For those interested in a conflict now well beyond human memory but which echoes down the generations. Our gatherings are friendly and informal, with tea and biscuits and an emphasis on the experiences of those who fought rather than grand strategy. We are not historians. I am a journalist and author of a book about one English family’s Great War sacrifice. Topics covered include the WW1 generals, the warrior poets, the German remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, photo/video tours of Gallipoli and other battlefields visited, and how 1914-18 has been memorialised from the moment the guns fell silent to the present day. We enjoy occasional outings to sites with local, often forgotten, links to the conflict … a village where five lost Souls boys are commemorated, the church where eight original battlefield crosses are on display, some still caked with Flanders mud, a hamlet where the daughter from the manor house honoured her fallen brothers with a clock hand salvaged from the ruins of Ypres Cloth Hall