Dave Zabecki, editor of this new book on Pershing and his commanders has announced that it has just been published by Osprey. He points out that Carlo d'Este, the distinguished American military historian who contributed the chapter on Patton has just passed away. I attach a link to a

SAVE THE DATE!   Following the successful Ends & Beginnings Conference at the National Army Museum (NAM) in July 2019 BCMH and WFA will be hosting a second event on Saturday 20th June 2020. In collaboration with NAM we will be looking at the consequences of the war on the mil

Following the successful Ends & Beginnings Conference at the National Army Museum (NAM) in July 2019 BCMH and WFA will be hosting a second event on Saturday 20th June 2020. In collaboration with NAM we will be looking at the consequences of the war on the militaries in Europe, the

Richard Grayson writes: I am very pleased to say that the latest issue of the BJMH has just been published and is available at: http://bjmh.gold.ac.uk/issue/view/105.  This is a special issue on 'Transforming War, 1914-18'.  It has been edited by William Philpott.  We had expected to

     The French army in the Great War has received little consideration in the English speaking world and there have been few works about it in English until relatively recently. The deep mining of the British army’s record in the Great War over the last thirty yea

The latest issue of the BJMH has been published at http://journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh/issue/view/71 . You can download the individual articles or the complete issue as pdfs. Congratulations to Richard Grayson and everyone in his team!

A one day conference about the legacies of the Great War will be held at the National Army Museum on Saturday 6 July. “Ends and Beginnings: Legacies of the Great War” will explore aspects of the conflict following the Armistice on 11 November 1918.  Organised jointly by the British Co

A one day conference about the legacies of the Great War was held at the National Army Museum on Saturday 6 July. BCMH, Western Front Association (WFA) and the National Army Museum (NAM) had collaborated to launch it.    Justin Maciejeski, Director of the NAM, welcomed us to the Museu

This  is a remarkable project and website documenting the geographical distribution of UK citizens who died in the Great War. The map is here: A Street Near You When searching, insert the relevant postcode and then press the Enter key. Clicking on the search icon (the magnifying glass

Moore’s biographers seem unable or unwilling to grasp the idea that he actually enjoyed his time as a soldier in the 15th Battalion, The London Regiment. In this lecture John Lee explores Moore’s time in the army and the bonds of friendship made there and argues that if you understand