Welcome to the Yorkshire Branch of The Western Front Association.
We meet on Saturdays at 2.30pm
Venue
The branch venue for our monthly meetings is easy to find, being Manor Academy, Millfield Lane at Nether Poppleton. The postcode (for Sat Nav purposes) is YO26 6PA.
Millfield Lane can be accessed off the A1237 (York's northern ring road).
Above: A street view of the venue, showing the ample (free) car parking that is available.
See map in the lower left area of this page for the location of our venue.
We don't make any charge but request a donation on the door of a modest £5 which includes refreshments.
Car Parking
There is a large free car park on site. In the unlikely event that the car park is full, there is plenty of free off-street parking immediately opposite the school.
Buses
The number 10 bus (out of York City Centre) runs every half hour and stops directly outside the school.
Refreshments
After the presentation, but before the Q&A session with the speaker, we have a break with refreshments available.
Members and non-members of The Western Front Association are equally welcome.
Any new visitors are guaranteed a friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome from a group of like-minded enthusiasts.
The 2023 speaker programme is shown below.
No apology is made for the emphasis on operational history in the BEF in France and Flanders, which is the most popular type of talk. However, we do have a good selection of other presentations as well, covering social history, other theatres and naval operations.
As ever we have managed to book some highly respected and well known speakers as well as some speakers who are new to the branch.
We look forward to welcoming you to our branch meetings.
Upcoming Branch Events
How the 10th Cruiser Squadron won the War by Graham Kemp
The Allied Blockade 1914-19 is how the Allies defeated Germany by siege warfare rather than by feat of arms. The ultimate weapon in this was - as Beatty recognised – the 10th Cruiser Squadron. In this presentation, by Graham Kemp, we will learn how, by the time of the Armistice, the German nation was falling apart and central Europe was facing t…
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Daddy, what did you do in the great War? by Rebecca Ball
Drawing upon fifty working-class autobiographies, this talk by Rebecca Ball examines the impact of the Great War on fifty English families with a particular focus on fathers. It explores too the childhood experiences of individuals whose father was absent on the Home Front and compares them with the experiences of those whose family remained tog…
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The BEF in Mobile Warfare - The Pursuit to the Selle 9-11 Oct 1918 by Peter Hodgkinson
The so-called ‘Pursuit to the Selle’ represents one of the mobile pieces of fighting in the Hundred Days. How did the BEF's all-arms approach to warfare cope with these three days of moving warfare? Was it a pursuit in the face of a crumbling enemy or was the German Army still capable of effective resistance? The study of Fourth Army sheds light on…
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