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AGM and Members' Medley
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Annual General Meeting (AGM)During the event, some members will present short 15-20 minutes talks of their own choosing to the branch. This will be a friendly, informal occasion - biscuits and cakes will be provided! Refreshments available from the bar.
Botha, Smuts and the Great War. A talk by Antonio Garcia.
Antonio Garcia will talk about the subjects of his 2023 biography, co-authored with Ian van der Waag, longlisted in January 2024 for the SAHR Templer Medal. Tony is a senior manager in the civil-service, who additionally holds non-resident academic positions, including at Durham University. Commissioned as a combat engineer officer in the SA...
'No.16 Squadron RFC - The Great War History of an Army Cooperation Squadron' with Colin Buxton
Colin Buxton's presentation covers the history of the Army Cooperation role seen through the experiences of one unit: No.16 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. From early in the war, until its conclusion, the squadron flew many dangerous and demanding missions over the Western Front - including Artillery Spotting, Reconnaissance, Photography and Cont...
From Cambrai to Crimea - a talk by Stuart Crawford
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Stuart Crawford is an author, writer and broadcaster specialising in defence analysis. He was commissioned in to the 4th Royal Tank Regiment. During his twenty-year military career he served with his Regiment around the world, including operational tours with the UN in Cyprus and as a staff officer in the Headquarters British Forces Middle East...
Russia and the First World War - a talk by Professor Evan Mawdsley
Delegates from both sides around the table during the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk in December 1917.Image: IWM (Q 86727) Our final branch meeting of 2024 will consider why the Eastern Front is so often a neglected (but important) subject. It will also look at the links between the World War, the 1917 Revolution, and the Russian Civil Wa...
Sophie - the story of East Lothian's new Sopwith 1½ Strutter. A talk by Gerard Lohan.
Gerard's talk will endeavour to explain why you can find today a Sopwith 1½ Strutter in a fruit and veg shed in Congalton, East Lothian! Stranger yet is the story of how a handful of volunteer retirees built the Strutter they call "Sophie". Despite a series of setbacks that should have ended the ambitions of their charity, the Aviation Preserva...
Western Fronts: The Retreat from Mons 1914 and Retreat to Dunkirk 1940 - Compared. A lecture by Professor Gary Sheffield.
The President of The Western Front Association, Professor Gary Sheffield, will compare and contrast two famous retreats by British Expeditionary Forces - 1914 and 1940. Image: © IWM (Q 51489)Troops from the Middlesex Regiment under fire from German artillery, September 1914.
The Sea Soldiers - Royal Naval Division at War 1914-1918. A talk by Dr Andrew Jeffrey.
Andrew's talk will trace the history of the Royal Naval Division from its baptism of fire at the 1914 defence of Antwerp to Gallipoli, the Somme and the Western Front. It will show how the Sea Soldiers, hastily-formed, half-trained and woefully ill-equipped when they landed at Gallipoli in 1915, were transformed into an elite force fighting at t...
The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.
David will examine the events surrounding the notorious multi-train rail crash at Quintinshill Junction, near Gretna, when a southbound troop train carrying territorials of the Leith based 1/7th Royal Scots slammed into a local service. With over 220 dead, and a similar number injured, it remains the worst crash in the history of the railways in...
"The most important naval fortress in the British Empire". The fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880-1977. A talk by Dr Gordon Barclay.
"Yet in 1916 the Forth became the most powerful naval fortress – most powerful whether measured by armament, by garrison, or by any other standard – in the British Empire, and probably, therefore, in the World." General George K Scott-Moncrieff, Director, Fortifications & Works, War Office, 1911-1918. Chambers’s Journal (1922) Gordon's talk...