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'The 'Voie Sacrée' - Verdun' with Roy Larkin

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We have had a change of speaker. Rather than a talk on the role of Chaplains during the First World War, Roy Larkin will be giving his illustrated talk on the Voie Sacrée.  The route to and from Bar-le-Duc to Verdun • © France 3 Lorraine


How the Black Country went to war in 1914 - Quintin Watt

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How the Black Country went to war in 1914 A presentation in two parts “Oh, what a bostin war!”  – Mobilisation & Recruitment in the Black Country in 1914This illustrated presentation examines the military reaction to the outbreak of the Great War in the Black Country.  Were people really excited to have a ‘pop at the Kaiser’?  Did thousands...


‘Chaplains and the London Regiment - 1900 to 1920’ a talk by Dr Peter Howson

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The creation of the Territorial Force saw a massive change in the way spiritual care was provided to the new organisation. The old system of individual appointments based on local connections was replaced by a new central organisation. How this affected London, both in the years before 1914, and in the First World War, is the subject of this tal...