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January 2022
Annual Conference & AGM
The Guild’s Annual Conference and AGM will be taking place over the weekend of 21 - 23 January 2022. We’re getting back to a way of life that makes it easier to visit the battlefields. As an organisation with members worldwide, our resilience over the past 18 months has been noteworthy. Now it is time to look ahead. This year’s theme for our Annual Conference will be “Back to the Battlefields” - and of course, this is the weekend over…
Find out more »March 2022
Guild Portuguese Peninsular War Recce – Rescheduled Dates
This Recce had been scheduled to take place in April 2020 but was postponed as Europe went into Covid 19 lock-down which prevented all but non-essential travel. The recce has now been provisionally rescheduled to 2-7 March 2022 Please contact the organiser if you are interested in going if you were not down to go on the original recce dates as there may be spaces available. This 6 day Guild Recce visits the battlefield of Bussaco where Wellington’s strategic genius…
Find out more »April 2022
EOD, Malta
The Guild recce to Malta will take place in April 2022. The theme of the recce is the defence of Malta during WW2, with the emphasis being on the Explosive Ordnance Disposal capability of the islands. To provide background and context, it will also cover air and sea campaigns, the experience of the Maltese population and the Axis plans to invade the islands. There will also be a presentation on the siege of Malta in 1565. Despite being the most…
Find out more »“From Stringbags to Spitfires!”
A car tour around four sites associated with Castle Bromwich airfield, North Birmingham looking at its history telling the story of the development of military and civil aviation from 1910 to 1950. Today mostly associated with the building and development of Spitfires in WW2 there is a whole, almost unknown, Great War and interwar years history here, one of the first RFC training airfields for pilots. We'll visit three local cemeteries to hear the stories of casualties killed flying there,…
Find out more »September 2022
Commando and Ranger Event
This event will study the creation and reformation of the WW2 Commando and Ranger units and their notable missions from WW2 to their role today. Based in scenic Scotland at Achnacarry, it will also study the SOE paramilitary training at Arisaig House (and surrounding estates) and will feature the usual dinner and quiz night, pertinent memento and plenty of 'hands on' for those that want to, on demolitions, booby traps, survival, camouflage and concealment, elimination of sentries and weapon handling. …
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