Upcoming Events

Branch Christmas Meeting

Members papers

Christmas Meeting

The Last VC Awarded by Queen Victoria

Ronnie will be telling us about the life and death of 'Private Charles Burley Ward', a K.O.Y.L.I. who won his VC in 1900 

Gommecourt 1916

Members Evening

Members will bring artefacts or make small presentations 

When Woolwich Went to War

A look at the war's impact on Woolwich and its population 

AGM followed by Huns on the Run

What were the experiences of German POW’s in the UK ? 

Nursing in Salonica and AGM

What was it like for nurses in Salonica? 

Commemoration of the Portsmouth Blitz (Saturday)

An English Heritage and Pompey Pals Charity event remembering Portsmouth's military heritage  

Branch AGM

Branch Annual General Meeting followed by a talk 

Utterly Immoral? Robert Keable WW1 chaplain

This is the little known story of the 'exotic' life of a WW1 chaplain 

Commemoration of the Portsmouth Blitz (Sunday)

An English Heritage and Pompey Pals Charity event remembering Portsmouth's military heritage  

Members' Afternoon

Welcome to the members afternoon of short talks 

The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand involving political motivations, a failed first attempt, and a fatal wrong turn. The background tensions that led to the event are rooted in events like the Congress of Berlin (1878), which created the political instability in the Balkans that the assassins exploited. The final, fatal moment was the result of a wrong turn taken by the driver, which was a direct result of a previous, failed assassination attempt and a decision to try a new route.