Recces
Events
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Bomber Country Guild Recce
The Guild Bomber County Recce will take place on Saturday 13 June 2026. The recce will look at the development of Bomber Command from 1939 to 1945. The outline programme is: Meet at the Holdingham Roundabout at 1000. Junction of the A17 and A15 on the NW corner of Sleaford - good parking and places […]
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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 September 4th to 6th 2026 as we look at […]
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Operations Chariot and Frankton: Guild Recce
A CPD event will take place in September to study Operations Chariot and Frankton – colloquially known as “The Greatest Raid of All” and “The Cockleshell Heroes” respectively. . The programme will consist of a study at the docks at St Nazaire on the 17th and 18th followed by the route taken by the Frankton RM […]
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Normandy Special Forces Recce (dates tbc)
The intention is to run a three day Normandy Recce in April 2027, concentrating wholly upon the 1st and 4th Special Service Brigades. US Rangers, SOE, SAS and French Resistance actions would be subject of a future GBG recce. This would focus upon the landings of all of these units and their subsequent actions during […]