TALKS & LECTURES
2022 Events Programme
26th October 2022 - Hutted Histories - Suck Oranges - The 54th (East Anglian) Division at Suvla Bay
The 54th (East Anglian) were described as "sucked oranges", lacking the fighting spirit. How true was this statement of the men of East Anglia?
No artillery, no divisional signal company, no field ambulances, no ammunition, no mules and vanishing battalions. The 54th (East Anglian) Division were described as "sucked oranges", lacking the fighting spirit. How true was this statement of the men from East Anglia? Find out in this Hutted Histories event!
Time & Location
26 October, 19.30
Great War Huts, Bell's Lane, Bury St Edmonds, IP29 5NW
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1st - 6th October 2022 - Battlefield Tour - Gallipoli (The Medical War)
Stephen Chambers will be leading a battlefeld tour out to Gallipoli with a focus on the medical challenges of the campaign.
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16th- 19th July 2022 - Battlefield Tour - The Western Front (Ypres, Arras and the Somme)
Stephen Chambers will be leading a private battlefeld tour out to the Western Front to study some of the battles synonymous with the Great War.
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4th- 7th July 2022 - Battlefield Tour - Dieppe 1942
Stephen Chambers will be leading a private battlefeld tour to northern France to study the disastrous raid at Dieppe in 1942.
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6th- 13th May 2022 - Battlefield Tour - Gallipoli (Helles, Anzac and Suvla)
Stephen Chambers will be leading a battlefeld tour out to Gallipoli in partnership with The Gallipoli Association and Battle Honours to explore parts of the battlefield travellers rarely visit.
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2nd April 2022 - Great War Forum Conference, Birmingham - “Gallipoli through a Camera Lens”
Stephen Chambers will be speaking on war photography and censorship through the lens of the Gallipoli Campaign. Other speakers includes Richard van Emdem, Peter Hart, Gary Bain, John Bourne and Taff Gillingham.
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18th March 2022 - The Naval Battle of 18 March 1915 - Turkish, German, British and French Perspectives
The Gallipoli Association and the Çanakkale Savaşları Enstitüsü (ÇASAEN) have teamed up to present a pre-recorded conference, titled “The Naval Battle of 18 March 1915 – Turkish, German, British and French Perspectives”. The presenters are all published authors and well-known speakers, who will give you balanced views on this battle, which altered Allied strategy in the Gallipoli campaign. They are: Stephen Chambers, Murat Karataş, Klaus Wolf and Sylvain Ferreira. Each talk is sub-titled in Turkish and English respectively.
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Battle Guide Virtual Tours
Stephen Chambers has researched, presented, guided and tour managed several virtual tours in conjunction with Battle Guide Virtual Tours. Here is a selection from the past year.
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