Meetings, Proceedings, Programme and Bulletin Board

Meetings
The Society normally meets four times a year:
January: A Meeting at Larkhill or Woolwich.
April: A Meeting at Larkhill or a unit station, followed by the Annual General Meeting.
June-July: A Meeting, taking the form of a visit to a site of interest or battlefield tour.
October: A Meeting at Larkhill or Woolwich.

Click on link on right to read text from these Meetings

2010
Winter Meeting (20 Jan 10) - Lecture at Larkhill, "The London Elizabethan Gun Trade" Mr Philip Magrath, Curator, Royal Armouries Fort Nelson
Spring Meeting (14 April 10) - Lecture at Larkhill, followed by AGM.  Battery History Presentation 17 (Corunna) Battery, 26 Regiment
Summer Meeting (16 June 10) - Museum Visit Coalhouse and Tilbury Forts, Essex Mr Jonathan Catton, Curator and Society Member
Autumn Meeting (13 Oct 10) - Larkhill Brigadier "Bull" Turnbull in the Second World War Lt Col (Retd) M V A Westropp, Late RA

2009
Winter Meeting (28 Jan 09) - Wellingtons Peninsula Gunner - Lt Col Alexander Dickson
Spring Meeting (29 Apr 09) - The History of 124 Fd Regt RA (TA) 1938-1967
Summer Meeting (20-23 June 09) - Battlefield Tour to the Lines of the Torres Vedras Portugal
Autumn Meeting (14 Oct 09) - C/293 Bde RFA (TF) and its Commander Major RO Ward and the March Retreat 1918

2008
Winter Meeting (16 Jan 08) - Gunner and Guru - Colonel Bruckmuller
Spring Meeting (23 Apr 08) - The History of 5 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery RA
Summer Meeting (23-25 June 08) - Battlefield Tour of Marlboroughs Campaigns in the Low Country
Autumn Meeting (22nd Oct 08) - Corporal Harry Fox and 1/1 Warwickshire Bty RHA (TF)

2007
Winter Meeting (17 Jan 07) - Royal Artillery Searchlights
Spring Meeting (19 Apr 07) - The History of 9 (Plassey) Battery RA
Summer Meeting (18-19 June 07) - A Tour of Woolwich 1716-2007
Autumn Meeting (11 Oct 07) - "Bobs" - Field Marshal Lord Roberts

2006
Winter Meeting (18 Jan 06) - The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-15
Spring Meeting (21 Apr 06) - The History of 1st Battery RA "The Blazers"
Summer Meeting (23-26 Jun 06) - Battlefield Tour of The Campaign in France and Belgium 1940
Autumn Meeting (11 Oct 06) - Cracker Battery and the Dhofar War

2005
Winter Meeting (18 Jan 05) - The Development of Artillery Ammunition
Spring Meeting (4 May 05) - The History of 49 (Inkerman) Battery RA
Summer Meeting (27-30 Jun 05) - Battlefield Tour of Verdun and The Maginot Line
Autumn Meeting (19 Oct 05) - Amphibious Bombardment

2004
Winter Meeting (19 Jan 04) - Casting Brass Cannon
Spring Meeting (2 Apr 04) - The History of 8 (Alma) Commando Battery Royal Artillery
Summer Meeting (12-14 Jul 04) - Battlefield Tour of Waterloo
Autumn Meeting (17 Oct 04) - General Congreve in North America

2003
Winter Meeting (22 Jan 03) - The Development of Sound Ranging in the First World War
Spring Meeting (2 Apr 03) - The History of 10 Assaye Battery, Royal Artillery
Summer Meeting (23-26 Jun 03) - Battlefield Tour of the Retreat from Mons
Autumn Meeting (17 Sep 03) - The Life and Times of General William Miller, late Royal Artillery

2002
Winter Meeting (16 Jan 02) - French Artillery Doctrine before the First World War
Spring Meeting (24 Apr 02) - The History of 30 Battery (Rogers's Company), Royal Artillery
Summer Meeting (24-26 Jun 02) - Battlefield Tour of the Ypres Salient 1914-1918
Autumn Meeting (9 Oct 02) - The Eighth Army and the Battle of Alamein

Society Proceedings
The Proceedings of the Society are published annually in the Spring.  Proceedings for 2006 - Volume IX Number 5 - were published in October 2007.  Some back numbers are available.
Back Numbers

Volume X Number 1 (2007)
Volume IX Number 5 (2006)
Volume IX Number 4 (2005) - limited stock
Volume IX Number 3 (2004)
Volume IX Number 2 (2003)
Volume IX Number 1 (2002)
Volume VIII Number 5 (2001)
Volume VIII Number 4 (2000) - not published
Volume VIII Number 3 (1999) - not published
Volume VIII Number 2 (1998)
Volume VII Number 5 (1996)
Volume VII Number 4 (1995)
Volume VII Number 3 (1994)
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Bulletin Board
The Proceedings of the Society for 2008 have now been published.  Any member who has not yet received his copy should contact the Secretary.

The next Meeting of the Society is the Battlefield Tour to the Lines of the Torres Vedras Portugal Saturday 20th June to Tuesday 23rd June.
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