Upcoming Events

Collecting war related memorabilia at the time of the war and after

A look at the collecting of war related memorabilia 

"Oh, What a Bostin War!” – Mobilisation & Recruitment in the Black Country in 1914.

Join us to discover the military reaction to the outbreak of the Great War in the Black Country.   

The Battle of the Somme

A look at Britain's longest and costliest battle 

Welsh Warrior at Ypres, 1914

The Battles of the Isonzo

A huge part of the fighting on the Italian Front took place along the Isonzo River in several battles 

August 1914 – A Supply Column and the Total Chaos of Mobilisation

Lost Mines of the Somme

Look beyond Hawthorn Ridge and Lochnagar! 

Graham Baron Ash - Red Cross Chauffeur, RFC Pilot and Balloonatic

Tale of a warwickshire born lad and his life in the sky 

The Easter Rising: A Distraction from the Western Front

The 1916 Easter Rising was intended to exploit British distraction, but did it significantly divert Western Front military resources. 

Branch AGM followed by "The Great War Memorials of Lincolnshire"

Grandfather & the south African native labour corps

the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe 

Pitiful Desolation: The attack by 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916

Derek makes a return visit to take a forensic look at one of the later actions in the Battle of the Somme 

The Allied Intervention - Far East and Siberia 1918-1920

Quintinshill, 22nd May 1915; Britain's worst railway disaster

Forgotten Blitz and Defeat of the Zeppelins

How the war was waged in the sky's above Britain from 1914-18