Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)

                                  To mark the centenary of the Nicholson War Memorial in Leek, Staffordshire,  the Town of Leek will be holding a centenary parade and service of rededication and ceremony of commitment to Remembrance and Peace on Saturday 6th September 2025.The itinerary is as follows:-10.30am              Please assemble at the...

About the Talk :- Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie was a dashing Victorian gentleman; a hero to the British, to the Armenians, and to the Ottoman Empire. A much-bemedalled lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he was admired by his men and loved by two society women. With service in the Sudan, Somalia, South Africa and the Middle...

                                     Herbert Straehler                                                                                                                               Fritz Sachsse About the Talk:- This is a fascinating but little-known escape story of two German naval officers, who spent a year on the run covering an astonishing f...