CWGC Architecture and its Conservation

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is a global leader in commemoration. Founded by Royal Charter in 1917, they work on behalf of the Governments of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom to commemorate the 1.7 million men and women from the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

Andrew Smethurst is ex military and has also driven coaches all over the UK and Europe for 20+ years. He is interested in history, especially WW1 and WW2. Andrew has been doing CWGC talks for 3 years and has also been a tour guide for battlefield tours for a number of years.

• Date: 6th November 2024
• Wednesday 7.30pm
• CWGC Architecture and its Conservation
• Speaker: Andrew Smethurst
• Meeting at Bolton Golf Club & Online via Zoom
• Attendance in person at Bolton Golf Club - no booking required
• Zoom - Booking required - tickets will be available from 3rd October.
• Members of MLFHS – free, Non-Members of MLFHS - £5

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