2016 LECTURES | Lancashire Infantry Museum

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Lectures Video Archive

Lectures From 2016

9 September 2016 - GIBRALTAR & THE PENINSULAR WAR IN SOUTHERN SPAIN

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A talk by John Downham and Carole Divall examining the capture of Gibraltar and the later conflicts in Spain during the early 19th century Napoleonic period. Looking at the French invasion of Andalusia in 1810 it also includes detailed information about the sieges of Gibraltar, The Siege of Cadiz, The Battle of Barrosa and The Defence of Tarifa. Preparatory study evening for Spanish Rose III, our Friends of the Museum battlefield tour for 2016

Image by Allie Reefer

Image by Allie Reefer

10 June 2016 - SOLDIERS AT SEA

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6 May 2016 - MONTY'S MENTOR

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Terry Dean tells the story of Major General James Walter Sandilands - "Sandy" - the WWI Lancashire Brigade commander who taught Monty his trade

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8 April 2016 - THE SOMME

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In its centenary year, John Downham tells the story of the epochal battle which haunts Britain to this day. Part 1 and Part 2. In partnership with Lancashire Branch of ABF The Soldiers' Charity

PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF FIVE LANCASHIRE REGIMENTS

The East Lancashire Regiment

(30th and 59th of Foot)

The South Lancashire Regiment

(40th and 82nd of Foot)

The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment

The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)

The Loyal Regiment

(North Lancashire)

(47th and 81st of Foot)

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