Welcome to the Chesterfield branch. )We meet at Chesterfield Labour Club, 113 Saltergate, Chesterfield, 1st Tuesday of the Month.
(Entrance to Club 'free' car park is on Tennyson Ave reached via St Margaret's Drive from Saltergate direction (one way system)
Members of The Western Front Association and non-members are equally welcome to attend. We ask for a modest £3 donation on the door to assist in covering room charges and speaker expenses, The Club licensed bar is available for use by all attending our meetings.
Please note: as we use a private club's premises on your first visit we will ask you to complete a temporary club membership form at our Welcome desk. This is required to fulfil the Club's Licensing Regulations and is regardless of whether or not you will use the bar. The annual one-off cost is covered by the branch out of your donation.
(After the speakers talk there is a Q&A session with the speaker, followed by a raffle, raffle tickets can be purchased at the door for £1 per ticket.)
Any new visitors will be assured of a welcoming and friendly atmosphere among a group of like-minded enthusiasts
Planned Meetings for 2025 are under
TUESDAY 1st April 2025
Due to personal circumstances, this talk will now be on `Quintinshill 22nd May 1915 – Britain`s Worst Railway Disaster` by Grant Cullen (the talk that was scheduled for January but cancelled due to inclement weather)
Please have a look at the following links (which you may find of interest)
Western Front Association Facebook Page
Chesterfield Western Front Association Facebook Page
Upcoming Branch Events
topic to be confirmed - by Roy Larkin
topic to be confirmed - by Roy Larkin This talk details will be posted when they become available from Mr Larkin
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'Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914' by Nick Shelley
'Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914' Nick Shelley will describes the motorcyclists' contribution to the 1914 campaign,using their own words and their own previously unpublishedphotographs. More info will be uploaded when it becomes available
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'The Mesopotamia Campaign from the Fall of Kut to the capture of Baghdad, 30 April 1916 to 11 March 1917'. - by Tony Bolton
'The Mesopotamia Campaign from the Fall of Kut to the capture of Baghdad, 30 April 1916 to 11 March 1917'. The campaign in Mesopotamia leading up to the surrender at Kut is fairly well known. However, as is often the case, whilst Britain's failures are well publicised, successes are somehow considered to be less worthy of study, Fear of jin...
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