Welcome to the Worcestershire & Herefordshire branch of The Western Front Association.
We currently meet on the 3rd Friday of the month (with the exception of December) at 19.30 until approx 22.00 at:
St. Peter’s Village Hall
St. Peter’s Drive
Worcester
WR5 3TA
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Parking is available in the Tesco Supermarket WR5 3TA.
After parking, walk up the right hand side of the store and bear left. The hall is at the end of the row.
WFA members and Non members are all welcome.
Upcoming Branch Events
AGM Following the formal business, a short talk by Pete MacCormac.
The Annual General Meeting of the Worcestershire & Herefordshire Branch of the Western Front Association. Followed by a short talk by one of our Branch members, Pete MacCormac Members & non-members of the WFA are equally welcome, but only members are eligible to vote on any branch issues.
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‘The Life and Career of Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson’ by Colin Harnett.
This talk concentrates on Wilson's work to prepare the British Expeditionary Force for a European war when he was Director of Military Operations at the War Office between 1910 and 1914. Colin will also provide some background into Wilson's life prior to those dates and will conclude by looking at his career during and after the Great War, incl...
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‘Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914' by Nick Shelley
In this talk Nick describes the motorcyclists' contribution to the 1914 campaign, using their own words and their own previously unpublished photographs. Some accounts were contemporaneous, others written soon after the war. The talk is illustrated with many unpublished images from various sources. Members and Non-members of The Western Front...
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