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Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop, Stockbridge

Shropshire Event

Staffordshire

Shrewsbury Weekend Visit Shropshire with The Guild of Battlefield Guides including  Validation sessions, dinner & quiz, battlefield tour of Shrewsbury, visit to the RAF Cosford Museum and more.. HIGHLIGHTS:- Shropshire Regimental Museum, Shrewsbury with John Cotterill - See the Captured United States Colours in a former Marches strongpoint. Weekend based in a moated Tudor Manor […]

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Validation Event

Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop, Stockbridge

Want to progress towards Accredited Membership? Need to do a face-to-face assignment? Can't get to a Guild Weekend? Available on 22 September 2018? Then here's your opportunity! Middle Wallop's a few miles from Andover, and a one-day Validation event at the Museum of Army Flying there on 22 September could be the chance for you […]

Validation Event December 7th 2018

UJC Union Jack Club, Sandell St, Lambeth, London

A Validation Event has been organised on December 7th 2018 at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St, Lambeth, London, SE1 8UJ It will take place between 1000 and 1200; there is a total of six slots available. Requests to attempt Assignments 1, 5 or 6 should be emailed to the Validation Secretary (valsec@gbg-international.com) by 7 […]

Validation Event 30th March 2019

Caythorpe 19 High Street

A Validation Event has been organised on Saturday 30 March at Caythorpe Village Hall, 19 High St, Caythorpe, Grantham NG32 3DR, UK Requests to attempt Assignments 1, 5 or 6 should be emailed to the Validation Secretary (valsec@gbg-international.com) by 15 February 2019 (as usual, “first come, first served”).

Validation Day

Household Cavalry Museum Archive Combermere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire

  Want to progress towards Accredited Membership? Need to do a face-to-face assignment? Can't get to a Guild Weekend? Here's your opportunity! You'll be able to attempt Assignment 1, Assignment 5 and/or Assignment 6. Send your request to the Validation Secretary and put the date in your diary now!

Validation Day

Tally Ho Club Pershore Road, Birmingham

Want to progress towards Accredited Membership? Need to do a face-to-face assignment? Couldn't get to the Guild Annual Conference? Here's your chance! Here's an opportunity to advance along the path towards your Badge! You'll be able to attempt Assignment 1, Assignment 5 and/or Assignment 6. Send your request to the Validation Secretary, and put the […]

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Online Assignment 1 Validation Event

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event by a Guild Member who has chosen The Battle for Ouvrage La Ferte 16-19 May 1940 as his subject. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the accreditation programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be The Garwhal Brigade at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle - 10 March 1915. Further details about how to join the audience for this event will be published in the Guild Weekly Update email about a week before the event. Members […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be The 38th (Welsh) Division - Lloyd George's Welsh Army and the assault on Mametz Wood July 10th to 12th July 1916. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be The Battle of Ortona, December 1943. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to begin […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Objective Hillman: 1st Battalion The Suffolk Regiment, D-Day and the race to Caen. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be 3rd Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Messines 1917. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be The Second Battle of Ramadi, Mesopotamia, 1917. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Counter-Stroke at Arras, 21 May 1940.  All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to begin the […]

Assignment 1 Validation (postponed)

This Event has been postponed from 10 October; the new date has yet to be confirmed. This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be The Alabamas at Croix Rouge Farm. July 25-27 1918.

Assignment 1 Validation (postponed)

This Event has been postponed until 2021. This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Operation Mercury: Maleme 20 May 1941.

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be 55th (West Lancashire) Division during the Third Battle of Ypres. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be The Battle for Seelow Heights, April 1945. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be 44 Commando at the Battle of Hill 170. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet […]

AGM 2021, Online

Given that the Covid 19 and travel restrictions, it has been agreed to hold the Annual General Meeting online. It is hoped that under these arrangements those who normally attend will do so as well as many more who, for whatever reason, are not able to make the travel arrangements to do so. We have […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be Exercise Tiger 22-28 April 1944. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to begin the […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be The Battle of Raate Road, 1-7 January 1940. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be 8 Division’s attack to the east of Bouchavesnes – 4 March 1917. Further details about how to join the audience for this event will be published in the Guild Weekly Update email about a week before the event. Members wishing […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Le Chêne Tondu and the Iron Division (28th AEF): late September/early October 1918. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Battle for Kustrin – The Farcical Fortress, February 1945. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be Battle for Kustrin, February 1945. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to begin the […]

Tewkesbury Core Event

Tewkesbury

Based in the historic town of Tewkesbury the outline plan for the weekend is: Friday & Saturday night - hotel in Tewkesbury: With a significant number of locals the numbers currently staying for the weekend are insufficient to get any hotel "deal", especially approaching High Season. Therefore, we are leaving finding accommodation up to individuals, […]

Webinar: DEMYSTIFYING ASSIGNMENT 1 – Observations and Advice for Candidates.

The Accreditation Director (Chris Finn) will be running a webinar on Demio at 1900 on Tuesday 22 November, which is primarily designed for those members, in particular new ones, who are planning, or considering, undertaking Assignment 1 at the Annual Conference in January 2023, or on-line. The Demio registration link is https://my.demio.com/ref/s67M1Z3aWq83l29s.

Annual Conference & AGM 2023

Milton Keynes Leonardo Hotel, Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes

  Our Annual Conference and AGM weekend will be held in the Leonardo Hotel (formerly Jurys Inn), Milton Keynes.  We will include the usual mix of activities - validation opportunities, Guild AGM (Saturday afternoon), Guild Awards Dinner, a quiz, bring-and-buy stall, and a range of speakers.  An overview of the event is here. Those Members […]

Assignment 1 Validation

This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild Member candidate’s presentation will be “No one but the GLOSTERS could have done it” - the stand of 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment at Imjin River, April 1951. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those who have been accepted on the […]

Annual Conference & AGM 2024

Doubletree Hotel, Lincoln Brayford Wharf N, Lincoln

Our Annual Conference and AGM weekend will be held in the Doubletree Hotel, Lincoln. We will include the usual mix of activities – validation opportunities, Guild AGM (Saturday afternoon), Guild Awards Dinner, a quiz, bring-and-buy stall, and a range of speakers. There will be a pre-Conference visit to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, with […]