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The British Commission for Military History was founded in 1965 as the national branch of the International Commission for Military History. It serves as a forum for the discussion and promotion of military history in the broadest sense, without restriction as to period or region.

The Commission is at the forefront of academic debate over many aspects of military history including the centenary of the First World War. Through the British Journal for Military History, a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal and regular conferences, the BCMH delivers high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

Details of our Forthcoming Events can be found on our Events page

The British Commission for Military History also maintains an active social media presence and can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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New Researchers’ Conference 8/9 November 2019

Latest News The Call for Papers was very successful and this event will now run for two whole days on the Friday and Sat
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1 September 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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Battlefields, culture, Environment, Fortifications, geography, International, New Researchers, Research

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK War & Peace, 13 and 14 September 2019

There are still a few tickets left for the BCMH’s  ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’ Conference will be taking pl
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1 September 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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International, Napoleonic

Talk by Ed Coss: The Bones of Burgos, Wed 11 Sept 2019

The Life and Death of Napoleonic Infantrymen by Southampton Centre for Nineteenth Century Research https://www.eventbrit
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30 August 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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Friends of the British Cemetery at Elvas

Friends of the British Cemetery, Elvas   The small British Cemetery at Elvas in Portugal is the only cemetery with
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26 August 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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Cemetery, Napoleonic, Peninsular War

Battle-scarred

Mortality, medical care and military welfare in the British Civil Wars David Appleby, Andrew Hopper, Manchester Universi
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25 August 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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ECW, Medical, pensions, welfare, widowhood

Pike & Shot Essay Prize

We have received the following announcement from the Pike & Shot Society regarding an essay prize in which members m
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25 August 2019
by Grainger, Andy
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The British Journal for Military History is a pioneering Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that brings high quality scholarship in military history to an audience beyond academia.

"The birth of the British Journal for Military History will be as welcome as it is long overdue.

The past few decades have seen the appearance of a new generation of military historians. Some have been serving or retired members of the Armed Forces; some academics or aspiring academics; and some - most welcome of all – amateurs who write for the sheer love of it. The continuing demand for their work is evidenced in every major bookshop, where ‘Military History’ shelves often take up as much space as does mere ‘History’. Even those whose primary interest is not military history as such now realise that a knowledge of the subject is necessary if they are to understand the past, to say nothing of the present. Military history is now too important to be left to the military historians.

For the past few years military historians have been able to communicate with each another at the annual meetings of the British Commission for Military History and through its publication Mars and Clio. Now the BJMH will make their work available to a far wider readership and should attract an increasing number of contributors. It will be not only British, and not only military historians who will wish it well."

Professor Sir Michael Howard

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BCMH Upcoming Events

  1. Three Minute Military Thesis (TMMT) 24th March 2021

    24 March @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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