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    A Hazardous Experiment: Indian Soliders, British Doubts And The Truth About The Western Front

    Shoreham Fort Forthaven, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom
    Non-SMHS Event

    Hosted by Shoreham Fort: This month’s Tin Hut Talk guest speaker is Karen Leenders, with her fascinating talk on ‘A Hazardous Experiment’ Indian Soldiers, British Doubts and the Truth About the Western Front… Were Indian troops capable of fighting in France? In 1914, the British military had serious doubts. This talk reveals why those fears […]

    £8

  • Reverend G B Fairhurst, Padre of the 2/5th Queen's Regiment, talking to two of the men in his battalion and an American soldier in the Anzio bridgehead, 20-21 February 1944. IWM

    Courage Under Fire: The 2/5th Queen’s Royal Regiment, BEF: May 1940 – by Nigel Shearsmith

    Lewes Town Hall High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
    Talk

    A talk by Nigel Shearsmith, guest speaker, whose grandfather, RSM Bacon, fought in this action nr Abbeville almost exactly 86 years ago. Nigel writes: “Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of how a territorial battalion from Guildford faced the might of Nazi Germany’s invasion of France. Poorly armed and minimal training, these citizen-soldiers […]

    £6