Upcoming Events

Jutland: The Unfinished Battle.

In the 110th anniversary year, Nick Jellicoe will visit the branch to talk about the battle and his famous grandfather.  

Women in War and Peace

An exploration of how the Great War led to great social change for women 

The Franco-Prussian War and its consequences

A seminal conflict in the emergence of Imperial Germany, the consequences of which extended to the outbreak of the Great War. 

The U-Boat Campaign & Anti-Submarine Strategy, Tactics & Operations in the Great War

The controversial German U-boat campaign and the Allied countermeasures are still the subject of much debate. 

From OTC to OCB: the professionalisation of the selection and training of junior officers.

62nd Division at the Second Battle of the Marne, July 1918

Air VC’s – Who and Why?

'Gallipoli - A Walthamstow Perspective'

Anzac Day 2026 Seminar

The WFA Australian NSW Branch's 15th Anzac Day seminar, at the Anzac Memorial, Sydney. Three talks: the AIF at Fromelles, AANS nurse Janet Radcliff, and war poet Edmund Blunden. 

Memorial Day ceremony, Somme American Cemetery

The Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France, hosts a United States Memorial Day ceremony at 3.00pm on Sunday 24 May 2026. 

Comparing the Battles of the Somme and Arras

Should the Battle of the Somme be more prominent in peoples minds than Arras ?? 

The Shimmering Blue; Lincolnshire Aviation in World War One

Alexander Paterson Prison reformer

Commemoration

Evolution of Commemoration post-war. 

Harwich Submarine Flotilla in the Great War

The story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign.