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Chesterfield Wfa CHESTERFIELD WFA Newsletter and Magazine issue 59 Co- Patrons -Sir Hew Strachan & Prof. Peter Simkins Welcome to Issue 59 - the President - Professor Gary Sheffield November 2020 Newsletter and MA PhD FRHistS FRSA Magazine of Chesterfield WFA. Vice-Presidents Andre Colliot In view of the current public health Professor John Bourne BA PhD FRHistS pandemic engulfing the globe, your The Burgomaster of Ypres committee took the prudent The Mayor of Albert decision, before the introduction of Lt-Col Graham Parker OBE Government legislation, to cancel until Christopher Pugsley FRHistS further notice our monthly meetings. Lord Richard Dannat GCB CBE MC DL Roger Lee PhD jssc Meetings and other activities will be Dr Jack Sheldon restarted as and when the authorities Branch contacts deem it safe for us to do so. Tony Bolton (Chairman) In the interim this Newsletter / Magazine will [email protected] continue Mark Macartney (Deputy Chairman) We would urge all our members to adopt all the [email protected] Jane Lovatt (Treasurer) government`s regulations that way we can keep safe and Grant Cullen (Secretary) hopefully this crisis will be controlled, the virus defeated, [email protected] and a degree of normality restored. Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/15 Stay safe everybody – we are all – in the meantime - 7662657604082/ `Confined to Barracks` Grant Cullen – Branch Secretary - 1 - Western Front Association Chesterfield Branch – Meetings 2020 Meetings start at 7.30pm and take place at the Labour Club, Unity House, Saltergate, Chesterfield S40 1NF January 7th . AGM and Members Night – presentations by Jane Ainsworth, Ed Fordham, Judith Reece, Edwin Astill and Alan Atkinson February 4th Graham Kemp `The Impact of the economic blockage of Germany AFTER the armistice and how it led to WW2` March 3rd Peter Hart Après la Guerre Post-war blues, demobilisation and a home fit for very few. April 7th Andy Rawson Tea Pots to Tin Lids…how the factory which inspired his research (Dixons) switched from making tea services for hotels and cruise ships to making Brodie helmets in the Great War. CANCELLED May Nick Baker . The British Army has always fought a long battle with 5th the debilitations cause to its soldier’s efficiency through venereal disease, a combination of behavioural change and civilian interference resulted in an ‘epidemic’ of VD which threatened military effectiveness.CANCELLED June 2nd Rob Thompson 'The Gun Machine: A Case Study of the Industrialisation of Battle during the Flanders Campaign, 1917.CANCELLED July 6th Virtual Meeting….On Line. Tony Davies entitled `The Knutsford Lads Who Never Came Home`. Jointly with Lincoln and North Lincs WFA .Fullest details of how to participate elsewhere in this newsletter August 5th Virtual Meeting – On Line . Beth Griffiths ` The Experience of the Disabled Soldiers Returning After WWI`. Details of how to join in this meeting elsewhere in this Newsletter. Starts at 7pm September John Taylor. ‘A Prelude to War’ (An Archduke’s Visit) – a classic and true 1st tale of `what if` ? Cancelled October Virtual Meeting – On Line Peter Harris Tanks in the 100 Days. 6th Peter will present some of his researches for his Wolverhampton MA course. Details of how to join in this `meeting` elsewhere in this newsletter. Starts 7pm. November 3rd Paul Handford Women Ambulance Drivers on the Western Front 1914 – 1918. Cancelled December John Beech 'Notts Battery RHA - Nottinghamshire Forgotten Gunners' 1st - 2 - Issue 59 – list of contents 2 Meetings and Speakers Calendar 3 Contents Page + WFA Virtual Meeting details 4 Secretary`s Scribbles 5 - 8 Branded Goods Update 9 – 36 Tanks in the 100 Days Offensive – Peter Harris 37 – 39 The 100 Days Offensive 40 Could Tanks have done more ? 41 – 42 The Last WW1 Tank Corps Casualty 43 – 46 – Battle of Amiens 47 Going Up!......with the RFC WFA ZOOM MEETINGS For November Follow these links for registering (please note dates and times, as this is to accommodate viewers) 2nd November The work of the IWGC, 1917-1939 by by Prof Mark Connelly http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-the-work-of-the-iwgc-1917-1939/ 4th November 'From limited war to total war' by Prof Sir Hew Strachan http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-from-limited-war-to-total-war-by- prof-sir-hew-strachan/ 14th November Haig and his Dominion Commanders by Dr Christopher Pugsley, http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-haig-and-his-dominion- commanders/ 16th November Lessons from the Mud by Paul Knight http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-lessons-from-the-mud/ 18th November The Centre Cannot Hold: Arras 1918 and the Failure of German Counterattack Doctrine by Dr Bill Stewart, http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-the-centre- cannot-hold-arras-1918-and-the-failure-of-german-counterattack-doctrine/ 23rd November Cambrai: dawn of an era now ending? by Brigadier Alexander Turner http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-cambrai-dawn-of-an-era-now- ending/ 30th November A Month in the Life of the Chief: Douglas Haig in September 1917 by Clive Harris, http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/events/online-a-month-in-the-life-of-the-chief- douglas-haig-in-september-1917/ Mark Macartney | Branded Goods Trustee | The Western Front Association - 3 - Secretary`s Scribbles Welcome to issue 59 of the WFA Chesterfield Branch Newsletter and Magazine. By the time you read this we may well be beginning a full national lockdown. When I read this in this morning`s papers, I was reminded of the words of the Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey hours before Britain entered The Great War. Grey had just returned to the Foreign Office from the House of Commons when he met his friend JA Spender editor of the Westminster Gazette the two looked out of the window with the gas lamps in the street below being lit….Grey paused, turn to Spender and said….`the lamps are going out all over Europe we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime…` Will another total lockdown work…??....or are we entering an era of total unpredictability just as Grey forecast in 1914 ?? There will be no `Demio` meeting (at the moment) for Tuesday November 3rd as our invited speaker, Paul Handford declined to present on this platform. Understandable as he has been dealing with his father`s death and the serious illness of a brother. Paul will get another opportunity, hopefully in 2021. We are talking to other parties with a view to having a presentation in November…watch this space. We pass on condolences to one of our Branch `regulars`, Rob Nash, who wife Anne passed away last month. On behalf of the Branch a donation in Anne`s memory has been sent to Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield. Good wishes from all of us are sent to Alan Atkinson who had spell in hospital recently. We all hope you are on the mend, Alan. A member has donated a full set of the WFA magazine `Stand To`…many in binders..including the special issues, to be used to raise funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal which has been hit hard this year by the ongoing restrictions. Ideally we would want these to go as a complete set, but if there are no `takers`, then we will split and sell as single units. Anyone who is interested is invited to contact myself for further details. As many of you know I am Poppy Appeal Organiser for Worksop and District and this year is going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Many of those who man tables in the supermarkets are in high risk categories and, regrettably, I have had to decline their offers of help. As a charity our first priority is the health and welfare of those who help us. I visited one elderly veteran (he has complex health issues) a couple of weeks back to tell him we couldn`t let him man a supermarket table this year. You try to be as gentle as possible when letting him down, but there was a tear in his eye as I left. He lives on his own and just loves getting on his regimental blazer and taking his place on the table……. Hopefully next year.Best wishes to you all…stay safe and well Grant Cullen – Branch Secretary 07824628638 [email protected] Any opinions expressed in this Newsletter /Magazine are not necessarily those of the Western Front Association, Chesterfield Branch, in particular, or the Western Front Association in general - 4 - BRANDED GOODS NEWS WFA 2021 Calendars Because of the Covid 19 Situation and Government Regulations we realise that the sale of Calendars is a bit later this year and to this end as most Branches are as yet not holding meetings we will NOT be automatically sending out 10 calendars to Branches, The situation will be monitored regularly, so as it stands at the moment once the calendars are available the only purchase option will be to buy on line or phone Sarah at the Office, Calendars are now available. WFA 40th Anniversary Coaster To celebrate the WFA's 40th anniversary, we have produced a 'special edition' coaster. The coasters are 4" in diameter and made of handcrafted slate. They are individually polished, screen printed by hand and backed by a baize to avoid damage to surfaces. These are selling so well that we had to order a second batch. If you would like a new 'WFA' Anniversary Coaster, please order through Website or ring Sarah at Head Office - 5 - WFA Mousemats We have recently produced a mousemat which is currently selling so well that we've had to order a second batch. If you would like a new 'WFA' mousemat, please order through Website or ring Sarah at Head Office, Info on all Branded
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