Welcome to the Tyneside branch of the Western Front Association.
We meet on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm for 8.00pm.
VENUE: Allotment Social Club, Benton Road, West Allotment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE27 0DN.
Upcoming Branch Events
15 Dec
Churchill's Little Army: The Royal Naval Division in WW1 by Alan Fidler
Allotment Social Club, North Terrace, West Allotment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 ODN
15 Dec 2025 19:45
The oddest formation in the war, Winston Churchill’s idea was to find a role for surplus naval reservists to fight on land in the forthcoming war. He convinced the Admiralty and the government to form a division of Royal Marines supplemented with stokers from the Royal Fleet Reserve. After an abortive intervention in the siege at Antwerp, when m...
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