EVENTS 2010
January
Ghosts on the Somme
by Andy Robertshaw, Curator/Manager of The Royal Logistic Corps Museum
February
Fromelles 1915 and the Aftermath?
by Victoria Burbidge, Historian and British Representative of the Association Fromelles - Weppes - Terre de Mémoire 14-18
March
Branch Field Trip
Royal Logistic Corps Museum & Army Medical Services Museum
March
The Battle of the Somme - a study of the German defence 1st July, 1916
by Joanna Legg.
April
Basra CWGC Cemetery and Memorial - WW1 to 2005
by Verne Littley, Guild of Battlefield Guides
May
21st March 1918 - The German Attack
By Joanna Legg
May
Branch Battlefield Tour
Gallipoli
June
2010 Branch Seminar - 'Aspects of the Great War'
Tank Museum, Bovington
June
Elsie & Mairi Go To War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front
by Diane Atkinson, author
August
Italy and the Great War
by Dale Hjort, historian and battlefield tour guide
September
Branch Battlefield Tour
The Yser Front & the Northern Ypres Salient
September
Bruchmuller - The German Artillery Specialist
by Andy Grainger, British Commission for Military History
September
Ancestors from the Great War
In association with the Dorset Family History Society, David Seymour (Branch Education Officer) and Martin Willoughby (Branch Chairman) present a workshop designed to help you make progress with your research into the Great War and your family’s involvement with it.
September
2010 Schools Competition – Presentation Evening
Tank Museum, Bovington
October
Records of the Red Cross
by Peter Barton, First World War historian and author
Immediately following the talk will be a short presentation by Victoria Burbidge, Historian and British Representative of the Association Fromelles - Weppes - Terre de Mémoire 14-18, on Fromelles and what it means to the British. This will be followed by the official launch of The British Memorial Association, Fromelles
November
Sopwith Aircraft of the Great War
by David Seymour MA MPhil, WFA National and Branch Education Officer
December
2010 Branch Annual General Meeting
followed by Great War Medals
By Julian Johnson