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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: Fairwater Conservative Club, 61 Ely Rd, Cardiff CF5 2BY
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 food. 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:
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29-Feb |
**DATE CHANGE** Le Moncel September 1914 - Lance verses Lance (ZOOM) |
Maj. Phil Watson (rtd.) |
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04-Apr |
**DATE CHANGE** Hedd Wynn - based on Phil Carradice's novel "The Black Chair" |
Phil Carradice |
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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 |
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07-Jun |
The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunneling companies |
Keith Jones |
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05-Jul |
Fire & Ice in the High Alps: The Italian Front & Britain's Role in the Great War in Italy (ZOOM) |
Robert Fleming |
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02-Aug |
A Glorified Trench Raid or Trench warfare's Year Zero … ? The Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915 |
Ross Beadle |
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06-Sep |
British classical music composers who served in the Great War |
Viv John |
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04-Oct |
Verdun: Recovering the Fallen (ZOOM) |
Christina Holstein |
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01-Nov |
Rupert Brooke and the 'Glitterati' at Gallipoli |
Peter Hart |
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06-Dec |
Military Justice during the Great War |
Prof. Lois Bibbings |
Upcoming Branch Events
Rupert Brooke and the 'Glitterati' at Gallipoli by Peter Hart
Regarded as a lively, well informed, and amusing speaker, Peter Hart is regular and popular branch speaker. He's a military historian specialising in the Great War and was the Oral Historian at the Imperial War Museum from 1981 until his retirement. Peter is the author of the magisterial Gallipoli (OUP 2013) as well as many other books on the Great…
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Military Justice during the Great War by Prof. Lois Bibbings
Lois is Professor of Law, Gender and History at the University of Bristol Law School. She is an academic lawyer and historian with extensive experience of public speaking involving varied audiences, from school children to policy-makers. In 2019 she gave the annual Ypres Armistice Day Lecture. Her publications include: Telling Tales About Men: Conc…
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