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There will be a full day of short Great War Talks presented as part of the Northumbria World War One Commemoration Project events at the Wallsend Memorial Hall on Saturday 10th November.
Programme of Talks:
9.45-9.55 am - Ballroom
Introduction to the day
10.00-11.00 am - Ballroom
To the Glory of God
Newcastle United and the Great War
By official historian to Newcastle United FC
10.00-10.45 - Tyne Room
Hunting the Hun - Anti German sentiment and action on Tyneside
Room A (Green Room)
From Crisis to Victory - the last 100 days
Room B (adjacent to Green Room)
Tyneside Shipbuilding and the Great War
11.00-11.45 am
Tyne Room
The soldiers stories - fascinating revelations from our project research
Room A
Their Valour All Untold - The 149th (Northumbrian) Brigade in the Great War
Room B
The Australian Perspective - the 'Poms' and the Great War
1.30-2.15 - Tyne Room
The soldiers stories - fascinating revelations from our Project Research
Room A
The Haunting Landscapes of the Western Front in Literature
Room B
The Cult of the kilt in the British and Dominion Armies
2.30-3.15 - Tyne Room
Armistice & Aftermath - Germany's Experience
Room A
The Haunting Landscapes of the Western Front in Literature
Room B
Fall of Eagles - the RAF, Formation and Transition to Strategic Force
3.30-4.15 - Ballroom
Round table discussion - with audience participation
The Centenary of the Great War - 2014 - 2018 - What have we learned?
Conroy, Fitzpatrick, Watson, Miller, Davis/Davies, Brown, Senior, Dodds, Grieveson, Gamesby, Simpson, Rose, Gilboy, Malloy, Dalton, Young, Saint, Anderson, Allen, McKetterick, McCabe, Drummond, Parkinson, Armstrong, McCarroll, Innes, Marshall, Atkinson, Glendinning, Fenwick, Bonner
