National Events

25 April 2020 : AGM and Spring Conference
25 Apr 2020 10:00National Event
Speakers to be decided.
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'The Battle of Fromelles' with Niall Cherry'
04 May 2020 19:30Lancashire (North)
Niall Cherry will be giving a talk on the Battle of Fromelles. Image: a German strongpoint in the F…
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'To Kill a Sub: the U-boat campaign and anti-submarine strategy, tactics an…
04 May 2020 19:30Lancashire (North)
To Kill a Sub: the U-boat campaign and anti-submarine strategy, tactics and operations in the Great …
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Secret Victory :- by Nick Baker
05 May 2020 19:30Chesterfield
Secret Victory. An overview of the British Army’s battle against venereal disease with a particular…
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"British cavalry on the Western Front" by Professor Stephen Badsey
06 May 2020 19:30Cambridgeshire
In this presentation Professor Stephen Badsey will be giving a detailed account of the cavalry's org…
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Corporal Vince Schürhoff (Part II): Life Off-Duty
09 May 2020 14:00Yorkshire
Corporal Vince Schürhoff came from a Birmingham business family that was German on his father’s side…
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Tea Pots to Tin Lids a talk by Andrew Rawson
09 May 2020 15:30Yorkshire
This talk is inspired by a factory owned by James Dixon, who lived in Sheffield. His firm switched f…
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AGM and Members Evening.
13 May 2020 19:45Heart of England
This meeting will give branch members an opportunity to share with the rest of the branch a specific…
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MIKE COYLE - “PROPOGANDA & REPORTAGE”
16 May 2020 14:00Birmingham
MIKE COYLE - “PROPOGANDA & REPORTAGE” Propaganda & Reportage The way that the war was rep…
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The Battle of Loos Revisited - a presentation by Colin Ellender
16 May 2020 14:30Ox & Bucks
Colin returns to our Branch and will be discussing revisiting The Battle of Loos giving new perspect…
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Up Close & Personal - Infantry Weapons of Trench Warfare with Taff Gillingh…
18 May 2020 20:00Southend on Sea
Suffolk WFA Branch Chairman Taff Gillingham is a military historian specialising in the life of the …
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“The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of The Great War” with Rac…
21 May 2020 19:30London (East)
From the cover of Rachel Duffett's book, "The Stomach for Fighting: Food and the Soldiers of the Gre…
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23 May 2020 : 8th President's Conference - Theme '1915 Revisited'
23 May 2020 09:00National Event
This annual event is held at the Tally Ho! Club, Birmingham each May. The theme, with speakers to b…
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The Gun Machine:- by Rob Thompson
02 Jun 2020 19:30Chesterfield
'The Gun Machine: A Case Study of the Industrialisation of Battle during the Flanders Campaign, 191…
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"Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson" by John Spencer
03 Jun 2020 19:30Cambridgeshire
In this talk John Spencer will be exploring the career of Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, who was t…
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