Guild Webinar – Hate From On-high: Air-delivered Weapons: a Bluffer’s Guide
OnlineContinuing our theme of the practical application of firepower, Jon Davy offers a pilot's-eye-view of weaponeering. He flew Jaguars and Typhoons in a 26-year RAF career, employing a wide variety of air-to-surface weapons. In this talk, he will discuss the history and challenges of delivering air-to-ground ordnance and the implications of 'effects-based' warfare. For those […]
Guild Webinar – Trowels and Trenches
OnlineArchaeology in the Great War – From Macedonia, Palestine, and the Dardanelles, through to the Roman Gallic wars, the troglodyte nature of the First World War frequently came into contact with the Ancient world. Clive Harris will tell the story of not only the discoveries uncovered during trench construction, but the fascinating and varied lives […]
GBG Annual Golf Championships 2025
John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United KingdomThe Golf Championships are open to all members and their guests - more details here.
Accredited Guides’ Annual Dinner
The annual Badged Guides Dinner will be held in London on 22 August 2025. Further details from Bob Shaw in due course.
Guild Webinar – Problems on Tour
OnlineI have been asked by a number of members to run a webinar on "Problems on Tour". So Chris Finn (Accreditation Director) and I will do that at 1930 on Wednesday 3 September. I will start with some general observations about the types of problems we may expect on tours. We will then drill down […]
Guild Webinar – Tell Us How It Was
OnlineTo be on the site of a battle, with a knowledgeable and experienced guide can lead us to a profound understanding of the challenges faced by both sides in that action, of how events unfolded and of the outcomes. In that much-used Guild phrase, we can ‘smell the cordite’. One other element is vital to […]
Guild Recce: Dieppe, Bruneval and St. Valery
Intention: The focus of this recce is the 1942 raiding actions undertaken at both Dieppe and Bruneval. There will be a visit to St Valery-en-Caux, where the French Army fought alongside the 51st Highland Division in June 1940. We will travel out on the DFDS overnight ferry Friday from Newhaven to Dieppe and return Sunday […]
Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025
Central London LondonThe Richard Holmes Lecture is given annually; sponsorship rotates between the Battlefields Trust, The British Commission for Military History and the Guild. This year’s sponsor is the Battlefields Trust. Subject to confirmation, the Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025 will be held on the afternoon of Saturday 1 November 2025 at a venue in Central London. […]
GBG East Midlands Get Together
Melton Mowbray Melton MowbrayTour of Melton Mowbray covering 300 years of military history followed by pub lunch. Guild members in the East Midlands are already aware but any members from elsewhere are welcome to attend and should contact john.cotterill@btinternet.com in order to receive the calling notice later in the year
Guild Christmas Lunch 2025
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonA great opportunity to catch up at the end of the year; the Guild’s annual Christmas lunch will be held at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St, London SE1 8UJ (which is adjacent to Waterloo Station) on Friday 5 December. The bar opens at 11.00 a.m. and members are asked to assemble for 12.30 for […]
Recce: Bavaria
This will include Battlefield of Blenheim , the German Great War Museum at Ingolstadt and Dachau Concentration Camp. Note that April 1 is a place marker in the calendar rather than the actual start date which is to be advised For more information contact the organiser John Cotterill via the Guild Secretary, or via the […]
Guild Recce – Easter Rising, Dublin April 1916
Dublin Dublin, IrelandIn France in 1916, plans were being drawn up to relieve the pressure on Verdun; in Dublin plans were being finalised for an insurrection. The Easter Rising would see ordinary men and women become national heroes who would shape Ireland’s destiny. Join me in Dublin on May 1st to 3rd 2026 as we look at […]
Operation Frankton/Operation Chariot Recce (dates tba)
THIS RECCE IS BEING PUT BACK TO 2026 SO AS NOT TO CLASH WITH OTHER EVENTS. THE DATES ARE MERELY A PLACE SAVER AND ARE TO BE CONFIRMED. Operation Frankton was the famous WW2 raid on German blockade running shipping in Bordeaux, France. The raid was carried out by the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment […]