Upcoming Events

Kaiser Bill: The Man behind the Image' Kaiser Wilhelm II

The Russian Army in World War 1

Join us to look at the Russian Army during the Great War  

I'm Out! Escape to The Frontier

British POWS in Germany, 1914-1918' and focusses on the attempts to escape from camps deep within Germany and the many trials and pitfalls they faced in trying to get out of Germany. Some escaped, far more were recaptured. Its a thrilling tale of daring do! 

Too Shallow For the Navy: The Royal Navy's role in the Mesopotamian campaign.

Members Night

A chance to display the many talents of our own Essex Branch members 

The All Arms Battle and Manoeuvre Warfare – British Airpower 1917

From Brown Bess to SMLE

Percy Camplin: A Librarian on the Western Front

"Arf a Mo' Kaiser": How Tommy saved Britain's wartime mail order tobacco trade

Tabacco fundraising and the First World War. 

Public Schools and the Junior Officer Corps of 1916

Find out more about public schools in WW1 

German Tanks at Villers-Bretonneux

In April 1918, German and British tanks clashed in the world’s first tank-on-tank battle. 

On 13th November, Beaumont Hamel was English

August 1914 - Following a supply column

the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War 

The Indian Army in East Africa, 1914

How the Indian army came to serve in East Africa, the battles around Tanga (and Longido) and the repercussions 

10 Decisions that settled the Campaign to the Marne

How did the German campaign in 1914 go from invasion to retreat in six weeks?