Upcoming Events

The Battle of Verdun

HMS Timbertown - Regarding British sailors interned in The Netherlands during 1914-1918.

HMS Timbertown - Regarding British sailors interned in The Netherlands during 1914-1918. 

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

Epic 634 mile cycle ride along the Western Front Way 

The Great War in the Films of the 1920's

How the Great war influenced 1920's cinema. 

The Armistice, Was It A War Crime?

A detailed look at the Armisitice and it's implications. 

War Crime? Atrocity? Propaganda? The Lusitania Funerals and Corpse No. 71

The impact and consequences of the sinking of the Lusitania  

The African Water War 1914-18

Anne will look at a neglected aspect of an often ignored front - but one which has been made famous on the silver screen 

German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux... and more

This talk is about the German tanks at Villers Bretoneux in 1918 

Churchill’s Intervention in North Russia 1918-20

Exactly what was the Allied Intervention – Northern Russia 1918-1920 ? 

Lance Corporal Charles Graham Robertson VC MM

Exploring the story of an individual soldier 

Three Day's in the Great War

How Two Wheels to War was Researched and Written

Have you ever wondered what research is behind a book title? 

The rising of the son

This presentation focuses on the selection and exhumation of the Unknown Warrior  

AGM, and Chinese Labour Corps

The Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) was the largest group of foreign labourers to assist the Allies during the First World War, but their contributions were almost entirely forgotten. 

A Game for Christmas: Football on the Western Front, December 1914?