Upcoming Events

“I’m Out! Escape to The Frontier” with Peter Hart

The adventures of escaped British POWs 

The German Raid on Scarborough

Kevin’s talk covers the controversial German raid on Scarborough, 16th December 1914 

A Sailor in the Great War

For many young men, the military was an escape from an austere existence. 

A day of magnificent achievement

How did four out numbered British divisions thwart Operation Mars within the course of one day? 

A Wood Too Far? – Bourlon Wood, November 1917.

Was Bourlon Wood a Wood too Far? 

The Quintinshill Disaster

The forgotten Railway Disaster of the Great War 

Lost Mines of the Somme

This talk explores the intense underground fighting in the months prior to the battle of the Somme in July 1916.  

Redipuglia Memorial to Italian 3rd Army

With family coming for the area of the Isonzo region, James is the perfect guide to explain the many Battles of Isonzo 

Gotha Terror by Ian Castle

Stories from the stones: Irishmen in War and Revolution

The Devons on 1st July 1916: The man who predicted where he would be killed

Ross will burst a few myths about the attack by the Devons 

Archaeology of the Great War

The Dominion of Fear: Morale, motivation and effectiveness on the battlefields of the two World Wars

Perfidious France and the Campaign in the Cameroons (1914-16)

This talk looks at various campaigns in Africa 

Poets and Poems of the Great War

Alnwick based Alan Crowe will discuss some poets of the Great War