Upcoming Events

10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

A look at one service Battalion, 10th Bn. Cheshire Regiment 

Women War Artists

Women War Artists 

Royal Marines in WW1

The Butterworth Brothers

Four brothers from the Butterworth family were killed in the Great War. 

A Tale of Two Quadrilaterals

Comparison of the attack in 1916 on the Quadrilateral at Ginchy and the Quadrilateral on the Hindenburg line in 1918. 

Welsh Warrior at Ypres 1914

Welsh Warrior at Ypres 

Nick Chapman

William Coltman: Bravery under fire

William Harold Coltman VC, DCM and Bar, MM and Bar, described as the highest decorated soldier of the British Army. 

The Battle of the Sambre: Crossing the Canal

Mike Taylor 'Still in no Man's Land?' - The life and controversial career of Brig-General Frank Percy Crozier 1879-1937

The life and controversial career of Brig-General Frank Percy Crozier 1879-1937 

Robert Keable - Utterly immoral First World War Chaplain

"Scandal, bestseller, and Hollywood: the shocking true story behind Robert Keable’s Simon Called Peter." 

The Defence of Bucquoy

In this presentation, Fraser will talk us through the desperate defensive action that took place in and around the village of Bucquoy 

'A Time to Die and a Time to Live'. Medical Advances on the Western Front.

Tom Scotland will describe the tremendous progress made in the surgical treatment of wounded soldiers during the Great War.  

The Coming of Age: British Airpower on the Western Front 1914 –1916

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) saw immense growth from 1914 to 1916, expanding from a few squadrons to a force of 27 squadrons by the Battle of the Somme in 1916. 

The 63rd (Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre

The 63rd (Naval) Division, formed in 1914 from naval reservists, had served as infantry at Antwerp and in Gallipoli.