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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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British Journal for Military History, The Sir Michael Howard Prize

The Sir Michael Howard Prize The Sir Michael Howard Prize launched in September 2017 and will be awarded to the author o
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6 December 2017
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New Researchers’ Conference, Cambridge 2017 Photo Gallery

  Azeem Ali took a number of pictures which are at this link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13_4Za4kjZ69air
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21 November 2017
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BJMH, Vol 4, Issue 1

PUBLISHED 3rd NOVEMBER 2017 Volume 4, Issue 1 - EDITORIAL BJMH Vol 4 Issue 1 Welcome to Issue 1 of our fourth volume. Ou
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15 November 2017
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Dhofar, Dublin, Gallipoli, Russia, Sevastopol

Call for Papers: Dress and War – Clothing and Textiles at Home and Abroad during the First World War Era, 1910–1920 

The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) announces a Conference about dress in the period 1910-1920. The conference the
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2 November 2017
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Costume, Dress, First World War, Textiles, Uniform, Women

Call for Papers: Fighters in a Foreign Conflict 1848-1999

FIGHTERS IN A FOREIGN CONFLICT, 1848-1999 Centre for History of Sciences Po, Paris Thursday 28 June 2018 The phenomenon
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27 October 2017
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Richard Holmes Lecture 2017, What the General said…

The fourth Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture was held on Monday 9th October at Armoury House in London, the Headquarters o
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10 October 2017
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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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