Birmingham branch
Welcome to the Birmingham Branch of The Western Front Association.
Meetings begin at 2.00pm with doors open from 1.30pm. and are usually concluded by 4.00pm.
Refreshments are served during the interval and adjacent parking is free of charge.
There is an excellent Cross City Rail link embracing Lichfield, Birmingham, Redditch and calling at Sutton Coldfield.
Non-members are made most welcome and we encourage their attendance. A small voluntary donation towards the expenses of the speaker and the venue would be appreciated. Any new visitors are guaranteed a friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome from a group of like-minded enthusiasts.
A day of magnificent achievement
Seven days after the start of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March, the enemy launched another major assault on the fronts of Third and First Armies. Sometimes overlooked by British historians as being merely an extension of Operation Michael
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No bullets & blood
About half of the 1914 workforce became involved the war in a military capacity but the home population as well as the military personnel still needed to be clothed and fed
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Haig’s Command Strategy
Three key elements of Haig's and the BEF's First World War doctrine and command philosophy.
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The rising of the son
This presentation focuses on the selection and exhumation of the Unknown Warrior
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Do we fight the British or the Germans? Boer rebellion 1914-1918
A little known episode of the Great War when with bitter memories of the Boer War
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August 1914 - Following a supply column
the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War
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Grandfather & the south African native labour corps
the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe
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RAF involvement of battle of Amiens
Brief cover of the ground plan followed by detailed coverage of the RAF Structure
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Birmingham branch news
Second Lieutenant Eric Arthur Walker 9th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
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