Upcoming Events

November 1918 - Where the Guns didn't stop

The fighting continued after the Armistice - where and why? 

'Absence from Commemoration in Barnsley 1914-1939'

Barnsley's Lost Memories 

Should Great Britain have declared war on Germany? A debate and Cabinet Exercise

Project 110

A major Branch research project and service personnel stories arising from it 

Pluck Can Make Up For Inches - the Story of Britain's Great War Bantams

Michael will present his one-man play which dramatises the history of World War I’s Bantam battalions 

Soldiers and Horses: Horses and Soldiers

Without the humble horse, the war would have been so much harder for the PBI. Dr Flynn will explain all... 

HM Cordite Factory Gretna – the human and social side

Cambrai 1917

The Great War on the Silent Screen

War films became a popular source of entertainment 

"Stalky's Forlorn Hope: The Story of Dunsterforce and its Commander"

A look at a little known "sideshow" by British troops in the area of the Caspian Sea, with a link to Kipling 

Our Allies, the French

In this talk Bryn considers the relationship with our French allies during the Great War 

Members Medley

Our end of year event, featuring volunteer member speakers and mince pies! 

Mesopotamia "After Kut What?"

We welcome Tony back to talk to us about perhaps the most inhospitable front in the war 

Battlefield Success: Achieving Tactical Excellence in an Infantry Battalion 1916 - 1918

Great War talk on West Yorks battalion's tactical evolution using tanks, aircraft, and combined arms (1916-18) 

Controversy and commemoration on the home front