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The Austro-Hungarian Front 1914-1918

Poor leadership resulting in high number of casualties 

The Fire Brigade Goes to War 1914-1918

'Mons, 22nd - 24th August 1914, Re-visited'

The first few days of August 1914 have been used by many historians as a metric by which to form opinions of French, Haig, Allenby, and Smith-Dorrien, which they have continued to apply to them for the remainder of the war. 

Grandfather & the south African native labour corps

the story of the 27,000 black labourers who volunteered to Europe 

Pitiful Desolation: The attack by 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in the Battle of the Ancre, November 1916

Derek makes a return visit to take a forensic look at one of the later actions in the Battle of the Somme 

The Allied Intervention - Far East and Siberia 1918-1920

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

Forgotten Blitz and Defeat of the Zeppelins

How the war was waged in the sky's above Britain from 1914-18  

Navvies at War

The experience of the Navvies working at Hurstwood reservoir 

Branch Trip

August of each year is usualy reserved for our branch outing. The destination for this outing is; TBA 

Lancashire (North) Book Club

The second Lancashire (North) Book Club 

Gotha Raids

The Sky Was Lurid With Flames  

Tall tales or real history?

A look at one soldier's life during the First World War 

Hawthorn crater and the Somme

Further details to follow 

The Battle of Nonne Bosschen 11th November 1914

A look at one of the early battles of the war