 2025 14:00Scotland (Tayside)
Paul Knight. Major Paul Knight PhD VR FRHistS is an Army Reserve of...
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The Battle of Messines Ridge with Colin Ellender
15 Nov 2025 14:30Ox & Bucks
Colin introduces the Battle of Messines Ridge that started at 3.10a...
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Great War Military Commanders at the Battle of Omdurman 1898 by Peter Hart
17 Nov 2025 19:45Tyneside
They weren’t always old! Great War generals were once young and the...
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'From this point the tourist should go on foot': experiencing the Somme,...
17 Nov 2025 20:00Southend on Sea
Unlike Ypres, which although devastated was close to the channel po...
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'Three Gentlemen go to War' by Richard Lloyd
21 Nov 2025 19:30Worcestershire & Herefordshire
This is the story of two brothers of the Ferrers family of Baddesle...
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The Pocock Family
27 Nov 2025 20:00Thames Valley
Trevor Hancock : The Pocock Family. From Sparsholt to Bromley via T...
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The Cork War Memorial by Barry Linehan
29 Nov 2025 14:00Cork
Unveiled on St. Patrick’s Day 1925, the Great War Memorial on the...
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'Branch AGM 2025 and Members Contributions'
01 Dec 2025 19:30Lancashire (North)
This year we are continuing with the traditional format of the AGM...
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An Historians Wrongful Assumption ? - a short look at Sniping and how it...
02 Dec 2025 19:30Chesterfield
(a short look at Sniping and how it developed in World War One) Mor...
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‘Chaplains and the London Regiment - 1900 to 1920’ a talk by Dr Peter Ho...
04 Dec 2025 19:15Middlesex
The creation of the Territorial Force saw a massive change in the w...
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Logistic Support in the BEF
05 Dec 2025 19:30Wales (South)
Logistic Support in the BEF a talk by Viv John Logistic support in...
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Branch Christmas Party, and Mighty Quiz
06 Dec 2025 13:30Yorkshire (West Riding)
Today we have no speaker booked, so we will meet up to talk, and t...
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"The most important naval fortress in the British Empire". The fortifica...
07 Dec 2025 14:00Scotland (South)
"Yet in 1916 the Forth became the most powerful naval fortress – mo...
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'Why were the British on the Somme?' by Ross Beadle and Neil Pudney:
07 Dec 2025 14:00Wiltshire
For our December branch meeting Ross Beadle and Neil Pudney will po...
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