Upcoming Events

'They really are a wonderful lot'. The Black Watch and Kitchener's Army.

Derek Patrick will share some of his research into the volunteers who enlisted with the famous Black Watch.  

Shaking General Monash’s Pedestal

Was the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918 the 'perfect battle' as often heralded? 

Quintinshill, 22nd May 1915; Britain's worst railway disaster

The World’s Game: Football and WWI

A free online symposium from the National WWI Museum and Memorial, tracing football's development as a global game before, during and after the Great War. 

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

This talk focusses on the attempts to escape from camps in Germany and the pitfalls faced in trying to get out 

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

Rick Smith - British Artillery on the Western Front 1914-1918

British Artillery on the Western Front 1914-1918 

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

Tabacco fundraising and the First World War. 

How the Western Front recovered from the ruins - and what Yorkshire did to help

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