National Events

'From this point, the tourist should go on foot: the Somme 1919-1939' by...
01 May 2025 19:15Kent (North West)
Caption: Tourists on the Western Front c. 1920 About this talk: Unl...
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London Regiment Drill Halls - a talk by Charles Fair
01 May 2025 19:15Middlesex
The talk first looks at the role and functions of the drill hall as...
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"Sir Billy in the Wars" - Billy Butlin and his service in WW1 and invol...
02 May 2025 19:30Wales (South)
"Sir Billy in the Wars" - Billy Butlin and his service in WW1 and i...
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“Combat motivation and morale in British Empire armies in the two world...
06 May 2025 19:30Chesterfield
Was there such a thing as a universal British Empire soldie...
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'A Matter of Persistence: The Battle of Festubert 15-25 May 1915 by Dr M...
06 May 2025 19:30Lancashire (North)
'A Matter of Persistence: The Battle of Festubert 15-25 May 1915 by...
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The First World War- a War of Empire by Dr. Sean Lang
07 May 2025 19:30Cambridgeshire
The First World War- a War of Empire by Dr. Sean Lang Sean Lang is...
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Tragedy at Quintinshill - May 1915, Grant Cullen
09 May 2025 19:30Midlands (East)
The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which o...
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Where's Willie?
10 May 2025 14:00Wales (North)
Branch secretary John Storey tells the story of the events surround...
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What the WAACs did next by Alison Fell
10 May 2025 14:00Yorkshire
This talk introduces the context and experiences of WAACs and discu...
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Lt. Col. Charles Child Dowding DSO & Bar, MC - a Long and Winding Road
10 May 2025 14:30Wolverhampton
Branch member, Andy Johnson will take us through the career of Char...
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New Zealand Generalship by Dr John Peaty
12 May 2025 19:00Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
About the talk: A talk on New Zealand Generalship About the Speaker...
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“Germans on the Run: From Tsingtao to Skipton” Professor Anne Buckley
12 May 2025 19:15Northumberland
Anne recounts the little-known escape story of two German naval off...
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Le Moncel - Lance versus Lance by Phil Watson
13 May 2025 19:30Cheltenham & Gloucester
On 7 September 1914, the 9th Lancers (2nd Cavalry Brigade) conducte...
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A Lieutenant at 15 - Paul Harris
14 May 2025 19:30Somerset
A Lieutenant at fifteen is the remarkable story of Alfred Davis who...
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Poppy and Cornflower Ladies - Dr Vivien Newman
14 May 2025 20:00Essex
We all know about the role of the poppy in remembrance, and the Fre...
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