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Ep. 105 – Researching British Officers in WW1 – Prof. Michael Durey
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Emeritus Professor Michael Durey, from Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, talks about his background and interest in history and his current research project which explores the lives of British officers killed on the Western Front during the Great War. Born in Bethnal Green, Blackheath, Michael Davey took his first degree at York Univ...
Army Officers of the British Empire in the two world wars
Prof Gary Sheffield - 'Army Officers of the British Empire in the two world wars Our February meeting will have Branch member Gary Sheffield give his annual talk to he branch about his latest research - definitely not to be missed
‘Most of the Work, Most of the Blame, None of the Credit. Platoon commanders in the Great War’ a talk by Fraser Skirrow
Great War subalterns were mocked and satirised, then and now, as enthusiastic and patriotic but naïve and ignorant public school boys. They led gallantly from the front, looking after their men, but with few tactical responsibilities and little autonomy. Later, the platoon became the key tactical attack unit, a flexible group of specialists with...
'Developing a Meritocracy in the BEF' a talk by Dr Peter Hodgkinson
The British Army went to war with a cadre of officers who had been promoted largely on the basis of seniority. With the rapid promotion of junior officers and the influx of civilians, did a meritocracy establish itself? Taking the example of Infantry battalion COs, who were the men who commanded the infantry battalions of the BEF in 1918? What w...