Upcoming Events

The Dominion of Fear: Morale, motivation and effectiveness on the battlefields of the two World Wars

Perfidious France and the Campaign in the Cameroons (1914-16)

This talk looks at various campaigns in Africa 

Poets and Poems of the Great War

Alnwick based Alan Crowe will discuss some poets of the Great War 

From Southern England to the Somme (21st Anniversary Meeting of the East Kent Branch)

Comparing the landscapes of the Somme to Southern England. 

Sarajevo 1914

The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the Balkan Origins of the First World War 

More on silver badges

Details to follow 

Four Heroes of Verdun

From No Mans Land To Field Hospital

In todays presentation we will learn what happens if you are are wounded in action, how you are rescued, transported, and treated by the medics, and where you are likley to end up if you are luckey enough to survive all of this.  

Searching For Llandudno's Fallen

Smith Dorrien and the Mons Campaign

Gas! Protection against chemical weapons during the Great War

This talk will explain the main developments during the war and how thousands of lives were saved by the scientists who developed gas masks 

The Raid on Zeebrugge

Over 200 medals earned within an hour. This talk explains why  

Once they were young: British Generals at the Battle of Omdurman, 1898

Where Did the First World War Leaders and Generals Learn Their "Trade"? 

The Great War on the Silent Screen

Popular cinema depictions of the Great War on the big screen 

Men, machines and mousetraps - a Leeds firm at war