Sunday, June 7, 2015

Herts at War Talk "Remembrance and the Great War" (Thursday)

Taff Gillingham
Remembrance and The Great War - A Very British View
11th June
at The Theatre, St Christopher School, Barrington Road, Letchworth Garden City, Herts, SG6 3JZ, arrival at 7 pm with the talk commencing at 7.30.


Taff Gillingham is a military historian who has spent the past 20 years advising film, television and theatre productions with varying degrees of success! He has been collecting British and Commonwealth militaria since he was six years old and has built up a vast knowledge of the life of the British soldier in The Great War. He was a founder member of The Khaki Chums. He is a co-director of Khaki Devil Limited; a company specialising in accurate uniforms, equipment, weapons and props for the film, television and theatre industry. The company owns a trench system which is used for filming productions such as the recent Sainsburys Christmas advert. Taff is also a former Trustee of The Suffolk Regiment Museum, Chairman of The Friends of The Suffolk Regiment and Chairman of the Suffolk Branch of The Western Front Association. 

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