Welcome to the Staffordshire (North) and Cheshire (South) branch of the WFA
The Branch meet on the 2nd Monday of each month at the below described venue in Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffordshire.
Doors open at 6.30pm, and the meeting starts at 7pm, concluding at 9pm.
A voluntary donation of £5 per visitor is gratefully accepted, and a free raffle entry is offered to all visitors. All are welcome including both members and none members of the WFA.
About the Talk :-
THE BATTLE OF CORONEL – 1ST NOVEMBER 1914
Fought in the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, the Battle of Coronel was both the first major naval battle of the Great War and Britain’s first naval defeat for over a century. This session will not be in the form of a lecture or presentation, but rather a simulation of the battle and will put participants in the shoes of the ships’ captains on that fatal day. It will illustrate some of the problems of naval warfare at that time. Can you resolve the problems that confronted the British commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO CB SGM ? Alternatively, are you able to emulate the success of his German counterpart Vice Admiral Maximillian von Spee?
Rear-Admiral Craddock. Vice Admiral von Spee
About the Speaker :-
Branch member Dr Andy Fear.
Andy was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and New College, Oxford. He is a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Manchester. His research interests include the Roman Army and Alexander the Great
The Venue