Upcoming Events

The rocky road to trench warfare

The Rocky Road to Stalemate: How and why the First World War descended so quickly into trench warfare 

Remembering Bungo: The life and career of Field Marshal Lord Byng of Vimy

Australian Pilots Of the Great War

Mountain Warfare on the Italian Front

A look at the difficulties of conducting warfare at 12,000ft 

“Haig’s Command Philosophy and Style – Teacher or Tyrant?”

In this presentation Phil will cover how Haig was both teacher and tyrant. 

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. 

Stalky’s Forlorn Hope

Nick Higham's talk tells the five men’s story and that of the little-known Battle of Baku and its legacy. 

‘The First XV: the senior staff of Haig’s five armies’

Paul Harris returns to the branch to speak about a number of generals whose names will be familiar. 

The Territorial Force 1908 - 1919

The Territorial Force : forgotten army of the First World War. Its planned role and how it was really used. 

"I'm Out! Escape From POW Camps in Germany"

Just how hard was it for POW's to make the elusive "Home Run" after escaping 

Raiders on the Battlefield: Special operations and forces in WW1

From Flying Dreadnought to Dogfighter - The Troubled Birth of the British Fighter

Scotland's Territorials

The Story of the Territorial Force in Scotland 

Captain Bairnsfather and the "Ole Bill" Cartoons

I'm out! Escape from German POW Camps 1914 - 18

Peter will be talking to us about daring escapes made by British POW's during the Great War