A Wood Too Far? – Bourlon Wood, November 1917.

Mike is an independent scholar and freelance museum professional. He has an MA and a PhD from the University of Birmingham.  He is interested in all things to do with trophy guns, 119 Infantry Brigade, and Frank Crozier.  The talk covers the 119th (Welsh Bantam) Brigade, commanded by Frank Crozier from Nov 1916-Aug 1919, was a part of the 40th Division, itself a mostly Bantam formation.  In November 1917 as part of the Battle of Cambrai, Bourlon Wood was an early objective, a task given to 40th Division.