Upcoming Events
Listed here are events being hosted by branches as well as other 'national' events. Please do come along and join us
Commemoration of the Portsmouth Blitz (Saturday)
An English Heritage and Pompey Pals Charity event remembering Portsmouth's military heritage
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Utterly Immoral? Robert Keable WW1 chaplain
This is the little known story of the 'exotic' life of a WW1 chaplain
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Commemoration of the Portsmouth Blitz (Sunday)
An English Heritage and Pompey Pals Charity event remembering Portsmouth's military heritage
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Branch AGM followed by The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Branch AGM then a talk on the chain of events which proved so decisive in triggering the Great War.
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Dale Wiseman
A talk on St Andrews Hospital, Thorpe in WW1
The presentation will look at some of the people who worked, visited or been patients of St Andrews Hospital since it opened in 1813. It will look at the challenges and changes that were imposed on the hospital when it became a War Hospital in 1915. A feature will be a nurse who worked in the hospital in WW1 but sadly killed in WW2. The talk will also cover the closure of the hospital in the 1990's.
The Belgian Coast in World War I – an exploration by train, tram, foot and frites
Join us to hear more about Peter's inspired journey along the Belgian Coast.
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Total War and Women Footballers – The Dagenham Invincibles of World War 1
The story of the top women's football team in the First World War, a perfect start to this World Cup year
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The German Raid on Scarborough
Kevin’s talk covers the controversial German raid on Scarborough, 16th December 1914
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