Validation Event 30th March 2019
Caythorpe 19 High Street, United KingdomA 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”).
Guild Recce – Redcoats in the Pyrenees: 26-30 July 2019
A Pyrenees Recce is scheduled for 26-30 July. This 5-day Recce visits the 1813-14 Peninsular War battlefields of the Pyrenees and follows the footsteps and actions of an army that had been built and nurtured by a great leader over the five preceding years. We visit the battlefield of Vitoria where Wellington achieved one of […]
Badged Guides Dinner 9th August 2019
The Annual Badges Guides Dinner will be held on Friday 9th August 2019 at a location that will be disclosed on the day!! For further details contact Graeme Cooper. Badged Guides Dinner 2019 Poster
13th Annual Golf Championships 2019 16th August 2019
John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United KingdomGuild Golf Day Poster Every year The Guild of Battlefield Guides holds its Annual Golf Championships at the John O’Gaunt Golf Club. Prior to the 2019 Championship the Guild presentation will be ‘Trafalgar’.
Validation Day
Household Cavalry Museum Archive Combermere Barracks, Windsor, Berkshire, United KingdomWant 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!
Guild Recce, Berlin
Alexanderplatz, Berlin , GermanyA five-day recce (Monday to Friday) of Berlin, including visits to Seelow, Potsdam and Gatow. There is an option on the Friday for additional visits to Sachsenhausen, Templin and a hunt round Soviet SA2 and SA3 sites north of Berlin.
Validation Event Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop
Museum of Army Flying Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, United Kingdom
Guild Christmas Lunch
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonAfter a very positive response from members, we were able to increase the number of available places from 50 to 60. This event is now fully subscribed: if any places become available members will be notified via update emails. Contact Andy Thompson andy.ewt@gmail.com (please note this is his new email address).
Annual Conference and AGM 2020
Our Annual Conference and AGM weekend will be held in the Mercure Great Danes Hotel, Maidstone. The hotel is located just off Junction 8 of the M20. Our theme for the weekend will be the Battle of Britain and we plan to include the usual mix of activities - validation opportunities, Guild AGM (Saturday afternoon), […]
Staffordshire Weekend, Lichfield.
Lichfield , United KingdomFriday evening 13th. to Sunday 15th. March, based around the cathedral city of LICHFIELD. Time for a weekend meeting with like- minded members and guides to recce what is available in the area. (Friends and family welcome). Based on a "book your own accommodation" basis either two nights or join on Saturday for one night. Meet […]
Validation Day
Tally Ho Club Pershore Road, Birmingham, United KingdomWant 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 […]
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 […]
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 life been like on the battlefields during our enforced absence? Well, Guild members Julie and David Thomson (owners of No56 B&B on the Somme) 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 […]
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 date. Further details from Graeme Cooper in due course.
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 John O'Gaunt course. The "Covid 19" tournament will take place on 14th August and will now be played by Members at their local courses with […]
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. The recce will end, COVID measures permitting, with a pub lunch in Repton. To seize this opportunity to re-sharpen your guiding sword arm and renew […]
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, […]
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 soak up some history, why not come along to Ridgewell Airfield in Essex. Mike Peters and Paul Bingley have organised a great day out on […]
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 480BC. The recce follows the route of the Persian invasion, beginning on the Island of Skiathos before crossing the Straits of Artemisium to Thermopylae. The […]
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.
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 plenty of opportunity to socialise. Travel during the event will be self-drive. Some walking is involved, none of it strenuous! A number of themes 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 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 […]
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 the AGM). Registration details can be found in the Membership area of the Guild website under "2021 AGM and Awards Ceremony".
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 who have been accepted on the Accreditation Programme but have not yet seen a live validation, and those who have yet to begin the process. […]
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, […]
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 capabilities during WW2 and will study the Special Operations Executive, The Auxiliary Units, the Special Raiding Force, Special Forces Communications, Air support to SF operations, […]
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 with the group as we visit possible "stands" around the battlefields. Newcomers to the Guild and battlefield guiding on the Western Front need not be […]