Details of the forthcoming events to be organised by the Friends can be found at Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras - News (weebly.com) A reminder: our next talk is by Dr Jacqueline Reiter on Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham. Popham depending on your point of view was a brilliant or i

This Issue was published on 25 November 2021. Vol 7 No 3 (2021) | British Journal for Military History (gold.ac.uk) This link will take you to the page where you can download the whole issue or individual articles. EDITORIAL* The articles and research notes in this issue reflect some

How should we treat the war dead? For many the answer is logical, given the long history of remembrance that dates to the Great War of 1914-18. However for those who fell before this conflict, there are no cemeteries maintained by organisations such as the Commonwealth War Graves Comm

Many members will recall the BCMH’s ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’ Conference which took place in that almost forgotten world prior to the COVID pandemic. Helion have now published the Proceedings of the Conference as The Sword and the Spirit, Proceedings of the first ‘War &

Tuesday 11 May and Tuesday 18 May In two linked events over successive Tuesdays, From Reason to Revolution authors Robert Griffith and Tom Scotland will draw upon their recent new publications to shed light on two overlooked figures of the Peninsular War. We begin on 11 May with Lieut

FROM REASON TO REVOLUTION CONFERENCE 2021 Saturday 17th April 2021 REGISTER INTEREST Helion and Company are proud to announce the 2021 From Reason to Revolution Conference. This year’s conference will focus on warfare in the age of Napoleon, looking at aspects of the armies of both si

I am sorry to have to inform members of the death of Richard (Dick) Tennant on 21st February. He had been ill for a number of years though the twinkle in the eye (evidenced in the photo) and his gentle humour never left him. Many members will be pleased that they were able to meet and

Here is the latest Mars & Clio, Thank you to those who contributed.

A clutch of BCMH Members have been involved in Stephen Petty's book about the Peninsular War which is aimed at children. The late Sir Christopher Wallace inspired it, Stephen Petty has written it, Dick Tennant and Philip Haythornthwaite have assisted in various ways as, doubtless, hav

Weblinks updated on 14 June 2020! 205 years ago, an estimated 60,000 men from across Europe died in a battle which came to define the Nineteenth century: Waterloo. Commemorations for the 205th anniversary of Waterloo have, for obvious reasons, been cancelled. The podcast ‘The Napoleon