GBG Annual Golf Championships 2024
John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United KingdomThis 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”
OnlineThe 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 Visit: Larkhill Royal Artillery Garrison, Wiltshire
The Venue Larkhill has been used as a training area for the British Army since the first tented camp was established in 1899. In 1914 the first wooden and permanent […]
Guild Webinar “Choosing Your Battles.”
OnlineThe 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 , NetherlandsThe 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 […]
Guild Webinar “Understanding Evidence: Human Imperfection – Unintended Mistakes in Sources?””
OnlineThe nxt in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by David Harvey, the Guild's Events Director. When we look at the types of sources available to battlefield guides, […]
Richard Holmes Lecture 2024
Royal College of Defence Studies Seaford House, 37 Belgrave Square, Belgravia, LondonAir 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 […]
Guild Christmas Lunch 2024
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonA 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 […]
Guild Webinar “Understanding Evidence: Lies, Damned Lies ….. Deliberate Falsification in Sources.”
OnlineAnother in our series of Guild webinars will be delivered by Chris Finn, the Guild's Accreditation Director. Following on from David Harvey's webinar concerning unintended mistakes in sources, I will […]
Guild Webinar “When Sources Are Limited and Downright Confusing! A Channel Islands’ Perspective”
OnlineThis, another in our series of Guild webinars, will be delivered by Marc Yates, the Guild's Governance Director. When faced with having to guide battlefields and describe events several hundred […]
Annual Conference 2025 and AGM 2025
DoubleTree by Hilton Newbury North M4 Junction 13, Oxford Road, NewburyNext 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: 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 […]
Guild Visit Postponed: Larkhill Royal Artillery Garrison, Wiltshire
Postponed - Visit Date to be confirmed The Venue Larkhill has been used as a training area for the British Army since the first tented camp was established in 1899. […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
GBG Annual Golf Championships 2025
John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United KingdomThe Golf Championships are open to all members and their guests - more details here.
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? […]
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
OnlineI 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
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 […]
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 MowbrayTour 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 […]
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 […]
Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025
Central London LondonThe 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 […]
Guild Christmas Lunch 2025
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonA 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 […]
Recce: Bavaria
This will include Battlefield of Blenheim , the German Great War Museum at Ingolstadt and Dachau Concentration Camp. Note that April 1 is a place marker in the calendar rather […]
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 […]
Operation Frankton/Operation Chariot Recce (dates tba)
THIS RECCE IS BEING PUT BACK TO 2026 SO AS NOT TO CLASH WITH OTHER EVENTS. THE DATES ARE MERELY A PLACE SAVER AND ARE TO BE CONFIRMED. Operation Frankton […]