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 […]
Online Event – The Battlefields of the Western Front in the era of Covid-19
As Europe starts emerging from Covid-19 Lockdowns many of us are looking forward to returning to the battlefields of Belgium and France. But what can we expect? And what has […]
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 […]
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 […]
Accredited Guides’ Dinner – POSTPONED
Due to the Covid 19 restrictions in place and expected to be in place in August, the Accredited Guides Dinner has been postponed and will be rescheduled to a later […]
Annual Golf Day – REARRANGED AS “VIRTUAL” TOURNAMENT
Courses local to Members , United KingdomUnfortunately, owing to the Covid 19 restrictions likely to be in place, the event has been rearranged as a virtual golf tournament as social distancing cannot be guaranteed at the […]
Recce – The Fall of Mercia, Repton, Derbyshire
Repton Repton Church, Repton, United KingdomIn 873 Mercia, the largest Anglo-Saxon kingdom, fell from history. This recce will walk the ground seeking evidence of battle, locating warriors burials and determining how the Vikings achieved victory. […]
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, […]
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 […]
East Anglia Regional Event – WW2 Aviation History at Ridgewell Airfield, Essex
Ridgewell Airfield Oaker Hill, Ridgewell Road, Great Yeldham,, Halstead., United KingdomThe Ridgewell Roam - A day out walking in East Anglia. If you are an East Anglian based member of the GBG and you are desperate to get out and […]
Thermopylae and Artemisium Recce – CANCELLED
Due to numbers, this recce has been cancelled this year. The recce would have covered the Four Battles which decided the fate of fledgling democracy in the Greco-Persian War of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Portsmouth Weekend, 16-18 October 2020 (postponed)
A ‘traditional’ Guild weekend with a quiz, a wide range of subject matter (not just nautical, although Portsmouth is billed as "the home of the Royal Navy"!) and sites, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Awards and Badge Presentation, Online
The Guild Awards presentation and presentation of badges to newly-accredited guides will take place shortly after the Annual General Meeting (exact starting time will be announced at the end of […]
Assignment 1 Validation
This is an online Assignment 1 Validation Event. The Guild member candidate’s presentation will be The Battle of Crete 1941. All Guild members are welcome to join the audience, particularly those […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Special Forces in the UK
Poole , United KingdomThe Guild Special Forces recce will take place on the 11th and 12th September 2021 in the Poole area. The theme of the recce is the development of Special Forces […]
Somme Recce
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 […]
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 […]
Guild Christmas Lunch 2021
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonA great opportunity to catch up at the end of a difficult year for many; the Guild’s annual Christmas lunch will be held at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St, […]
Guild Portuguese Peninsular War Recce – Rescheduled Dates
Oporto , PortugalThis 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 […]
Annual General Meeting 2022
As in 2021, our Annual General Meeting, and the Awards Ceremony which follows it, will be conducted virtually. Links to both events have been published in the Members area of […]
Guild Awards Ceremony
As in 2021, the Awards Ceremony, which will follow our Annual General Meeting, will be conducted virtually. The link to join this event has been published in the Members area […]
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 […]
EOD, Malta
Malta , MaltaThe 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 […]
“From Stringbags to Spitfires!”
Castle Bromwich Birmingham, United KingdomA car tour around four sites associated with Castle Bromwich airfield, North Birmingham looking at its history telling the story of the development of military and civil aviation from 1910 […]
The Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture
The Battlefields Trust, British Commission for Military History and International Guild of Battlefield Guides are pleased to announce that the Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture will take place on Thursday, 5 […]
Tewkesbury Core Event
TewkesburyBased 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 […]
Commando and Ranger Event
This event will study the creation and reformation of the WW2 Commando and Ranger units and their notable missions from WW2 to their role today. Based in scenic Scotland at […]