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
‘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
Stephen Binks will be giving his talk ‘A travelogue of our burial ground Pilgrimage of the last seven years to over 1,400 burial grounds across France and Belgium’ Stephen is a retired self-employed battlefield guide. He has spent last seven years on a Pilgrimage to the burial grounds of France and Belgium. His intention is to stand at the grave o…
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ONLINE: ‘German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux’ with Chris John
Chris John will be giving a talk via Zoom on ‘German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux’. Most know about the British development of the tank but did the Germans have tanks? If not, why not and if so how did they develop? A look at the development of fighting armoured vehicles particularly from the German perspective and the only serious German attempt to…
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