Upcoming Events

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

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

Mountain Warfare in the Great War

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

Special Railway Loads in WW1

'The Changing Face of Army Chaplaincy During the Great War'

'Halt! Who goes there?' 'Army Chaplain.' 'Pass Charlie Chaplin, all’s well!' 

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

Tunnelling companies were crucial in WWI trench warfare. From 1915 - 1919 they developed British underground tactics using offensive/defensive mining techniques that culminated in the successful Messines attack 

David Lloyd George, The Man Who Won The War?

Lloyd George has been described as a "war dynamo," transforming Britain's industrial, military, and economic efforts.  

Aviation in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli Campaigns

ONLINE: From the Suvla Plain to Victory: The Life of William Ralph Peel

Honour & Tradition

The Road to Sarajevo: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the Balkan Origins of the First World War

Ireland's Memorial Records

A unique record of Ireland's Great War dead. 

Edinburgh 1916 - The Night The Zeppelin Came. A 110th anniversary talk

Ian Castle makes his debut in Edinburgh talking about the first Zeppelin raid on Scotland.  

The Accrington Pals and the battle for Serre

Much awaited talk by the very knowledgable owner of the Accrington Pals website