| Group leader | Jim Barnes |
| Contact group leader | |
| Contact | Liz Lockhart-Muir (01737 844173) |
| Meets | First Tuesday of the month, 9.30am-noon |
| Venue | Recreation Ground Pavilion, Middle Street, Brockham RH3 7JT |
| Cost | £3, including coffee |
| Waiting list? | No |
The aim of this interest group, which numbers about 40 and growing, is to share knowledge and understanding of why conflicts occur, the progress and consequences of battles, and the role of participants on the front line and the home front. This is achieved within the overall ethos of the u3a of establishing friendships.
Our monthly meetings start at 9.30am with coffee and biscuits followed by a talk, discussion, more coffee and the Ten Minute Slot. Recent talk subjects have included: Concorde, from success to demise (Barnes Wallis’s daughter in attendance); Burma Campaign – logistics and Wasbies; the U-boat war.
Our monthly Newsletter offers reading and information on other military subjects and keeps the group in touch and up-to-date. Regular group visits to local military sites and museums, such as Sandhurst Military Academy and Hawkinge Battle of Britain Museum in Kent, helps keep this friendly group together and engaged, as do our annual garden meetings and book exchanges. Links to our Newsletters and events can be found on this page.
Sounds interesting? You will be warmly welcomed at our meetings – you are not obliged to give a talk.
2025 programme
| Date | 45-minute presentation | 10-minute presentation | ||
| 3 Jun | D-Day | Simon Waterfield | My days in the Army | Karl Barclay |
| 1 Jul | Cuba vs CIA | Peter Stevenson | TBD | George Blundell-Pound |
| 15 Jul | Visit to the tunnels at Dover from where “Operation Dynamo” (the evacuation of Dunkirk) was organised in 1940 | Alan Browne | ||
| 5 Aug | Coffee & cake morning at member’s house | Pegasus Bridge and Museum | Roger Stones | |
| 2 Sep | The Hurricane & Catalina Flying Boat/Spies, Lies & Devices – espionage in the Cold War | Alan Phelps | Ungentlemanly Warfare, part 4 | Jim Barnes |
| 7 Oct | The Battle of Stalingrad | John Flower | TBD | Bob Bartlett |
| 4 Nov | Diving the wrecks of Scapa Flow | Marion Woodville | The Story of a Surrey Airfield, part 1 | Peter Crook |
| 2 Dec | Auntie BBC: WW2 | Peter Stevenson | TBD | James Chatfield |