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A day of magnificent achievement

Seven days after the start of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March, the enemy launched another major assault on the fronts of Third and First Armies. Sometimes overlooked by British historians as being merely an extension of Operation Michael 

No bullets & blood

About half of the 1914 workforce became involved the war in a military capacity but the home population as well as the military personnel still needed to be clothed and fed 

Haig’s Command Strategy

Three key elements of Haig's and the BEF's First World War doctrine and command philosophy.  

The rising of the son

This presentation focuses on the selection and exhumation of the Unknown Warrior  

Do we fight the British or the Germans? Boer rebellion 1914-1918

A little known episode of the Great War when with bitter memories of the Boer War  

August 1914 - Following a supply column

the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War 

Grandfather & the south African native labour corps

the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe 

RAF involvement of battle of Amiens

Brief cover of the ground plan followed by detailed coverage of the RAF Structure  

The Balaklava of the Dardanelles

The 2nd Mounted Division 

Lechlade and the Great War, 1914-18

Great War experiences of a Cotswold village 

Making a stand: German opposition to World War One

Opposition in Germany to the Great War 

Member's Meeting

Branch Members own research and interests.