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Lunchtime Lectures

Last updated: 2 December 2011

Hear guest speakers examine a wealth of enthralling topics at our free lunchtime lectures, which take place at 12.30pm every Thursday.

February 2012

Walking Tall: Life After Afghanistan, 2009

Cpl Andy Reid

16 February 2012

Revolution and Civil War: The Contested Origins of the British Army, 1645-1704

Dr Neil Faulkner

23 February 2012

March 2012

Free France's Lion: Phillippe Leclerc, De Gaulle's Greatest General

William Mortimer Moore

1 March 2012

The Colonel of Tamarkan: Philip Toosey and the Bridge on the River Kwai

Julie Summers

8 March 2012

Medicine in the Blitz

Kevin Brown

15 March 2012

T.E. Lawrence's Work with the RAF Marine Craft Service

Andrew Simpson

22 March 2012

Wellington's First Battle: The Combat of Boxtel, 15 September 1794

Garry Wills

29 March 2012

April 2012

The Pacific War Uncensored

John Tring

5 April 2012

Remembering War Horses

Pip Dodd

12 April 2012

The Impact of the Crimean, Boer and Great Wars on Public Opinion

Dr Peter Donaldson

19 April 2012

War Horses Pt 2

Karen Jones

26 April 2012

May 2012

The Young Soldiers Battalion in the Second World War

Sean Longden

3 May 2012

Imperial Structures and Dominion Forces, 1870-1918 - Help or Hindrance?

Ian Stafford

10 May 2012

Whites of Their Eyes / Fighting the Faceless: Combat Experience in the Falklands War

Peter Johnston

17 May 2012

El Alamein

John Sadler

24 May 2012

The George Cross

Kevin Brazier

31 May 2012

June 2012

Screen Soldier: The Cinematic Campaigns of David Niven

Richard Burnip

7 June 2012

Counter Battery: The Artillery of the BEF, 1917

Geoff Spring

14 June 2012

The Intelligence Branch Under Sir Henry Brackenbury

Dr Christopher Brice

21 June 2012

The Royal Flying Corps and the Cavalry

Mike Meech

28 June 2012

July 2012

From Finsbury Park to the Frontline: A Story of the Great War

Doug Kirby

5 July 2012

Defence Recovery: Battling Back from Injury

Col David Richmond

12 July 2012

'They Lack Cavalry Spirit': The British Debate Over Mounted Infantry, 1902-14

Prof Mark Connelly

19 July 2012

The Defence of London in 1917

Ian Castle

26 July 2012

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Base Café

Our recently refurbished Base Café offers freshly made tea and coffee, and a range of seasonal food and snacks to complement your visit.

Please Note

Occasionally there are unavoidable changes to the programme.

Visitors interested in attending a particular lecture are advised to telephone 020 7881 2425 on the day.