Upcoming Events

How the Welfare State developed during World War I

Join us for an interesting evening assessing the foundations of the Welfare State.  

Gertrude Bell

What has Gertrude Bell to do with WW1 , now is your turn to learn all 

The Half Shilling Curate: The Great War Padre the Rev Herbert Butler Cowl CF MC

Shield and Protect, The History of the Essex Yeomanry

Essex's own cavalry unit, later artillery, and its military history in two world wars 

The Royal Artillery 1914-1915

The Battle of Messines 1917. The prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele and the biggest man-made explosion before the A-bomb.

The Battle of Messines 1917. The prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele and the biggest man-made explosion before the A-bomb. 

'The Old Contemptibles'

'The Old Contemptibles' 

The Great War at Spanbroekmolen 1914-1918

Tunnelling at Spanbroekmolen  

Observers with the Royal Flying Corps

A welcome return for Colin who is an expert on all things 'air-war' - this time looking at the unsung heroes: the RFC observers 

Lost Opportunity – 22 August 1914

How the Battle of the Ardennes on 22 August 1914 had consequences for the whole war 

The Indian Corps on the Western Front

In 1914, Indian troops provided much-needed reinforcements to a beleaguered B.E.F. 

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) Enquiries Files.

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

Playing the Great Classical Game: Sir Edwin Lutyens and the Imperial War Graves Commission

Special Railway Loads in WW1