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
Gunners but not necessarily Arsenal fans.
Lt.-Col Simon Shephard: Gunners definitely - but not necessarily Arsenal Fans Simon will follow the sixteen field artillery brigades of the four London Territorial Divisions from mobilisation in 1914, through training (1915-1916), and onto their campaigns on the Western Front (1915-1918), in Salonika (1916) and Palestine (1917-1918). The lectur...
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Riding the Rouge Zone
Tom Isitt: Riding in the Zone Rouge Tom Isitt will talk about a mad bicycle race in 1919 across the battlefields of the Western Front, and his bike trip that followed the route of the race, paying his respects to the fallen, from Ypres to the Vosges. Tom also talks about the refugees, the post-war reconstructions, and the desolate wasteland that...
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The Pocock Family
Trevor Hancock : The Pocock Family. From Sparsholt to Bromley via The Western Front 1914-15 Trevor is the volunteer historian at the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage and also helps people with researching their family history. Before retiring he spent many years working at the Library and Information Services department at UKAEA Harwell. Tre...
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