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 to confirmation, the Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025 will be held on the afternoon of Saturday 1 November 2025 at a venue in Central London. It is hoped that remote participation/access will be available.
The speaker will be Dr Ismini Pells of the Oxford University Department of Continuing Education and a noted specialist on the British Civil Wars. Her exact title is to be confirmed but will be centred on her current research focus on the treatment of “war crimes” and atrocities in the British Civil War period.