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

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  

Maldon In The Great War

A talk about an Essex town and its Great War  

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  

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 

The Franco-Prussian War and its consequences

A seminal conflict in the emergence of Imperial Germany, the consequences of which extended to the outbreak of the Great War. 

The Shimmering Blue; Lincolnshire Aviation in World War One

Commemoration

Evolution of Commemoration post-war.