Our next talk, on the battles of the Crimean War, will be at 9.15 a.m. on Saturday 9 December.

Martin Sheppard is a historian who has written three books on the war. His General Sir James Scarlett: The Life and Letters of the Commander of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava is a radical reinterpretation of that battle, the scene of the two most famous cavalry charges in British military history, those of the Heavy Brigade and the Light Brigade. In this book, Martin used Scarlett’s previously unpublished letters to throw fresh light on what happened during the campaign and at the battle itself. While concentrating on Balaklava, he will set the battle in an outline of Crimean War as a whole and will also discuss the two other main battles of the war, those of the Alma and Inkerman.

The talk will be at 24 Kingfisher Court, Newbury RG14 5SJ. Please contact Philip Marshall on 07946 041733, or through the contact link on this website, if you would like to attend.