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Lines of Torres Vedras Day Dinner, Friday 18 October 2019

14 September 2019
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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
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Friends of the British Cemetery at Elvas

26 August 2019
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Friends of the British Cemetery, Elvas   The small British Cemetery at Elvas in Portugal is the only cemetery with graves of British soldiers who died on the Iberian Peninsula during the Peninsular War. The Friends is a charity established to preserve the Cemetery and houses memo
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Book launch – Marshal William Carr Beresford: ‘The ablest man I have yet seen with the army’

21 October 2018
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Marcus Beresford's long awaited biography of Marshal Beresford is to be published shortly and may be of interest to members.  It is being published by Irish Academic Press.  The launch is at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 at 6.30pm on Wednesday 14 November. The we
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Saturday 21 October: Wellington’s Cornerstone, a Conference on the Lines of Torres Vedras

21 October 2017
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The BCMH and the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) hosted a one day Conference on the Lines at the Cavalry & Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7PX on Saturday 21 October 2017. Conference Report Registration 9.30am Conference 10am to 5pm Speakers included:
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Women in War Newsletter 18, June 2017

6 June 2017
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Please see the latest Women in War Newsletter    
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Wellington’s Mules

26 May 2017
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An article by Dick Tennant about a fundamental aspect of logistics from ancient times and still very relevant in the Napoleonic period - and beyond.... Wellington's Mules     Picture credit http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/1705-two-centuries-of-smuggling-la-cosa.html
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Saturday 21 October: Conference on the Lines of Torres Vedras

26 May 2017
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The BCMH and the Friends of the Lines of Torres Vedras (FLTV) are hosting a one day Conference on the Lines at the Cavalry & Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London. Announcement at FLTV website Furrther details and booking to be announced shortly.
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