Century of The Soldier British Civil War Conference 2023

Saturday 15th April 2023

***Update 23/03/2023***

**** Venue Change ****

The new venue will be: University of Worcester,Edward Elgar BuildingSt. John’s Campus,Henwick Grove,WR2 6AJ. Room EE G162.

This new venue is just over a mile from the Cathedral.

Room EE G 162 is on the ground floor of the Edward Elgar building just alongside from reception.

Please find the map below "For full details please download the event PDF here."

The original and still the best!

Saturday April 15th, 2023

The conference will be focused on new research and ideas that in some cases might have been overlooked in the disruption of the last couple of years. We shall also be launching new titles on the day with special offers. 

Tickets are £35 per person which includes lunch and drinks during the day.

Conference will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., doors open at 9.30 a.m.

Please note we do not issue tickets

Speakers confirmed so far include:

Professor Peter Wilson- Key note speaker

David Flintham, ‘Seats of war’: current investigations into Civil War fortifications

Simon Marsh and Sam Wilson, ‘In a plain or common near Stow’ - finding the battle of Stow on the Wold 1646

Dr. Andrew Abram, 'Dragoon Warfare in the Welsh Borders during the British Civil Wars'

Dr. Pádraig Lenihan, ‘Countermarches, Caracoles and Charges: Firearms against Shock in Ireland 1641-43.’  

Dr. Ed Furgol- 'Montrose's Army 1644-1646'

Dr. Pádraig Lenihan ‘Countermarches,Caracoles and Charges: Firearms against Shock in Ireland 1641–43

Keith Dowen ‘The Dutch Cuirassier of the Eighty Years War’

Andrew Robertshaw ‘The Civil War Career of Marmaduke Rawdon 1643–46’

The conference is supported by The Society for Army Historical Research and The Pike and Shot Society

For full details please download the event PDF here.

Location

University of Worcester,Edward Elgar BuildingSt. John’s Campus,Henwick Grove,WR2 6AJ