Lectures
Events
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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? […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025
National Army Museum Royal Hospital Rd, London, London, United KingdomThe 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 […]
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Guild Webinar – Cold War Tankie
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Alan Wood, will take place on Wednesday 9th December commencing at 1930 (UK time). On the 24th February 2022 hundreds of […]
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The Stay Behinds
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Bob Shaw, will take place on Monday 5 January, commencing at 1900 (UK time). During 1940, when a potential German invasion […]
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An Introduction to the Training Modules for the New Accreditation Programme
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Sue King, will take place on Monday 16 February, commencing at 1900 (UK time).The new Accreditation Programme is designed to add […]
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A Tour on the Open Wave
ZoomOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Tim Stoneman, will take place on Monday 16 March, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The Guild’s Accreditation Manual states “Battles take […]
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The RAF Regiment, Air Power From the Ground Up
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by the Guild President, Steve Abbott, will take place on Monday 113 April, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The webinar will cover […]
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SOE
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Bob Shaw, will take place on 5 May. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was created at Churchill's orders in 1940 to […]
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Artillery Systems That Changed Warfare
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Frank Baldwin, will take place on 6 July 2026. As Napoleon once said, "It is with Artillery that war is made". […]
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Indirect Fire and Forward Observation
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Frank Baldwin, will take place on 3 August 2026. This talk covers the development of indirect fire and forward observation during […]
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Tanks – To the Somme and Beyond: the Anniversary of the First Use of Tanks
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by John Pratt, will take place on Saturday 26 September, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The tank was first used in battle […]
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Guild Webinar – Radar Basics (date to be confirmed)
OnlineHave you ever been asked tricky questions about radar and wished you'd known a bit more about the basics? Do you want to learn more about a technology that's been a critical part […]
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Smarter Guiding: How AI Can Enhance Your Research, Narratives, and Guest Experience
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Joris Nieuwint, will take place on 11 November 2026. AI isn’t just for tech experts, it’s becoming an essential tool for […]