Our meetings are open to the general public. We welcome a donation towards the cost of room hire and refreshments - £2 per person is suggested.

• MEETING 18th July
  There were no butterflies: a personal history of my father’s experiences in the Kaiser’s Army
  Brigitte Mitchell
  
  
• MEETING 5th September (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE)
  The Second Dorothy Mann Memorial Lecture
  Subject of meeting to be confirmed
  
  
• REGIONAL SEMINAR: Saturday 18th October:
  1918 - Victory and Remembrance
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  This is a ticketed event. Booking details will appear on this website in due course.
  
  
• MEETING 21st November
  Remembrance and Memorials
  Tony Stubbs
  
  
• MEETING 12th December
  Christmas Social and Rob Pearson will speak about the development of Trench Warfare.

2008 meetings/events:

January
A Magic Lantern Show: it was in the papers - illustration sfrom the Front
Kevin Varty

DISPLAY: 22nd and 23rd January: 9am to 4pm both days
WFA-MK display in Middleton Hall, Central Milton Keynes as part of MK Heritage event

February
The History of The Imperial War Museum
Foster Summerson

March
Der Tag - the 21st March 1918
Clive Harris


April
MK Branch Annual General Meeting
... followed short talks by Branch Members:
Paul Hooley on "The Monarch and the Dustman",
Jeremy Cooper on "The Daily Graphic, 24th April 2008"


May
Malta in the Great War
Bill Fulton


June
The Origins of World War One
Dr. Simon Peaple

2007 meetings:

January
Patient Killers - Snipers in the Great War
Julian Whippy

February
The Bedfordshire Regiment
Steve Fuller

March
The Vimy Pilgrimage
John Chester

April
Annual General Meeting
followed by refreshments, a quiz sheet to work on, a raffle, and a recital by The Living Archive Band.

May
Making the Most of the Soldiers Died CDrom
Geoff Bridger.
Geoff is prepared to operate a workshop style event to help with specific research issues.

June
Members' Evening
This months meeting is a member's night, when three of our members will be giving short talks on a subject of their choice:
Jeremy Cooper
will be looking at the Daily Graphic for Friday 15th June 1917 (yes, really!). The newspaper - a real one, not a replica - will be auctioned at the end of the evening.
Paul Hooley
Paul’s talk will be entitled 'One Foot in the Grave' and will be about the life and death of his grandfather, Richard Foot, who was a machine gunner killed at Arras in May 1917 (as was his brother Roland) and the search for his final resting place.
Dr. Eric Webb talk about school photos of some who went on to fight in the Great War.

July
Lawrence the Polymath
Elizabeth Higgins, a former National Trustee, of the WFA, will speak about Lawrence of Arabia. 

August - no meeting

Saturday 8th September - 12.30pm to 4pm
Heritage Open Days weekend: exhibition and a series of short talks at Milton Keynes Central Library.

September
First Dorothy Mann Memorial Lecture:
The Artists' Rifles
Michael Orr

October
The Last Voyage of the Emden
Ian Cull

November
A talk on the theme of Remembrance
by Tony Stubbs

Unfortunately Tony had to cancel at the last minute: so it turned into an evening of conversation and a brief act of remembrance. Displays were provided by several members including artworks prepared by children in Cranfield for a British Legion remembrance competition. We hope to put some of these on this website soon.

December
The Battle of Arras
Jon Nicholls