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Brian Parritt
Members Only

11 May 2021, 6.30pm

FREE

The Unworthy, Worthwhile War: Korea, 1950-53 (Lecture 3/3)

Brigadier (retd) Brian Parritt CBE served during the Korean War. In this talk, he covers the final phase of the fighting, when the possibility of a ceasefire appeared imminent.

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Detail from 'A view of the Engagement at Vinegar Hill, June 21st 1798'
Members Only

9 June 2021, 6.30pm

FREE

The Irish Wars: The Irish Against Napoleon (Lecture 1/3)

In the first of three lectures on Ireland in the Napoleonic Wars, Patrick Mercer OBE traces the development of some of the toughest regiments that Napoleon’s troops had to face.

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'United Irishmen in training', 1798
Patrons Only

10 June 2021, 6.30pm

FREE

The Pike Dinner

10 June 1798 became known as ‘Pike Sunday’ when Crown forces in Ireland descended en masse, seized hidden pikes and arrested blacksmiths. Join historian Patrick Mercer OBE to find out more about this extraordinary episode in Britain and Ireland’s military history.

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Detail from 'A view of the Engagement at Vinegar Hill, June 21st 1798'
Members Only

21 July 2021, 6.30pm

FREE

The Irish Wars: The Irish Against Napoleon (Lecture 2/3)

In the 18th century, Royalist France had made several plans to invade Britain by first landing troops in Ireland - an ambition which Revolutionary France adopted with gusto.

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Detail from 'A view of the Engagement at Vinegar Hill, June 21st 1798'
Members Only

1 September 2021, 6.30pm

FREE

The Irish Wars: The Irish Against Napoleon (Lecture 3/3)

Whatever political tensions existed in Ireland in the wake of the 1798 and 1803 Rebellions, Irishmen were never slow to join the British Army in the fight against Napoleon.

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'United Irishmen upon Duty', 1798
Patrons Only

11 - 15 September 2021

FREE

The Napoleonic Wars: 1798 Rebellion in Ireland (Battlefield Walk)

Led by Patrick Mercer OBE, this tour will rove around Eire looking at some of the bloodiest and cruellest battles in Irish and British history.

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Moored fishing boat, Falkland Islands
Patrons Only

20 - 27 November 2021

FREE

From the Sea, Freedom: The Falklands Conflict, 1982 (Battlefield Walk)

An outstanding opportunity ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict to experience the atmosphere and re-creation of events on the ground in the company of three distinguished veterans of the war.

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