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  • 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, […]

  • Annual Golf Championships 2023

    Every year the Guild of Battlefield Guides holds its Annual Golf Championships; more details nearer the time from James Davis.

  • Accredited Guides’ Annual Dinner

    The annual Badged Guides Dinner will be held in London on 18 August 2023.  Further details from Tony Scott in due course.

  • Cold War Recce

    A Cold War recce is planned for September 2023. It will be held in the former East Germany (GDR) and will study both NATO and the Warsaw Pact Naval capability, […]

  • Normandy Recce

    The Guild will be running a recce in Normandy in November 2023.  Dates are Friday 3 November to Sunday 5 November.  The aim is to cover the British and Canadian […]

  • RIchard Holmes Lecture

    In & Out Club 4 St James’ Square, London

    The 2023 Richard Holmes Lecture will be given at the In & Out Club by British Commission for Military History members Major-General (retd) Mungo Melvin and Mike Shiel, the title […]

    £35.00

  • Annual Conference & AGM 2024

    Doubletree Hotel, Lincoln Brayford Wharf N, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Ypres Recce

    The Guild will conduct an Ypres recce 11-15 March 2024 , very much along the lines of the 2022 Guild Somme recce. The purpose will be to focus on some […]

  • Validation Event

    Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, United Kingdom

    Want to progress towards Accredited Membership? Need to do a face-to-face assignment? Can’t get to a Guild Weekend? Available on 27 April? Then here’s your opportunity! Middle Wallop’s a few […]

  • Guild Webinar “My Path Through our Craft”

    Online

    This will be the second in our series of Guild webinars which will be delivered by one of the founder members of the Guild, Graeme Cooper.  Graeme has titled his […]

  • GBG Annual Golf Championships 2024

    John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

    This year the Guild of Battlefield Guides celebrates its 22nd Anniversary and the 15th Year of its Annual Golf Championships at the John O’ Gaunt Club in Potton.  Each year […]

  • Guild Webinar “The Numbers Game”

    Online

    The third in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by Nick Gane, an experienced accountant, and SE Blue Badge guide. Nick has been an accountant to businesses of […]

  • Guild Webinar “Choosing Your Battles.”

    Online

    The 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 […]

  • Operation Market Garden – Guild Recce

    The Netherlands , Netherlands

    The Guild will conduct a recce of the Operation Market Garden area from 1-3 November 2024.  During the recce we will visit known and lesser known locations along the Market […]

  • Richard Holmes Lecture 2024

    Royal College of Defence Studies Seaford House, 37 Belgrave Square, Belgravia, London

    Air 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 […]

    £35.00

  • Guild Christmas Lunch 2024

    Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, London

    A great opportunity to catch up at the end of the year; the Guild’s annual Christmas lunch will be held at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St, London SE1 8UJ […]

  • Annual Conference 2025 and AGM 2025

    DoubleTree by Hilton Newbury North M4 Junction 13, Oxford Road, Newbury

    Next year’s Conference and AGM will place from 24-26 January 2025 near Newbury.  As well as the enjoyable customary features such as quiz, validation presentations and annual formal dinner with […]

  • Guild Webinar “A Research Journey”

    Online

    Chris 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 […]

  • Recce: Aspern, Wagram and Austerlitz

    A 4-day Recce of the 1809 battlefields of Austerlitz, Aspern-Essling and Wagram. ITINERARY: This 4-day Recce takes on the battlefields of Austerlitz (Dec 1805) in the Moravian hills where Napoleon achieved his greatest victory, […]

  • Guild Webinar – An Introduction to Accreditation

    Online

    As 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 – Trowels and Trenches

    Online

    Archaeology 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 […]

  • GBG Annual Golf Championships 2025

    John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

    The Golf Championships are open to all members and their guests - more details here.

  • Guild Webinar: Marketing Yourself

    Zoom

    This 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? […]

  • Accredited Guides’ Annual Dinner

    The annual Badged Guides Dinner will be held in London on 22 August 2025.  Further details from Bob Shaw in due course.

  • Guild Webinar – Problems on Tour

    Online

    I have been asked by a number of members to run a webinar on "Problems on Tour". So Chris Finn (Accreditation Director) and I will do that at 1930 on […]

  • Guild Webinar – Tell Us How It Was

    Online

    To 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 Recce: Dieppe, Bruneval and St. Valery

    Intention: The focus of this recce is the 1942 raiding actions undertaken at both Dieppe and Bruneval.  There will be a visit to St Valery-en-Caux, where the French Army fought […]

  • GBG East Midlands Get Together

    Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray

    Tour of Melton Mowbray covering 300 years of military history followed by pub lunch. Guild members in the East Midlands are already aware but any members from elsewhere are welcome […]

  • Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025

    National Army Museum Royal Hospital Rd, London, London, United Kingdom

    The 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 […]