Welcome to the Birmingham Branch.
PLEASE NOTE : As from September meetings take place at:
Royal British Legion
12 Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7AL
The meetings begin at 2.00 pm with doors open from 1.30 pm. and are usually concluded by 4.00 pm.
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.
We have our own website: The Western Front Association (Birmingham Branch) where you will find the programme of events, contacts, newsletter, and branch business.
Upcoming Branch Events
The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp
The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp The Inside Story' This final talk in series on commerce raiders, shows how the German U-boat became the commerce raider of the war and how it ended in failure. It includes the remarkable stories and experiences of those who served in the U Boats, what was it like to serve in them.
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A study of British Second Corps 1914. - Geof White
A study of British Second Corps 1914.' I can send you a short summary in due course. Basically historians generally support that Smith-Dorrien's Second Corps, despite its performances at Mons and Le Cateau was a poorer performing formation compared to other Corps in the BEF and particularly Haig's Fist Corps. My research did turn up some surpr...
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The Road to Baghdad – Jonathan Dale
: The Road to Baghdad – Jonathan Dale The campaign in Mesopotamia started out as a simple operation to protect the new oil fields, : It finally ended up in Baghdad but on the way the British forces suffered one of it’s greatest and humiliating defeats.
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