Welcome to the Essex branch of the Western Front Association.
We meet at two venues, one every other month, meet from 7:30 for an 8pm start.
Please note that our meetings are always open to both members and non-members of the WFA.
Hatfield Peverel: The Bar Area, The Village Hall, Maldon Rd, Hatfield Peverel, CM3 2HP on the second Wednesday of January, March, May, July September and November.
Hornchurch: 'The Poppy Lounge', 1st Floor, Legion House (RBL Hornchurch Branch), 205 High Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3XT, on the second Wednesday of February, April, June, August, October and December
Car parking available onsite at Hatfield Peverel.
There is very limited parking at the actual venue in Hornchurch but ample nearby in public car park in Fentiman Way. This car park now charges for evening / overnight parking and no longer accepts cash. There is one machine that is pay-by-card and this is right by the entrance to the car-park.
Both venues allow use of the bar.
We request an entrance donation £3.50.
There is a book raffle at each meeting which supports our Memorial Fund, allowing us to assist in memorial development, principally in Essex.
For information we also have a Branch Facebook page, which is regularly updated. As you would expect this has a strong Essex focus. Search under The Western Front association Essex Branch.
Contact Jim Kevany
Upcoming Branch Events
“Redipuglia Italian 3rd Army Memorial” - James Paul Smyth
This talk is about the largest war memorial in Italy and one of the largest in the world, housing the remains of 100,187 Italian soldiers killed between 1915 and 1917 in the battles fought on the Karst and Isonzo Front. James regularly visits the area and has family there. One of his relatives served in the Austrian forces in the First World War...
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'The grass that blows o'er English graves": the Great War and British visions of the Flemish landscape. – Mark Connelly
On Wednesday 10th of September, We welcome the return of Mark Connelly to our Hatfield Peverel venue. This talk will look at various plans and suggestions to maintain Flanders in an attempt to keep alive the memory of the sacrifices and losses in that land Sacred to the British. We meet from 7:30pm, for an 8pm start, in the room off the bar area...
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The British West Indies Regiment in the First World War - Paul Chambers
This talk will tell of the formation and experience of the volunteer force of the British West Indies Regiment that served in the Middle East and on the Western Front. This was a unit that suffered some 1500 fatalities, but their story is little known and certainly deserves to be told. Paul is the Chair of the British West India Regiments Trust....
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