Welcome to the Wales (South) branch of The Western Front Association.
Meetings are held every first Friday of the month at 7.30pm.
Venue: Canton RFC, Lawrenny Avenue, Canton, Cardiff, CF11 8BR
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10 June |
The Guns at Le Cateau 26th August 1914 (ZOOM TALK) with Vern Littley |
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1 July |
The 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War with Dr. Derek Clayton |
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5 August |
The British Army and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line with Viv John |
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2 September |
Pioneers in Orthopaedic Surgery-fighting a war on two fronts (ZOOM TALK) with Thomas Scotland |
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7 October |
Battle of Aubers Ridge, May 1915 with Phil Davies |
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4 November |
A Travelogue of Our Burial Ground Pilgrimage of the Last Seven Years to Over 1,400 Burial Grounds Across France and Belgium with Stephen Binks |
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2 December |
German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux (ZOOM TALK) with Chris John |
Upcoming Branch Events
The 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the Great War with Dr. Derek Clayton
Derek Clayton will be giving a talk on the 9th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Derek was born in Yorkshire and attended Batley Grammar School before beginning a long association with the University of Birmingham. He graduated in 1979 with a BA in French and German and went on to teach Modern Languages in three Birmingham schools before ret…
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The British Army and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line - with Viv John
Vivian John is delivering a talk on ‘The British Army and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line’. Viv has a lifelong interest in the Great War joining the South Wales branch at end of 1986. Since then, he has been branch secretary, vice-chairman and chairman before returning to the rank and file. Viv has two main areas of interest: his grandfather’s…
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ONLINE : ‘Pioneers in Orthopaedic Surgery : fighting a war on two fronts’ with Thomas Scotland
Tom Scotland will be providing an on-line talk 'Pioneers in Orthopaedic Surgery-fighting a war on two fronts' The results of treatment of musculoskeletal wounds improved greatly during the four years of conflict; yet the work of orthopaedic surgeons during and after the Great War were constantly opposed by a general surgical establishment jealous o…
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