Lectures
Guild Webinar “Choosing Your Battles.”
OnlineThe fourth in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by Sue King, the Guild's Education Director. Battlefield Guides may have battles ‘thrust upon them’ by tour operators […]
Guild Webinar “Understanding Evidence: Human Imperfection – Unintended Mistakes in Sources?””
OnlineThe nxt in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by David Harvey, the Guild's Events Director. When we look at the types of sources available to battlefield guides, […]
Richard Holmes Lecture 2024
Royal College of Defence Studies Seaford House, 37 Belgrave Square, Belgravia, LondonAir Control from the Sea: Tactical Air Command & Control during Operation Neptune The talk will examine the development of expeditionary air command and control (C2) in the European Theatre […]
Guild Webinar “Understanding Evidence: Lies, Damned Lies ….. Deliberate Falsification in Sources.”
OnlineAnother in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by Chris Finn, the Guild's Accreditation Director. Following on from David Harvey's webinar concerning unintended mistakes in sources, I will […]
Guild Webinar “When Sources Are Limited and Downright Confusing! A Channel Islands’ Perspective”
OnlineThis, another in our series of Guild webinars, will be delivered by Marc Yates, the Guild's Governance Director. When faced with having to guide battlefields and describe events several hundred […]
Guild Webinar: Does Size Matter – the Evolution of Firearms
OnlineAs battlefield guides, we invariably will take questions on the weapons of the era we are guiding and the impact they may or may not have had on the outcome […]
Guild Webinar “A Research Journey”
OnlineChris Finn, the Accreditation Director, will be presenting the next in the Guild Webinar series, entitled A Research Journey. The subject will be researching the Korean War Battle of the […]
Guild Webinar – An Introduction to Accreditation
OnlineAs we start a new Membership Year we have 18 active accreditation candidates and eight awaiting the successful completion of Assignment 1. Whilst those figures are identical to those of […]
Guild Webinar – Guiding the Bomber War – 16 June 2025
OnlineUsing a walking tour of Dresden, Andy Johnson explains why and how the RAF Dresden raid took place, and he will discuss sources. This is an adaptation of Andy’s successful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Guild Webinar: Marketing Yourself
ZoomThis is a webinar aimed at all members in that it will cover some of the basics of marketing. These include: Generally, how do people find you to employ you? […]
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 […]
Guild Webinar – Sailors’ Weapons – Naval Guns and Gunnery
OnlineFire from the sea has been around for ages (Edward III’s siege of Calais, anyone?) – and has gone under a number of titles; shore bombardment, naval gunfire support, naval […]
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 […]