Upcoming Events

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 

Anti-tank gun hunters

The German army quickly deployed massive 13.2mm rifles, bundles of stick grenades, and modified field guns. 

Field-Marshall Wully Robertson

Robertson is remembered as the only man to have risen from the bottom rank of a private to a Field Marshal 

Tanks on the Somme

Chris is from the Tank Museum, Dorset and makes a welcome return to talk about the Battle of the Somme 

Meeting an urgent need

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

Christmas Meeting

H M Munitions Factory Gretna – The Human and Social Side

H M Munitions Factory Gretna – The Human and Social Side 

Member's Meeting

Branch Members own research and interests. 

On Sticky Wickets – The Life of Hon. Lionel Hallam Tennyson

Cricketer, Soldier and Bon Viveur, the life of Lionel Tennyson was once described as one long Cavalry Charge.  

Welsh Warrior: Brigadier General Hubert Rees

“Thomas Chrisp MM Durham Light Infantry”

Jane will talk about Alnwick man Thomas Chrisp 

From OTC to OCB

The professionalisation of selection and training of junior temporary officers. 

AGM + Mobilization 1914

AGM followed by talk by Tony Bolton - Tony's talk will shed light onto the forces mobilized. 

Kitchener’s Volunteers go to War: Sulva August 1915

We've all heard of the 'Lancashire Landing' in Gallipoli but in this talk we hear about the Yorkshire landing