A one day conference about the legacies of the Great War will be held at the National Army Museum on Saturday 6 July. The Conference is being organised by the BCMH, the Museum and the WFA. Further details regarding themes, speakers and booking will be published shortly.    

Tickets are now running short.  If you wish to attend - BOOK NOW! The British Commission for Military History (BCMH) and the Western Front Association (WFA) are organizing a two day conference on the final campaigns of the First World War  to be held at the Army & Navy Club, (know

  Link to Programme    ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) is delighted to present its annual International Conference of Dress Historians on Friday, 26 October 2018. The conference theme and title are: Dress and War: Clothing and Textiles at Home and Abro

Marking the 100 years since the end of World War One, Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One looks at how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/aftermath Art was used in many ways in the

The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR) is a 'think-tank', established on behalf of the British Army, to help to strengthen the conceptual component of fighting power and to offer independent and objective views to inform future force development. It is design

The Armies of 1917 Conference at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), London, UK Saturday 1 April, 2017 Following on from the successful conference on Armies in 1914, held to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War, The British Commission for Military History (BC

This is an article by Dr George Bailey about mountain warfare in the Dolomites in the First World War.  The battlefields are now an area of interest for tourists and winter sportspeople. Fighting for the Falzarego Pass by Dr George Bailey  

This Guide to Researching the French Army in the First World War is the first research guide published by the BCMH in order to help those seeking to navigate the voluminous archives of the Great War. We hope in time to add further guides to the armed forces of the Great War and, indee

The BCMH Summer Conference is being held at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich where we are partnering with the Museum and with the British Commission for Maritime History.  More information and the Booking Form can be found at the National Maritime Museum website. Report Our main ev

Volume 2, Issue 3 - EDITORIAL Time to don your tin hats! Here comes the First World War centenary… again! 1 July 2016 will mark 100 years since the opening of the Battle of the Somme. Amidst the many questions that will be asked of the conduct, bloodshed, and legacy lies a golden oppo