Upcoming Events

Goodbye old man - the artist Fortunino Matania's vision of the Great War

Fortunino Matania's war art. 

Lancaster War Graves Tour

An evening visiting Lancaster War Graves 

The Battle of Verdun

Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 

Evolving Meritocracy in the BEF

The development of a skill-based partial meritocracy within infantry battalion command. 

Soldier photographers of the Great War

This talk examines photographs taken by serving British soldiers during the First World War. 

August 1914 - Follow a Supply Column and others through mobilisation and the total chaos of the opening weeks of the Great War

Roy Larkin returns to talk on another aspect of the Army Service Corps 

The 9th (Service Battalion) The Cheshire Regiment 1914-1920

Total War and Women Footballers - The Dagenham Invincibles of World War One

The story of the top women's football team in the First World War. 

Lessons from the Mud: 55th (West Lancashire) Division at Third Ypres

An introduction to the R. E. Tunnelling Companies 1915 – 1918

An exploration of the vital, often misunderstood role British Tunnelling Companies played in trench warfare during WWI on the Western Front. 

Bristling With Guns

Captured German Artillery in UK Towns and Cities 

Mobilisation 1914

Members' Evening

An informal evening with contributions from branch memebrs 

Chatham Dockyard a Disaster

WW1's worst air raid in Britain  

The Devons