The
RAHS would be happy to welcome guests from the Guild of Battlefield Guides to
the Shrapnel Lecture Day in the Newcome Hall at Larkhill on Friday 25
October. The availability of places is limited and, if the event is
oversubscribed by the Royal Artillery, the Society reserves the right to cancel
any places provisionally allocated.
The
Shrapnel Lectures will concentrate on historical Gunner topics in the period
1800 to date. The provisional programme for the day is below:
|
Time
|
Presenter
|
Topic
|
|
1000 - 1025
|
Reception
|
|
|
1030 - 1035
|
Maj Gen Nick
Eeles – Chairman RAHT
|
Welcome
|
|
1035 – 1100
|
Col Nick
Lipscombe
|
Shrapnel's
Shell - A Force Multiplier
|
|
1105 – 1130
|
Professor
Bill Philpot
|
The
First World War - an operational overview
|
|
1130 – 1155
|
Coffee
|
|
|
1200 – 1225
|
Dr Jonathon
Boff
|
Artillery in
the 100 day campaign 1918
|
|
1230 – 1255
|
Maj Gen
Jonathan Bailey PhD
|
Artillery
technological change in the Great War
|
|
1300 - 1340
|
Lunch
|
|
|
1345 - 1410
|
Dr Spenser
Jones
|
Artillery
tactics, myth or mayhem
|
|
1415 - 1440
|
OSG CO
|
Lessons from
artillery on contemporary operations
|
|
1445 - 1510
|
Tea
|
|
|
1515 - 1540
|
Professor Gary Sheffield
|
The
Importance of Remembering Correctly; Lessons of the First World War Centenary
for the Army
|
|
1545 -1615
|
Lt Col James
Cook - Chairman RAHS
|
Learning from
our Regimental History
|
|
1620
|
Q & A Panel
|
|
|
1645
|
Disperse
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
going rate is £30 per head to include attendance at the lectures and a sandwich
lunch.
Battlefield
Guild members wishing to attend must forward to the RAHS Secretary by Friday 11
October 2013:
•
Names
of those members attending.
•
Cheques
for £30 per head payable to the RA Historical Society.
•
Car
details (make, colour and VRN) or other travel arrangements
Lt
Col R S Clayton
RAHS
Secretary
10
Harnwood Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8DD
01722
339335
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