Welcome to the Thames Valley branch of The Western Front Association.
We meet on the last Thursday of each month at 8.00pm.
Members of The Western Front Association and non-members are equally welcome.
We ask for a modest donation of £4 on the door which includes sandwiches after the meeting. A bar is also available.
Any new visitors will be assured of an welcoming and friendly atmosphere among a group of like-minded enthusiasts.
VENUE: Berkshire Sports & Social Club, Sonning Lane, Reading RG4 6ST.
Future Meetings:
TBC
Upcoming Branch Events
Hardit Singh Malik, The Flying Sikh of the First World War
From his arrival in the UK alone in 1908 as a fourteen-year-old, to Balliol College, Oxford and into the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Hardit Singh Malik lived an extraordinary life, often in the face of great adversity, yet always with charm and good humour. He played cricket for Sussex and was an Oxford blue in golf, play…
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The landscape of memory: Kew Gardens, the IWGC and the creation of war cemeteries
Rapidly rising numbers of deaths during the First World War gave rise to significant developments in the recording and burial of individual soldiers, and dedicated war cemetery sites came into being. While the death and destruction caused by the war became prevailing characters in the public memory during post-war decades, the process of healing – …
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Eric "Kipper" Robinson VC
One of the most intriguing characters of the Great War, Eric 'Kipper' Robinson served notably in the Gallipoli Campaign, Palestine and The Caspian Sea. He was decorated on numerous occasions and appears on the fringes of seemingly endless moments of history from the Boxer Rebellion, through the Battle of Heligoland Bight and the Zeebrugge Raid to t…
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