Welcome to the Ox & Bucks branch of The Western Front Association.  

We are pleased to be offering a wide and varied calendar of speakers over the period 2022/ 2023 with many diverse topics. Our Branch additionally has an annual get-together in August where we meet and enjoy a chat over a coffee or perhaps something stronger!

Please consult our Twitter page but also we are investigating the possibility of a Facebook account as well

Details of our venue can be found below. We ask for a £4 door donation to cover the speaker costs, hall hire and the refreshments.

Venue: The Guide Centre, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, HP8 4JJ

Our meetings commence at 2.30pm. Except the AGM and on occasions our Christmas Meeting, please check on Twitter. 

 

Upcoming Branch Events

What's in a name? The story of Captain A M C McReady-Diarmid, a Cambrai VC - with Graham Adams
20 Apr

What's in a name? The story of Captain A M C McReady-Diarmid, a Cambrai VC - with Graham Adams

The Guide Centre, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4JJ
20 Apr 2024 14:30

Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady- Diarmid was an officer with the 17th (S) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment when he was awarded his Victoria Cross for his actions over the night of 30 November/ 1 December 1917. He however was killed in action during this engagement and has no known resting place, his name appearing on the Cambrai Memorial to the Mi…

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An Artist goes to War - a presentation with Rene Hulme

The Guide Centre, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4JJ
18 May 2024 14:30

Rene (Catherine) Hulme will talk to us on the subject 'An Artist goes to War'. Both the First and Second World Wars will be discussed and her lecture uses a number of photographs of works of art to illustrate.

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The Women's Land Army in the Great War - a presentation with Helen Frost

The Guide Centre, School Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4JJ
20 Jul 2024 14:30

Helen makes a welcome first visit to our branch with her presentation 'The Women's Land Army in the Great War'. Created in 1917, the Land Army helped with all aspects of agriculture and horticulture, but was disbanded in 1919. It was estimated that over 300,000 women had been working on the land but not all were members of the Women's Land Army.

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