Events

‘The Call to Arms’ – The first exhibition in the Wiltshire at War: Community Stories series will be on display at Royal Wootton Bassett Library from Tuesday 06 September – Monday 26 September 2016. Using letters and archive images this exhibit tells the fascinating stories of men in Wiltshire called to arms in the early months of the First

The Battle of the Somme film (Cert.12A) showing at Malmesbury Town Hall: 18 July 2pm & 8pm – FREE The screenings will include an introduction, expert commentary, and post screening discussion.   The Battle of the Somme depicts the British Army in the preliminaries and early days of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916). A

The Heroine Project Presents: “OVER THE TOP The true-life tale of Dorothy Lawrence” DATE: 08 July 2016 TIME: 6:30pm LOCATION: Bradford on Avon Library – Bridge Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1BY PRICE: £2 BOOK TICKET: Contact Bradford On Avon Library – 01225 868127   The astonishing true story of Wiltshire’s forgotten First World War

Wiltshire Does Its Bit exhibition comes to Malmesbury: 01 Jul – 31 Aug 2016 Wiltshire Does its Bit, the second in a series of exhibitions produced by Wiltshire at War: Community Stories, is to open at Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury on 01 July 2016. Using archive images from the First World War, and telling the stories of

As part of Wiltshire at War: Community Stories, historian and author Timothy Brown will be giving an illustrated talk on aviation at Larkhill. Catch him at Devizes Library, 30 June 2016, 7pm. Timothy Brown served in the Fleet Air Arm for many years. On moving to Wiltshire in 2006, he became fascinated with Salisbury Plain’s

“Under Fire: the Women Of The First Aid Yeomanry” by Emma Shelley Wednesday 22 June, 7pm (Royal Wootton Bassett Library) The women of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry in the First World War were an astounding bunch of women. They overcame tremendous obstacles, ridicule and governmental disapproval to play an invaluable role in the nursing

 “Women In The First World War” by Emma Shelley Wednesday 22 June, 2pm (Chippenham Library)   This talk focuses on the contribution of women during the period 1914-1918; not only in the household but also how they began to flex their muscles in the theatre of war. As their menfolk left them to join the

Young Wiltshire boys, shouldering rifles. Three of the rifles are ancient Martini-Henry Mk IIIs. With permission of Marlborough History Society.   “A Child’s War” Exhibition will be on display at Bradford-on-Avon Library, from Monday 21 June –  Saturday 09 July 2016. Using documents and archive images this exhibition looks at the effect of the First

Location: Trowbridge Library, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge. BA14 8JN Duration: Approximately 1 hour. Price: FREE To book a ticket please call: 01225 716700 Poster designed by Basil Nankivell

The Call to Arms – The first exhibition in the Wiltshire at War: Community Stories will be on display at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, from Monday 06 June – Saturday 02 July 2016. Using letters and archive images this exhibit tells the fascinating stories of men in Wiltshire called to arms in the early