Welcome to the Southend on Sea branch of The Western Front Association.

We meet at The Royal Naval Association Building, 73 East Street. Southend, SS2 6LQ on the third Monday of each month at 8.00pm.

Upcoming Branch Events

An Introduction to the Great War in Africa, with Anne Samson
17 Mar

An Introduction to the Great War in Africa, with Anne Samson

Royal Naval Association Southend, 73-79 East Street, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6LQ
17 Mar 2025 20:00

Anne Samson who is a specialist on the Great War in Africa, takes at a look at the reasons Africa became involved in the First World War, where conflict occurred, how it was managed and the legacy of the war in and on Africa. Anne covers more than the battlefields, considering the diversity of involvement, logistics (medical arrangements and tra...

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The raid on Zeebrugge- April 1918 with Alan Wakefield. EARLY MEETING DUE TO EASTER.
14 Apr

The raid on Zeebrugge- April 1918 with Alan Wakefield. EARLY MEETING DUE TO EASTER.

Royal Naval Association Southend, 73-79 East Street, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6LQ
14 Apr 2025 20:00

Alan is currently Head of First World War & Early 20th Century Conflictcuratorial team at the IWM. He is a member of the British Commission for Military History andchairs the Salonika Campaign Society. Alan writes and lectures on various aspects of militaryhistory, with particular emphasis on the First World War and over the past decade has...

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The Allied Intervention - Northern Russia 1918-1920 with Andy Stuart
19 May

The Allied Intervention - Northern Russia 1918-1920 with Andy Stuart

Royal Naval Association Southend, 73-79 East Street, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6LQ
19 May 2025 20:00

Andy Stuart's family connections has lead him to publish three books covering an ancestors experience during the Great war, but his most recent continues the story after 1918, the following is taken fro his website: Lithuania, 1871. A family flees a pogrom with a precious trinket.3rd August 1914. Arthur Walton sees the peculiar item the day befo...

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