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'The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home!' a talk by Tony Davies
Join us for an interesting talk by Tony Davies about the lads from the village of Knutsford in Cheshire who never came home in the First World War. Based on his research into the men commemorated on the Knutsford War Memorial, and his book 'The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home', this well illustrated talk will give us a detailed insight into t...
CANCELLED : 'Aftermath' a talk by Professor John Derry
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Due to the Coronavirus, all meetings have been postponed or cancelled until further notice. Please check with us before venturing out to an advertised event. We are delighted to welcome Professor Derry for another talk on the First World War. On this occasion he will cover the events which took place following the Armistice on 11 November1918 a...
The 6th Lincolns at Gallipoli and the Post War Controversy, Jonathan D'Hooghe
When Great Britain entered the Great War in August 1914, only Lord Kitchener foresaw a long and attritional war. This led to the formation of Kitchener’s New Army of which the 6th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, was the first New Army battalion formed by the Lincolnshire Regiment. Within twelve months, the 1000 civilians who first enlist...
Ocean Greyhounds: The Battle of Dogger Bank - 1915, Dr Scott Lindgren
In January 1915, the British Battlecruiser Fleet under David Beatty pursued their opposite numbers of the German 1st Scouting Ground under Franz Hipper, sinking one vessel. This lecture explores the engagement and its background, along with lessons that should have been learned.
Robert Keable and the South African Native Labour Corps, Simon Keable-Elliott
Simon will be telling the story of Robert Keable’s time as a WW1 chaplain to the South African Native Labour Corps, the story of the corps and of his grandfather's experiences that led him to write the scandalous WW1 novel Simon Called Peter.
Strange Meetings - The Life of Wilfred Owen in His Own Words, Shaun Higgins
Strange Meetings is a one man performance which documents the final fifteen months of the life of Wilfred Owen, beginning with his admission to Craiglockhart Hospital with shell-shock, his auspicious meeting with (and befriending of) Siegfried Sassoon, the resulting flourish of poetry, his return to France, and his final and fatal battle in Nove...
Tragedy at Quintinshill - May 1915, Grant Cullen
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The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, and resulted in the deaths of over 200 people. The majority of those killed were mainly Territorial soldiers from the 1/7th (Leith) Battalion, the Royal Scots heading for Gallipoli.In t...
The 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos, Nigel Atter
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This talk focuses on the actions of the 8th Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment, on 26 September 1915. This talk challenges the established historiography that the Lincolns - and the Reserves more generally - were routed at the Battle of Loos. It is based on Nigel's book 'In the Shadow of Bois Hugo - the 8th Lincolns at the Battle of Loos 1915'...
"Dear Billie" - Killed on Flying Duty - The Changing Role of the Castle Bromwich (Birmingham) Airfield in the Great War, Chris Johns
From a basic training airfield using 'canary cages' in 1915 to an operational centre in 1918 for giant Handley Page 0/400 bombers destined for WW2-style bombing raids against Germany. In particular the talk looks at the stories of the many pilots buried in local cemeteries around North Birmingham and their many fascinating histories. The talk, f...
London's Buses That Stayed at Home, Roy Larkin
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A welcome return for Roy who will be giving his new talk on the varied work of the London General Omnibus Company in support of the war effort on the Home Front.
Nobody's Heroes - 8th East Lancs in the Great War, Stephen Barker
Although the talk is about a Lancashire battalion, the presentation gives an impression of life in and out of the trenches for any Service Battalion of the First World War, irrespective of their origins. Fully illustrated, it tells of the war from the soldier's perspective, making use of documentary evidence including letters, sound archives, ar...
The Life and Death of Leigh Roose, Sportsman and Soldier, Spencer Vignes
In 1914 Leigh Roose, the first superstar of modern day football, went off to join the war effort serving in the Mediterranean and France. Like millions of others the former Stoke, Sunderland and Wales goalkeeper would die. Unlike millions of others nobody knew how or where – until now. This talk lifts the lid on Leigh's remarkable life, his war...
From No-Man's Land to Auxiliary Hospital: Evacuating the Great War Wounded, Professor Jessica Meyer
This talk takes the audience on the journey of a wounded man from the front line to rehabilitation. It considers the sites of care he would pass through and discusses the range of caregivers he would encounter.
The Enemy Within: Germans in Britain 1914-1918, Tim Lynch
When war broke out, thousands of German subjects - many who had never set foot in Germany - found themselves trapped in Britain and targeted as 'enemy aliens'. From the spy scares of 1914 to the Internment Camps in Britain and Germany, this presentation tells the story of those who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.