Upcoming Events

The Russian Army in World War 1

Join us to look at the Russian Army during the Great War  

I'm Out! Escape to The Frontier

This talk focusses on the attempts to escape from camps in Germany and the pitfalls faced in trying to get out 

Too Shallow For the Navy: The Royal Navy's role in the Mesopotamian campaign.

Members Night

A chance to display the many talents of our own Essex Branch members 

The All Arms Battle and Manoeuvre Warfare – British Airpower 1917

From Brown Bess to SMLE

Percy Camplin: A Librarian on the Western Front

Rick Smith - British Artillery on the Western Front 1914-1918

British Artillery on the Western Front 1914-1918 

"Arf a Mo' Kaiser": How Tommy saved Britain's wartime mail order tobacco trade

Tabacco fundraising and the First World War. 

How the Western Front recovered from the ruins - and what Yorkshire did to help

Find out more about the British League of Help 

German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux

In April 1918, German and British tanks clashed in the world’s first tank-on-tank battle. 

Another Sunderlan' Lad - Billie Wilson's journey from Sunderland to the Somme via 'The Land of the Pharaohs'

The WW1 story of another of the Wilson brothers of Sunderland. 

HMS India – War, Loss and Memory

The loss of HMS India in October 1915 with her crew is a powerful but often overlooked story of WW1 at sea. 

On 13th November, Beaumont Hamel was English

The Continental Commitment 1901-1916: Why did Britain decide to fight Germany on land in France?