Upcoming Events

Air VCs - Who and Why?

19 Victoria Crosses were awarded to British and Commonwealth airmen in the First World War. This is their story. 

From Tsingtao to Skipton

Christmas Social and Buffet + Talk

Speaker to follow the Xmas Social 

Members Medley & Mince Pies

Branch end of year medley and the inevitable mince pies! 

The Salonika Zeppelin

What was a Zeppelin doing out in Salonika? All will be revealed in this presentation 

Field-Marshall Wully Robertson

Robertson is most usually remembered as the only man so far ever to have risen from the very bottom rank of a private to a field marshal. 

Meeting an urgent need

Should a war widow be allowed to marry her husbands brother ? 

Member's Meeting

Branch Members own research and interests. 

I'm Out! - Escape from German PoW Camps, 1914-18

Nobody really expected to be made a prisoner of war but once captured it was a cruel, hard world, especially if they weren’t officers. 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission -Archives, Architecture and Conservation

A two part CWGC talk focusing on Conservation and Archives. 

Gallipoli 1915 – a Turning Point?

A look at the campaign from its conception, the landings and the final withdrawal in January 1916. 

The U-Boat Campaign 1914-18 - The Inside Story

This talk shows how the German U-boat became the commerce raider of the war and how it ended in failure.