Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South) branch
Welcome to the Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South) Branch of The Western Front Association
We meet on the second Monday of each month at 7.00pm.
Members and non-members of The Western Front Association are equally welcome.
All are guaranteed a friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome from a group of like-minded enthusiasts.
A £5 donation to help with the Branch running costs is gratefully accepted however this is not obligatory, and is at the discretion of each attendee.
We hold a free monthly raffle at the meeting and each visitor is encouraged to take part.
We look forward to welcoming one and all to our branch meetings.
Branch meeting place
Congregational Church, King Street, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1EJ
Branch AGM followed by The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
We are holding our AGM which will start promptly at 7pm and should last no more than 30 minutes before our talk on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was part of the chain of events which proved so decisive in triggering the Great War.
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Most of the Work, Most of the Blame, None of the Credit. Platoon Commanders in the Great War
Platoon Commanders (Subalterns) in World War I, were mocked and satirised, then and now, as enthusiastic and patriotic but naïve and ignorant public school boys.So how did the Young Gentlemen of 1914/15 change into the pivotal battlefield managers of 1917/18?
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The Battle of Le Cateau 26th August 1914
The Battle of Le Cateau on August 26, 1914, was a crucial rearguard action where the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)'s II Corps fought a delaying engagement against the advancing German First Army, allowing the main BEF to continue its retreat from Mons.
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