19 March 2026 19:30
Andrew Wheale - "Wilfred Owen's Last Battle - The Forcing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, 4th November 1918"
The Talk: TBC
About the Speaker:
Andrew Wheale has enjoyed a life-long interest in military history and lives in Oxfordshire. His research interests include the World Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, Special Forces, combat effectiveness, leadership and military technology. He is a member of the British Commission for Military History and the Society of Army Historical Research. He has presented papers at conferences regarding British Airborne Forces during the Second World War. In 2019 he was awarded his DPhil by the University of Buckingham.
The Thesis was published in 2022 by Helion and Company as Ham & Jam: 6th Airborne Division in Normandy - Generating Combat Effectiveness: November 1942 – September 1944, which in 2023 won the Templer First Book Prize.
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