Welcome to the Heart of England branch of The Western Front Association.
We meet at the Warwick Arms Hotel, 17, High Street, Warwick CV34 4AT on every second Wednesday of each month.
Meetings start with branch business at 7.45 p.m. Speaker: 8.00 p.m. Finish is normally by 9.30 p.m.
A donation of £3 would be greatly appreciated. We also run a raffle to help cover additional expenses.
Free parking at Barrack Street Car Park, Warwick, CV34 4TH after 6.00 p.m.
Non-members of the WFA are most welcome.
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Upcoming Branch Events
ANDREW THORNTON ~ ARISTOCRATS AMONGST SERVICEMEN.
Aristocrats Amongst Servicemen : Stories of the Chums of the Old Contemptibles' Association Andrew's talk will be about his research into compiling a nominal roll of the 'Chums of the Old Contemptibles' Association, the sources used and some of the pitfalls and findings that he has come across. Find out what his research has revealed with regards…
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MICHAEL SHEIL ~ THE DOUGHBOYS OF 1917-18.
In 2016 Michael was commissioned by the US National WW1 Museum and Memorial, in conjunction with the US State Department to create an especial outdoor exhibition of the American battlefields to help introduce the subject to the American public. This exhibition was viewed by over 6 million people in the UK and US and he will be using many of the pic…
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MARK ROWE ~ AUGUST 1914
As the watershed month when England went from peace to war, it is the ideal place and time to take stock of the country. How happy and united was it, how did people react to war? Were the suffragette, trade union, socialist and Irish home rule movements as important as some feared or hoped? And, as the BEF blundered into the German Army and retreat…
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