Upcoming Events

TBD

Usually a mince pie is available at this meeting 

Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston: 'A slashing man of action' at the Somme.

Elaine McFarland will re-examine the reputation of the controversial general from West Kilbride - and his performance at the Battle of the Somme.  

AGM and Members' Contributions

AGM and Members' Contributions 

Kitchener before the Great War, 1850-1913

Lord Kitchener’s military career prior to the First World War was lengthy and varied.  

Christmas Social

A social event with like minded friends 

Scapa Flow - Salvaging the Imperial German Navy

includes our annual Christmas social event 

Air VCs - Who and Why?

19 Victoria Crosses were awarded to British and Commonwealth airmen in the First World War. This is their story. 

From Tsingtao to Skipton

Christmas Social and Buffet + Talk

Speaker to follow the Xmas Social 

Members Medley & Mince Pies

Branch end of year medley and the inevitable mince pies! 

The Salonika Zeppelin

What was a Zeppelin doing out in Salonika? All will be revealed in this presentation 

Field-Marshall Wully Robertson

Robertson is most usually remembered as the only man so far ever to have risen from the very bottom rank of a private to a field marshal. 

Meeting an urgent need

Should a war widow be allowed to marry her husbands brother ? 

Member's Meeting

Branch Members own research and interests. 

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, especially if they weren’t officers.