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November 2021
Somme Recce (Provisional)
Taking a Guild recce format with participating Guild members passing on their knowledge of the battlefield and tour tips based on experience. Participants will be invited to share their knowledge with the group as we visit possible "stands" around the battlefields. Newcomers to the Guild and battlefield guiding on the Western Front need not be concerned that your knowledge may not match that of experienced members. That is the whole point of recces to gain information and you will be…
Find out more »December 2021
Guild Christmas Lunch 2021
A great opportunity to catch up at the end of a battlefield guiding season and at the Union Jack Club, Waterloo, London as usual. Full details will be provided later in the year.
Find out more »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…
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