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Welcome to the Wales (South) branch of The Western Front Association. 

Meetings are held every first Friday of the month between 7.30pm - 9.30pm unless stated otherwise

Venue: Canton RFC, Lawrenny Avenue, Canton, Cardiff, CF11 8BR

The following transport lines have routes that pass near Canton RFC (Cardiff) - Bus Nos. 94, 95, 96A & C1

The venue has ample free, illuminated car parking and is on the ground floor with good access for attendees of all abilities. There is a bar serving hot & cold drinks and bar snacks. Our Christmas meeting includes a social event with a small buffet, after the talk.

Members of the Western Front Association and non-members are equally welcome, and we encourage their attendance. It is suggested that attendees might wish to give a small donation towards the cost of the venue, the speaker’s expenses, and the cost of live streaming via Zoom. Those unable to attend in person who join in via Zoom and may wish to help the branch with a donation, can now do so safely via 

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 Our forthcoming branch meetings have the following talks planned:

29-Feb 

**DATE CHANGE** Le Moncel September 1914 - Lance verses Lance (ZOOM) 

Maj. Phil Watson (rtd.)

04-Apr

**DATE CHANGE** Hedd Wynn - based on Phil Carradice's novel  "The Black Chair" 

Phil Carradice

02-May

**DATE CHANGE** A time to live and a time to die - lives lost and saved France and Flanders 1914-18 (ZOOM)

Tom Scotland

07-Jun

The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunneling companies

Keith Jones

05-Jul

Fire & Ice in the High Alps: The Italian Front & Britain's Role in the Great War in Italy (ZOOM)

Robert Fleming

02-Aug

A Glorified Trench Raid or Trench warfare's Year Zero … ? The Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915

Ross Beadle

06-Sep

British classical music composers who served in the Great War

Viv John

04-Oct

Verdun: Recovering the Fallen (ZOOM)

Christina Holstein

01-Nov

Rupert Brooke and the 'Glitterati' at Gallipoli

Peter Hart

06-Dec

Military Justice during the Great War

Prof. Lois Bibbings

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Upcoming Branch Events

Hedd Wynn - based on the novel  "The Black Chair" by Phil Carradice
04 Apr

Hedd Wynn - based on the novel "The Black Chair" by Phil Carradice

Canton Rugby Football Club, Lawrenny Avenue, Cardiff CF11 8BR.
04 Apr 2024 19:30

***Due to our venue being double booked we have rescheduled the branch meeting for Thursday 4th April*** Phil Carradice is a freelance writer, consultant and broadcaster. He regularly holds creative writing workshops in various schools, colleges and societies. A former teacher and headteacher, he hails from Pembroke Dock, but now lives in the Vale…

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A time to live and a time to die - lives lost and saved France and Flanders 1914-18 (ZOOM) by Tom Scotland
02 May

A time to live and a time to die - lives lost and saved France and Flanders 1914-18 (ZOOM) by Tom Scotland

Canton Rugby Football Club, Lawrenny Avenue, Cardiff CF11 8BR.
02 May 2024 19:30

Tom is a retired orthopaedic surgeon. Co-editor of War Surgery 1914-18 and Wars Pestilence and the Surgeon's Blade (examining the evolution of British military medicine and surgery in the 19th century). Co-author of Henry Gray, Surgeon of the Great War, of Understanding the Somme 1916 and Understanding the Ypres Salient 'A time to live and a time …

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The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunnelling companies by Keith Jones
07 Jun

The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunnelling companies by Keith Jones

Canton Rugby Football Club, Lawrenny Avenue, Cardiff CF11 8BR.
07 Jun 2024 19:30

Undermining the positions of one’s enemy is one of the most ancient of martial activities. For almost 3000 years before 1914, and even after the invention of gunpowder and the inexorable development of artillery, it was a prime siege-breaking technique; indeed tunnelling is still employed across the world to the present day. The Great War, however,…

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