ASSOCIATION EVENTS

Association Local Groups

Local groups are in the process of being formed in Kent and the Bristol area.Members who would like to take part in local meetings are invited to contact the local organisers to discuss events and activities:

Kent: Suzanne Brunt, 63, Playstool Road, Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent

ME97NL. [Telephone 01795842992].

Somerset and South Gloucestershire:Colin Yorke, 4, Cherrywood Rise,Worle, Weston Super Mare, BS22 6QW. [Tel: 01934514365. email:colin.yorke@highways.gsi.gov.uk.

Suffolk and Essex: Alan Manning, 20, Barrow Hill, Acton, Suffolk, CO10

OAR [Tel: 01787370931]

 

Annual General Meeting of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee

 

Held at the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road Chelsea at 6.00PM on the 28^th of April 2010. In addition to the AGM there will also be a presentation entitled “General Sir Thomas Graham and the Siege of Cadiz” by Carole Divall BA(Hons), MA.

 

 

Bexhill Hanoverian Study Group 2010

 

16 February: Pevensey without the Castle by Mr. Hugh Miller

16 March A Gallant Company: The 2nd Light battalion KGL and the Guelphic, Medal by the Rev. James Bogie.

20 April: The Jigsaw that was Charles Cocks (Hero of the Peninsular War 1808-1814) by Mrs. Julia Page.

19 May: The Prison at Norman Cross: A Time Team Investigation by Mr. Paul Chamberlain.

15 June: The KGL at Copenhagen 1807 by Mr. Charles Mathiesen.

20 July: Coach Outing to the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham (day event).

17 August: Bexhill in Wartime by Mr John Dowling.

For more details visit their web site at www.bexhillhanoveriankgl.co.uk or telephone 01424212130.

 

 

Fundraising reception in the Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks London 24th February

 

In aid of the restoration of the Chapel of St. John, in the British Peninsular War Cemetery, Elvas, Portugal. Wednesday 24 February 2010, 7.00 to 9.30pm.

Wine and refreshments will be served and a Raffle with splendid prizes will be drawn. The reception takes place in the galleries of the museum, where you will be surrounded by their magnificent collection. Tickets are priced at £50.00/€60.00 per person, and space is limited so book early if you wish to attend (and certainly by 15th February).Cheques should be made payable to "Friends of the British Cemetery " and sent to Major NA Hallidie, 10 Ballingdon Street,Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2BT

Tel: +44 (0) 1787 880445 or e-mail: nhallidie@live.co.uk

 

The Peninsular War 1810. Higham HaIl Weekend Study Group. Friday

19th -Sunday 21st March 2010

The eighth weekend study course has been arranged at Higham Hall,

Bassenthwaite, in the Lake District and will take place from Friday 19th -Sunday 21 sI March 20 10. We will be discussing events in 1810 including the Battle of Busaco, the Lines of Torres Vedras, Robert Crauford and the Light Division together with other related topics. The principal Speakers will be Julian Spilsbury and Ian Fletcher, supported by Association members John Morewood, Gerald Napier and Mark Thompson. The course is a victim of its own success and by May reservations had been received for all of the 60 available places. However there are frequently some cancellations in the ensuing months and any members who would like to attend should contact Higham Hall to request that their name is added to the waiting list. Inclusive residential cost is £180. There is an additional supplement of £10.00 for en-suite facilities. Non-residential £120. Deposit £25.00 per person.

Contact Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CAI3 OLA.

[Tel 01768776276. e-mail: admin@highamhall.com

 

British Maritime History Seminars 2009-10: War and Peace in the Eighteenth Century

The Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate

House, London WC 1E 7HU

This annual series of seminars, convened by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research, has celebrated its tenth anniversary. The aim of the seminars is to disseminate new research in British maritime history, taking a different theme each year. All seminars begin at 17.15 in the Wolfson Room at the Institute of Historical Research. Each paper lasts approximately 45 minutes, followed by 15 to 30 minutes of questions. There is no charge for these seminars and no need to book. For further details contact:

Research Administrator, Centre for Imperial and Maritime Studies, National Maritime Museum, London SE10 9NF. Telephone 02083126716 or email research@nrnrn.ac.uk

Lectures: Spring Term 2010

 

9 February

'Vexing your neighbour for a little muck': British prize-taking and the Year of

Victories by Jeremy Michell, National Maritime Museum

23 February

War, peace and naval stores: Britain and the Baltic 1780-1812 James Davey, Greenwich Maritime Institute

9 March

Commerce, competition and the War of the Spanish Succession in Jamaica

Dr Nuala Zahedieh, University of Edinburgh

 

 

The British Commission for Maritime History: Kings Seminars January to May 2010

 

The King's seminars are an annual set of lectures organised by the BCMH which runs from October to May. They are open to the public and are held at King's College London. The seminars are organised by Professor John Armstrong and Dr Alan James and are supported by the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and the Society for Nautical Research and the Maritime Information Association. The seminars take place on Thursdays at S .IS pm at King's College, London WC2R 2LS. They are held in the Meeting Room of the Department of War Studies, 6th Floor, Old Main Building. There is a varied programme covering all periods of naval history, but I have noted three presentations that may be of particular interest to readers of the magazine.

 

Thursday 28 January 2010. Commerce and conflict at the Cape: British maritime strategy in eighteenth century southern Africa

Dr John McAleer, National Maritime Museum

 

Thursday 11 February 2010. The Royal Navy and North America, 1800-15. Was the US defeated in the war of 1812 by the British maritime blockade?

Dr Brian Arthur, Greenwich Maritime Institute

 

Thursday 6 May 2010. Amphibious warfare and reluctant allies: Cadiz 1810 Dr Agustin Guimera, CSIC Madrid

 

For further details contact: Professor John Armstrong, 42 Inglis Road, Ealing,

London WS 3RL. Email seminars@maritimehistory.org.uk

 

 

That mighty and vast sea': Britain and the Indian Ocean World conference 8-9 July 2010

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London SEIO 9NF

This two-day conference will explore the factors that shaped Britain's involvement with the Indian Ocean. The East India Company played a major role in initiating and defining this engagement with Asian peoples and polities. The relationship between Britain and the Indian Ocean evolved and diversified, however, reflecting political, economic, social and technological changes in both Europe and Asia. This conference will bring together scholars working on different aspects and areas of the Indian Ocean World to examine the dynamics and consequences of Britain's involvement with this key maritime space.

 

Themes to be explored in the conference include: patterns of commerce; subaltern experiences; the political and diplomatic dynamics of empire; the scope and limitations of imperial power; the movement and circulation of goods, people and ideas; the formation of networks; and the representation of the Indian Ocean and its peoples. A range of speakers, from a number of disciplines, will examine these issues. As well as exploring specific examples and topics, it is envisaged that the resulting discussion will question to what extent we can speak about a 'British' Indian Ocean, and how useful or valid this concept is in understanding the British involvement with complex and overlapping spheres of maritime activity and influence. There will be interventions and contributions from scholars studying other Indian Ocean 'worlds', such as those created and defined by indigenous and subaltern communities, as well as those of the Dutch, French, and Portuguese, providing points of contrast and comparison for the overarching theme of the conference.

For further details email: research@nmm.ac.uk or visit www.nmm.ac.uk

 

 

Fourth Wellington Congress, 8-11 July 2010, University of Southampton

Call for papers

The University of Southampton and the British Commission for Military

History are holding the fourth Wellington Congress from 8 to II July 2010.

The University's Hartley Library is the home of the first Duke's archive, and the meeting will include opportunities to see the collection, to hear the latest in Wellington scholarship and to visit sites associated with the Duke and the Napoleonic Wars. Proposals are invited for papers on all aspects of the career of the first Duke of Wellington, as well as the wider context in Britain, Ireland, the Empire and Continental Europe, between 1780 and the mid-nineteenth century. Papers that draw on material relating to the wars in the Peninsula will be especially welcome. Proposals (up to 250 words) should be submitted to Archives@soton.ac.uk by 16 October 2009. Papers should not exceed 30 minutes in length.

For further information about the Congress and the collections of the Hartley Library, please contact:

Wellington Congress 2010 Archives and Manuscripts, Hartley Library

University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO 17 I BJ. Tel: +44

(0)23 8059 2721, Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 5451

E-mail: Archives@soton.ac.uk

Web: http://www .southampton.ac.uk/archives/

 

17th International Napoleonic Fair 24th -26th September 2010

Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8PY

Following the successful 2009 International Napoleonic Weekend, the organisers will be putting together another fantastic line up for this 200^th Anniversary weekend, celebrating the year of 1810.

 

Once again they will have both the return of the famous 95th Rifles, as seen in "Sharpe", together with other British and Allied Regiments, plus the French Infantry from Napoleon Bonaparte's Imperial Army. The extensive grounds will host the military re-enactments and living history encampments, bringing the area to life with the sound of Napoleon and Wellington's soldiers.

 

An additional attraction will once again be a Regency dining experience as a ticketed Friday evening extra, together with an opportunity to join in with a Regency Ball, with music, dance, and games, together with an open invitation to a Regency picnic in the formal gardens. Many different items can be bought, from books, maps, and pictures, to complete Regency costumes to leather belts, swords and replica firearms (restrictions apply). For details visit their web site at www.internationalnapoleonicfair.com