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South African Native Labour Corps by Simon Keable-Elliott
11 Aug 2025 19:00Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
A talk on the South African...
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“Redipuglia Italian 3rd Army Memorial” - James Paul Smyth
13 Aug 2025 20:00Essex
This talk is about the largest war memorial in Italy and one of the...
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AGM Following the formal business, a short talk by Pete McCormick.
15 Aug 2025 19:30Worcestershire & Herefordshire
AGM Following the formal business, there will be refreshments an...
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A study of British Second Corps 1914. - Geof White
16 Aug 2025 14:00Birmingham
A study of British Second Corps 1914.' I can send you a short summa...
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Codes, Ciphers and Spies: Room 40, the Forerunner of Bletchley Park by D...
18 Aug 2025 19:45Tyneside
In 1914 most international communications went by telegraph cable....
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'Jutland Can Be Seen from Walthamstow!?' with Chris Hunt
21 Aug 2025 19:30London (East)
In this talk Chris Hunt takes a look at the events of the great nav...
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“Armistice Day 1918, Where the guns didn’t stop” by Andy Stewart
01 Sep 2025 19:15Northumberland
A detailed insight into the allied intervention in the north of Rus...
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'The Winning and Losing of the Great War at Sea and the Feeding of Natio...
01 Sep 2025 19:30Lancashire (North)
The Royal Blockade and the U- boats. The crucial restriction of fo...
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'Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914' by Nick Shelley
02 Sep 2025 19:30Chesterfield
'Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914' Nick Shelley will describes th...
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Conscientious Objectors by Dr. Jo Costin
03 Sep 2025 19:30Cambridgeshire
Conscientious Objectors by Dr. Jo Costin Jo, author of The Cambridg...
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The WW1 memorial I never knew about…until I found it!
05 Sep 2025 19:30Wales (South)
The WW1 memorial I never knew about…until I found it! By Jeremy Spa...
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The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.
07 Sep 2025 14:00Scotland (South)
David will examine the events surrounding the notorious multi-train...
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"Watershed: Mahatma Gandhi and the First World War" by Stephen Barker
07 Sep 2025 14:00Wiltshire
The branch 2025/26 season starts on Sunday, 7th September 2025 when...
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Lt Col Doughty-Wylie VC by Anne Pedley
08 Sep 2025 19:00Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
A talk on Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie VC (adventurer, diplomat...
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5th Dorset's in Gallipoli - Chris Copson (1)
10 Sep 2025 19:30Somerset
Chris Copson education officer at The Tank Museum and formerly of...
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