Welcome to the Wiltshire branch of the Western Front Association.
Meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month between September and May only; when a Bank Holiday weekend coincides, the meeting will be held a week later/week earlier. Members are encouraged to check the WFA website for the latest position ahead of each branch meeting.
Our programme for 2025/26 is being added to the website as bookings of speakers are confirmed.
Doors open c13.40 and the meetings commence at 14.00. We break mid-way for refreshments and end with a Q&A. On occasions there is a book sale; members are always welcome to bring along surplus books to sell.
VENUE: Highworth Community Centre, The Dormers, Highworth, Wiltshire SN6 7PE.
Upcoming Branch Events
"Watershed: Mahatma Gandhi and the First World War" by Stephen Barker
The branch 2025/26 season starts on Sunday, 7th September 2025 when we welcome back Stephen Barker. Previously, Stephen has provided the branch with excellent talks on a variety of subjects often centred on Great War aspects of Oxfordshire. Today he will speak on "Watershed: Mahatma Gandhi and the First World War". As ever, all members and guest...
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'A Lieutenant at Fifteen: the remarkable story of Alfred Davis' - by Paul Harris
We are very pleased to welcome back Paul Harris to our October branch meeting. Paul will be speaking on 'A Lieutenant at Fifteen: the remarkable story of Alfred Davis'. Commissioned at the age of fifteen, Alfred Davis fought at the Battle of Mametz in 1916 and survived the German offensive of March 1918. His story offers a valuable insight into...
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'Conscription in Britain and the Dominions' by Paul Cobb
This month the branch will have a new talk presented. The subject is 'Conscription in Britain and the Dominions' and will look at the path to how conscription was secured (or not) in Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. A variety of statistics will illustrate aspects of casualties, recruiting and trends which influenced the need for compu...
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