Upcoming Events

Total War and Women Footballers - The Dagenham Invincibles of World War One

The story of the top women's football team in the First World War. 

Lessons from the Mud: 55th (West Lancashire) Division at Third Ypres

Found in a local archive, a preserved series of notes has enabled Paul to understand how the commanders adjusted tactics between the battles in 3rd Ypres 

An introduction to the R. E. Tunnelling Companies 1915 – 1918

An exploration of the vital, often misunderstood role British Tunnelling Companies played in trench warfare during WWI on the Western Front. 

Bristling With Guns

Captured German Artillery in UK Towns and Cities 

Mobilisation 1914

Members' Evening

An informal evening with contributions from branch memebrs 

Chatham Dockyard a Disaster

WW1's worst air raid in Britain  

The Devons

Maldon In The Great War

A talk about an Essex town and its Great War  

Behind the Barbed Wire Fence – Canada’s Internment Programme

The Work of the Voluntary Aid Detachments (Chauffeuses), 1916-1919

The experiences of the VAD women ambulance drivers during WW1. 

Do we fight the British or the Germans? Boer rebellion 1914-1918

A little known episode of the Great War when with bitter memories of the Boer War  

The Italian Front, 1915-1918

Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites. 

Jutland: The Unfinished Battle.

In the 110th anniversary year, Nick Jellicoe will visit the branch to talk about the battle and his famous grandfather.  

Women in War and Peace

An exploration of how the Great War led to great social change for women