Future Events

DATE	EVENT
	2019
	November
16 November 2019 – 18 April 2020
	2020
	May
Fri 15	Joint evening with Lancashire ABF. Professor Martin Alexander (former lecturer at Aberystwyth University) will investigate ‘D-Day from a German Perspective.’
	June
Sat 13	Preston Military Show in Fulwood Barracks
Fri 19	Friends Study Evening. ‘The Battle of Britain – Did it Really Save Britain?’ In the 80^th anniversary year of the iconic battle which is now part of the British identity, Roger Goodwin looks behind the legend. ‘The End of the War in NW Europe’ 75 years on from VE Day, David Rogan and John Downham consider the great campaign which took the Allies from the Normandy beaches to Luneberg Heath, and the role of our Regiments in the victory
Sat 27	Armed Forces Day. Museum stand on the Preston Flag Market.
	August
Sat early in month TBC	Friends Awayday. Visit to Liverpool museums – the Western Approaches Museum (from where the Battle of the Atlantic was directed and won) and the Museum of Liverpool (holding the King’s Regiment collection).
	September
Sat 12	Heritage Open Day. Museum open with special displays be re-enactment groups.
Sat 26 – Fri 2 Oct	Friends of the Museum annual Battlefield Tour to Gallipoli and Istanbul – Gallipoli Rose II.
	October
Sat late Oct TBC	Waterloo Study Day. In conjunction with the Waterloo Association. Presentations on topics connected with the Napoleonic Wars (programme details to follow)
	November
Sat 7	Memorabilia Day. Bring your militaria for identification by our experts. At the Museum 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. Light refreshments (tea, coffee, cakes) for a small donation.
Fri 13	Friends Study Evening. “The Crimean War”. John Downham outlines the significant part played by our antecedent Regiments in the Crimean War.
	December
Wed 9	Friends of the Museum Annual General Meeting and Volunteers’ Lunch

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