Welcome to the Scotland (South) branch of the Western Front Association. 

We meet regularly in Edinburgh:

Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.

Meetings are held on a Sunday at 2.00pm for 2.15pm. 

 

Upcoming Branch Events

Sophie - the story of East Lothian's new Sopwith 1½ Strutter. A talk by Gerard Lohan.
06 Apr

Sophie - the story of East Lothian's new Sopwith 1½ Strutter. A talk by Gerard Lohan.

The Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR
06 Apr 2025 14:00

Gerard's talk will endeavour to explain why you can find today a Sopwith 1½ Strutter in a fruit and veg shed in Congalton, East Lothian! Stranger yet is the story of how a handful of volunteer retirees built the Strutter they call "Sophie".  Despite a series of setbacks that should have ended the ambitions of their charity, the Aviation Preserva...

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Western Fronts: The Retreat from Mons 1914 and Retreat to Dunkirk 1940 - Compared.  A lecture by Professor Gary Sheffield.
01 Jun

Western Fronts: The Retreat from Mons 1914 and Retreat to Dunkirk 1940 - Compared. A lecture by Professor Gary Sheffield.

The Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR
01 Jun 2025 14:00

The President of The Western Front Association, Professor Gary Sheffield, will compare and contrast two famous retreats by British Expeditionary Forces - 1914 and 1940. Image: © IWM (Q 51489)Troops from the Middlesex Regiment under fire from German artillery, September 1914.      

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The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.
07 Sep

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.

The Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Haymarket, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR
07 Sep 2025 14:00

David will examine the events surrounding the notorious multi-train rail crash at Quintinshill Junction, near Gretna, when a southbound troop train carrying territorials of the Leith based 1/7th Royal Scots slammed into a local service. With over 220 dead, and a similar number injured, it remains the worst crash in the history of the railways in...

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