Upcoming Events

'Gallipoli - A Walthamstow Perspective'

Anzac Day 2026 Seminar

The WFA Australian NSW Branch's 15th Anzac Day seminar, at the Anzac Memorial, Sydney. Three talks: the AIF at Fromelles, AANS nurse Janet Radcliff, and war poet Edmund Blunden. 

Memorial Day ceremony, Somme American Cemetery

The Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France, hosts a United States Memorial Day ceremony at 3.00pm on Sunday 24 May 2026. 

Comparing the Battles of the Somme and Arras

Should the Battle of the Somme be more prominent in peoples minds than Arras ?? 

The Shimmering Blue; Lincolnshire Aviation in World War One

Alexander Paterson Prison reformer

Commemoration

Evolution of Commemoration post-war. 

Harwich Submarine Flotilla in the Great War

The story of the Royal Navy's first submarine campaign. 

Aussie Magazine and the Australian Corps in 1918-19

A Look at the popular magazine for Australian Troops 

Emile Driant, First hero of Verdun

A Concept Vindicated: the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914

The opening stage of the Battle was on 8th December 1914 

Cesari Battisti — Traitor or Martyr?

A look at the Austrian politician who fought for the Italians 

1/25th County of London Cyclists

The 25th London Cyclists, a largely forgotten regiment. 

The Indian Army at Hampton Court Palace

Room 40 Codes and Ciphers

Who were the first codebreakers? learn more about them and their impact on the war