Upcoming Events

Battle of Jutland: a view from the 32nd Division

Battle of Jutland: a view from the 32nd Division 

Passchendaele Ceremony and Torchlight Procession

Commemorating the end of the Battle of Passchendaele 

Commemoration of the Unknown Warrior - Victoria Station

Armistice Day in Ypres

Services, the Poppy Parade and the Last Post at the Menin Gate 

WFA Armistice Day Ceremony – Cenotaph and Guards Chapel

The WFA invites our members to attend the gathering at the Cenotaph in London 

Armistice ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetery

Organised by the British Embassy with the municipality of Zonnebeke 

The War of the Flowers

Join us to find out how and why the poppy and the cornflower became symbols of remembrance and those who made it part of our national symbol.  

An Infantry Man's kit

Have you ever wondered what your relative carried / used in the War . Here is your chance to find out.  

Marconi and Hoffman 1914-1945

How did key local industries gear up for the demands on industrial warfare in two World Wars? 

Were There Indians at Gallipoli?

Remembering Everyone Equally – The CWGC and Non Commemoration Project

Sarah will give us an update on the project. 

Strange Meetings - the words of Wilfred Owen

A theatrical performance of Owen's words  

The Battle of Nonne Bosschen, 11 November 1914

The Prussian Guard’s attempt to break the British line & how the British infantry and artillery stopped them 

Crowns In Conflict - Queen Victoria, European Royalty and the Tragedy of The Great War

The story of the circumstances that saw Cousin at War with Cousin in the Great War  

I'm Out: Escape from German POW Camps, 1914-18

Nobody really expected to be made a prisoner of war but once captured it was a cruel, hard world.