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
British Artillery on the Western Front 1914-1918: Learning - Developing - Achieving by Richard Smith
We look at the Artillery Brigades of the BEF from the early months of the war, at the processes involved, and the lessons learned throughout each year. We cover the major battles of each year of the war and how the Artillery learned and developed from each. The new ideas and technologies and the people who played key roles in those processes whi...
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Great War Military Commanders at the Battle of Omdurman 1898 by Peter Hart
They weren’t always old! Great War generals were once young and they fought in their own battles. One of the most murderous was the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898. See how the likes of Haig, Kitchener, Churchill, Townshend, Maxse, and Smith-Dorrien fared when facing thousands of Dervishes. This lecture is based on Peter's book Chain of Fir...
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