Mobilization. The 18 Days 5-22 August 1914

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Tony Bolton is the National Chair of The WFA and has been a member of The WFA since the very beginning in 1980. After retiring from a career in civil engineering Tony studied for a Master’s Degree in First World War History at Birmingham. Tony’s talk will focus on the less than three weeks before the first battle of the war – at Mons on 23 August.  This is an interesting period – the preparation, organisation and despatch of the thousands of men of the BEF to face the battles to come.

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