Upcoming Events

August 1914 – A Supply Column and the Total Chaos of Mobilisation

The Western Front Way - Stephen Drinkwater and members of the Rivington Cyclists Team

Epic 634 mile cycle ride along the Western Front Way 

Lost Mines of the Somme

Look beyond Hawthorn Ridge and Lochnagar! 

Graham Baron Ash - Red Cross Chauffeur, RFC Pilot and Balloonatic

Tale of a warwickshire born lad and his life in the sky 

The Easter Rising: A Distraction from the Western Front

The 1916 Easter Rising was intended to exploit British distraction, but did it significantly divert Western Front military resources. 

Branch AGM followed by "The Great War Memorials of Lincolnshire"

The Austro-Hungarian Front 1914-1918

Poor leadership resulting in high number of casualties 

'Mons, 22nd - 24th August 1914, Re-visited'

The first few days of August 1914 have been used by many historians as a metric by which to form opinions of French, Haig, Allenby, and Smith-Dorrien, which they have continued to apply to them for the remainder of the war. 

Grandfather & the south African native labour corps

the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe 

Pitiful Desolation: The attack by 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916

Derek makes a return visit to take a forensic look at one of the later actions in the Battle of the Somme 

The Allied Intervention - Far East and Siberia 1918-1920

Quintinshill, 22nd May 1915; Britain's worst railway disaster

Forgotten Blitz and Defeat of the Zeppelins

How the war was waged in the sky's above Britain from 1914-18  

Branch Trip

August of each year is usualy reserved for our branch outing. The destination for this outing is; TBA 

Lancashire (North) Book Club

The second Lancashire (North) Book Club