Upcoming Events

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 

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 U-Boat Campaign & Anti-Submarine Strategy, Tactics & Operations in the Great War

The controversial German U-boat campaign and the Allied countermeasures are still the subject of much debate. 

62nd Division at the Second Battle of the Marne, July 1918

The Shimmering Blue; Lincolnshire Aviation in World War One

Alexander Paterson Prison reformer

Commemoration

Evolution of Commemoration post-war. 

Harwich Submarine Flotilla in the Great War

The story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign. 

Aussie Magazine and the Australian Corps in 1918-19

A Look at the popular magazine for Australian Troops 

Emile Driant, First hero of Verdun

A Concept Vindicated: the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914

The opening stage of the Battle was on 8th December 1914