Branch Meeting 17th February 2012

At a much anticipated meeting we will welcome Charlotte Cardoen-Descamps who has, for many years, run a B&B business on the family-owned Varlet Farm in Poelkapelle, Belgium, and is well known to many of us who have visited the Great War battlefields of Flanders.  Details of her talk are;

'The Iron Harvest'

Many farming families in Belgium and Northern France have, for nearly 100 years, had to deal with regularly unearthing military ordnance from the Great War.  Much of it, including explosive shells, gas shells and grenades, is very unstable and has to be handled with extreme care.  Charlotte highlights the problems it causes and how the authorities dispose of it.

Branch Meeting 20th January 2012

This evening we welcome Dave Rowland to Callow End. Dave is Heart of England Chairman and a past president of the Royal Aeronautical Society. His talk is:

“Amelie’s Boys – The Flying McCuddens”

The story of the famous McCudden brothers, three of whom served in the RFC during the Great War, including James McCudden VC.

Welcome to our new blog

The Worcestershire & Herefordshire Branch of the Western Front Association will post all branch news and meeting updates on this site for the benefit of WFA members and non-members alike, as well as relevant features and stories on all aspects of the Great War .  I hope you will find the content educational and interesting and that you will return on a regular basis for all up-to-date information about our branch.

Steve Moorhouse,
Chairman