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

Some of you may know that the National Army Museum (NAM) recently reorganised its Society of Friends and has produced a new magazine, Muster, for them. The first issue takes the restoration of the Indian Army Memorial Room at Sandhurst as a key feature. Military history in Britain has

The Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) has kindly invited all members of the BCMH to the Annual Torres Vedras Day Dinner on Friday, 18 October 2019. The venue is the Cavalry & Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London. In honour of the fact that the Portuguese governm

  The BCMH’s  ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’ Conference will be taking place at King’s College, London, on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September 2019. In the wake of the bicentenary commemorations of the Napoleonic Wars, the British Commission for Military History is

A note to draw your attention to a call for papers for an upcoming conference on the European Fiscal State, 1770-1820, to be held at the Erasmus University Rotterdam on 25-27 June 2020. Please find the cfp attached - the deadline is 31 October this year. Call for Papers for an interna

There are still a few tickets left for the BCMH’s  ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’ Conference will be taking place at King’s College, London, on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th September 2019. In the wake of the bicentenary commemorations of the Napoleonic Wars, the British Com