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!['A Profound Learning: Four Giants on the Western Front 1914-1918' a talk by William Franklin](/media/38027/montgomery_first_world_war_v2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133551605397070000)
'A Profound Learning: Four Giants on the Western Front 1914-1918' a talk...
05 Sep 2024 19:15Middlesex
The four giants in question are Field Marshals Archibald Wavell, Al...
Event Details![We Are The CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission](/media/38301/cwgc_story-2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133594870978670000)
We Are The CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
06 Sep 2024 19:00Merseyside
An overview of the beginnings of the Imperial War graves Commission...
Event Details![British classical music composers who served in the Great War by Viv John](/media/37323/spotlight_composers_in_the_great_war.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133475441613630000)
British classical music composers who served in the Great War by Viv John
06 Sep 2024 19:30Wales (South)
Viv joined the WFA in late 1986. Over the years he’s been secretar...
Event Details![Fred Birks VC](/media/x14pj3sp/birks.jpeg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133656969633000000)
Fred Birks VC
07 Sep 2024 14:00Wales (North)
Historian Tony Griffiths will tell the story of Welsh born Fred Bir...
Event Details!['British War Strategy 1914-1918' a talk by Tony Bolton](/media/37375/800px-general_officers_of_world_war_i_by_john_singer_sargent.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133478303613600000)
'British War Strategy 1914-1918' a talk by Tony Bolton
09 Sep 2024 19:00Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)
'British War Strategy 1914-1918' a talk by Tony Bolton Chairman WFA...
Event Details![The Poppy of Honour Memorial - Terry Williams](/media/38527/poppy-of-honour-1.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133633876545800000)
The Poppy of Honour Memorial - Terry Williams
11 Sep 2024 19:30Somerset
The Poppy of Honour Memorial - Terry Williams Terry will describe...
Event Details!['Introduction to the Great War in Africa' - Anne Samson](/media/37422/africa.jpg?center=0.21956521739130436,0.49825783972125437&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133519411615130000)
'Introduction to the Great War in Africa' - Anne Samson
11 Sep 2024 19:45Essex
At our Hatfield Peverel venue this will be the first visit of Anne...
Event Details![Three Days In The Great War - Dr Derek Clayton](/media/38490/sep-24.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133627024262830000)
Three Days In The Great War - Dr Derek Clayton
13 Sep 2024 19:30Midlands (East)
Derek may be familiar to people as the author of 'From Pontefract t...
Event Details!['Tanks in the First World War' with Stuart Crawford](/media/37472/whip.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133496149783230000)
'Tanks in the First World War' with Stuart Crawford
14 Sep 2024 14:00Scotland (Tayside)
Introduced on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme in 1...
Event Details![Alice in Wonderland and her Lost Boys - From Oxford and the Rabbit Hole to the Somme and Beyond - Marietta Crichton-Stewart](/media/34011/download.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133317561424230000)
Alice in Wonderland and her Lost Boys - From Oxford and the Rabbit Hole...
14 Sep 2024 14:00Wolverhampton
This is the story of Alice Liddell, who, as a little girl (picture...
Event Details![Paris in World War 1 by Peter Walls](/media/36841/8.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133446934630800000)
Paris in World War 1 by Peter Walls
14 Sep 2024 14:00Yorkshire
This is not quite the romantic tourist's eye view of Paris that we...
Event Details![Le Moncel -Lance to Lance, Sept. 7th 1914’ by Maj. (rtd) Phil Watson](/media/xedlgptt/9th-lancers.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133654324558670000)
Le Moncel -Lance to Lance, Sept. 7th 1914’ by Maj. (rtd) Phil Watson
20 Sep 2024 19:30Worcestershire & Herefordshire
On Sept 7th 1914, the 9th Lancers (2nd Cavalry Brigade) conducted t...
Event Details![To be Handled With Care: The Loss of HMS Natal](/media/37450/hms_natal.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133492010988500000)
To be Handled With Care: The Loss of HMS Natal
21 Sep 2024 13:30Scotland (North)
In this talk Scot Lindgren will be looking at the sinking of HMS Na...
Event Details![Forgotten Great War Soldiers of the Midland Railway - Quintin Watt](/media/36492/lmr.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133426207353800000)
Forgotten Great War Soldiers of the Midland Railway - Quintin Watt
21 Sep 2024 14:00Birmingham
This presentation examines the wartime experiences of eighteen empl...
Event Details!['Insane - A Legacy of War' A presentation by Richard Crompton](/media/38392/shell-shock.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=133606789378230000)
'Insane - A Legacy of War' A presentation by Richard Crompton
21 Sep 2024 14:30Ox & Bucks
Long standing branch member Richard brings to life a story relating...
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