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
'Perfidious France and the Campaign in the Cameroons (1914-16)' by James White
In recent years the branch has looked at various campaigns in Africa and for our February meeting James White will speak on 'Perfidious France and the Campaign in the Cameroons (1914-16)'. All members and guests are most welcome at branch meetings. WE do ask for a donationof £4.00 onthe door to cover room hire etc.
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German Tanks at Villers Bretoneux...and more - by Chris John
For our April meeting, Chris John will visit to talk about German tanks at Villers Bretoneux in 1918. The talk will also embrace wider aspects of the development of armour on the Western Front, British, French and German, and a look at the only tank vs tank action of the Great War, at Villers Brettonneux. Doors open c13.40 and all members and g...
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August 1914 - Follow a Supply Column and others through mobilisation and the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War - by Roy Larkin
NB - to avoid the Bank Holiday, our May 2026 branch meeting has been moved to the evening of Thursday, 7th May 2026 at 19.00. For our May meeting, Roy Larkin returns to talk on another aspect of the Army Service Corps. On this occasion, the subject is 'August 1914 - Follow a Supply Column and others through mobilisation and the total chaos of th...
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