The 2022 AGM of the BCMH took place at the National Army Museum (NAM) on Saturday 5th March. About 60 people attended and we were all delighted to get back to face to face meetings again.
The full Minutes will be posted in due course but the main points are:
The following Officers and other Committee Members were elected:
Officers:
Professor William Philpott President
Dr. Tim Gale Secretary General
Dr. Tim Halstead Hon. Treasurer
General Committee Members:
Mr. Robin Brodhurst Secretary to the Committee
Dr. Marco Wyss International Secretary
Mr. Andy Grainger Assistant Secretary General
Dr Harry Raffal Committee Member
An Emergency Motion regarding the war in Ukraine was proposed by Dr Tim Gale. Maj Gen Mungo Melvin helpfully addressed the Meeting on the subject for ten minutes with the aid of a number of maps and the Motion was extensively debated.
Emergency Motion proposed by Tim Gale
The British Commission for Military History is appalled by the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by forces of the Russian Federation. The BCMH notes that the Russian Commission for Military History is a part of the Russian General Staff historical section. The BCMH therefore calls on the ICMH as a matter of urgency to take appropriate action against the Russian Commission for Military History, up to and including suspension or expulsion from the ICMH, as an expression of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and as an indication of the ICMH’s opposition to the unlawful Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Proposed: Tim Gale
Seconded: Robin Brodhurst
The Motion was carried nem con, with 1 abstention.
The President explained that he would forward our motion to the ICMH. He pointed out that things may well look very different by September at the ICMH Congress when national commissions will be in a position to discuss the war in the Ukraine.