Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday evening of each month at 7-30pm (unless the 2nd Thursday is on a public holiday).
Meetings are held at:
1st Floor lecture theatre
Dept of Civil Engineering
University of Natal
Durban
In building on right of Memorial Tower Building
Contact: Ken Gillings (031) 702-4828(H)
or Prof M Laing
61 Baines Road, Durban 4001.
Tel: (031) 205-1951.
laingm@eastcoast.co.za
Bring your own refreshments and a glass.
Lecture programme 2010 DDH signifies Darrell Hall Memorial lectures in honour of a former Chairman |
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Date | Lecturer | Title | |
21st January | DDH | Ricky Nortje | 'The South African War Graves Project' |
NB THIRD THURSDAY! | MAIN | Prof. Philip Everitt | 'General Sir Charles Warren' |
11th February | DDH | Donald Davies | 'Erik Holm - South Africa's Lord Haw-Haw' |
MAIN | Capt (SAN) Retd Brian Hoffman | '1914 - 1918: Clandestine Operations in Central Asia - the Plot to bring down the British Empire' | |
11th March | DDH | Colonel Steve Bekker | 'Steve versus the Kudu' |
MAIN | Lt Col Dr Graeme Fuller | 'More about Egypt and Libya' | |
8th April | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | 'The Life & Career of the First VC of the Anglo-Boer War' |
MAIN | Robin Smith | 'Langverwacht - de Wet's last fling' |
Lecture programme 2008 The 40th Anniversary Year |
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Date | Lecturer | Title | |
17 January | DDH | Philip Everitt | The European Fortifications Part 1- Vauban |
MAIN | Dave Matthews | Operations in the Sudan, 1885 to 1898 | |
14 February | DDH | John Oliver | Aircraft Carriers |
MAIN | Adrian van Schaik | The Six Day War | |
13 March | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | Field Marshal French v Gen Smith-Dorrien |
MAIN | John Parkinson | HMS Durban | |
10 April | DDH | Ken Gillings | Spioenkop - curtain-raiser to Indirect Fire |
MAIN | Robin Taylor | The Korean War - Comparisons of the F86 Sabre & Mig 15 | |
08 May | DDH | Jesse Wesseloo | The Dutch-East India Company as a fighting force |
MAIN | Bill Brady | Kenneth Campbell VC - The Natal Connection | |
12 June | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Quiz evening |
MAIN | Bill Bizley | The sinking of U-197 - a flashpoint in German/South African surveillance politics, 1942/1943 | |
10 July | DDH | Ken Parry-Hughes | My Experiences in France, 1944 to 1946 |
MAIN | Ganes Pillay | The Indian Mutiny | |
14 August - NB-Pmb | DDH | Mike Laing | Lili Marlene |
MAIN | Robin Smith | Recent Discoveries at Rietfontein | |
11 September | DDH | Brig Gen Albie Gotze | My experiences in the Ossewa Brandwag |
MAIN | Gilbert Torlage | Die Weisse Rose | |
09 October | DDH | Peter Ardington | The Battle of eNdondakusuka |
MAIN | Robin Smith | Grant’s Overland Campaign, 1864 | |
11 November | Tuesday 10.30 am | Paul Kilmartin | Armistice Day - Warriors Gate |
13 November | DDH | Charles Whiteing | Eagle's Nest |
MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | The Fighting on The Last Day - 11 November 1918 | |
13 December | |||
Annual Dinner | Organiser Charles Whiteing |
Lecture programme 2007 | |||
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Date | Lecturer | Title | |
18 January | DDH | Ian Sutherland | Scapa Flow |
MAIN | Ken Gillings | The Anglo-Boer War: The Aftermath | |
8th February | DDH | Sam Willis | Dunkirk; I was there |
MAIN | Cdr Barry Crossley | The Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage | |
8th March | DDH | Capt Brian Hoffman | The Naval Battle of Copenhagen: 1801 |
MAIN | Lt Col Ged Argyle RLC | The Falklands Wars of 1987 | |
12 April | DDH | Dave Matthews | Gordon of Khartoum |
MAIN | Charles Whiteing | WW2 Battlefields Revisited | |
10 May | DDH | Philip Everitt | The other side of Gen Sir Charles Warren |
MAIN | Nicholas Schofield | Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt, 1798 - its influence on European tastes | |
14 June | DDH | Adrian van Schaik | The SANDF's A and B Vehicles |
MAIN | Robin Taylor | Yorktown, 1781. The Last Battle of the Revolution | |
12 July | DDH | Mike Laing | Who is it? (A Quiz) |
MAIN | Brian Kennedy | The English Civil War in Ireland | |
09 August | DDH | Brian Hoffman | Admiral Drake |
MAIN | Peter Schneider | The 1956 Revolution in Hungary | |
13 September | BASE VISIT | Arranged by Maj Adrian van Schaik |
Natal Mounted Rifles Base Visit |
11 October | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | The Guns at Nery - 1 September 1914 |
MAIN | Robin Smith | Robert E Lee's greatest victory, Chancellorsville, 1863 | |
08 November | DDH | Charles Whiteing | Normandy Cameos |
MAIN | Andre Sharashkin | World War II: The Russian Front | |
11 November | 10.30 am | Paul Kilmartin | Armistice Day - Warrior's Gate |
13 December | evening | Bill Brady - organiser | Annual Dinner |
Lecture programme 2006 | |||
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Date | Lecturer | Title | |
19 January | DDH | ||
MAIN | Robin Smith | The American Civil War. The Chickamaugh Campaign. | |
9th February | DDH | Capt Adrian van Schaik | My border operational experiences |
MAIN | Prof Philip Everitt | The South African Artillery at Tobruk | |
9th March | DDH | Terry Tremaine | Being shot down in Italy in World War II |
MAIN | Lt Col Peter Harvey | 15 Squadron, SAAF, Mozambique 2000 | |
13th April | DDH | Brian Thomas | A DCM Won at The Battle of Mpanga: 3/4 April 1906 |
MAIN | Ken Gillings | The Bhambatha Rebellion - the 100th Anniversary | |
11th May | DDH | Maj. Gen. Chris Le Roux | Political Scandals |
MAIN | Brian Kennedy | The Battles of Fontenoy (1745) and Culloden (1746) | |
15th June | DDH | Mike Laing | Sherlock Holmes and The Great Boer War. |
MAIN | Jimmy Alberts/Peter Spiller | Bridge 14 | |
13th July | DDH | Captain Brian Hoffman | Naval Traditions |
MAIN | Bill Brady | "Operation Sea Lion", the planned German invasion of Britain. | |
10th August | DDH | Dr Graeme Fuller | Inside the Edinburgh tattoo |
MAIN | Prof. Mike Laing | The Importance of Jan Smuts in World War II | |
14th September | BASE VISIT | Natal Field Artillery HQ | |
12th October | DDH | Brian Kennedy | The Curragh Mutiny, 1914 |
MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | The Battle of the Somme: Day 1 - 1 July, 1916. | |
9th November | DDH | Charles Whiteing | Lawrence of Arabia and the First World War |
MAIN | Ganes Pillay | The role of Indians at the Siege of Ladysmith | |
11th November | Armistice Day | Paul Kilmartin | Warriors Gate - Saturday 10.30 am |
14th December | Annual Dinner | Bill Brady - Organiser | |
Lecture programme 2005 | |||
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Date | Lecturer | Title | |
20 January | DDH | Phylomena H Badsey | The life of Vera Brittain |
MAIN | Dr Stephen Badsey | The Battlefield of Normandy: 1944 | |
10 February | DDH | Pieter Zeeman | I was Under the Bombs Dropped by Edwin Swales 60 Years Ago |
MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | 60th Anniversary of the Death of Edwin Swales, VC, DFC | |
10 March | DDH | Dave Matthews | The Diary of a Military Photographer - Durban 1899 |
MAIN | Frank Bullen | No Scarlet - No Bearskin: A Guardsman in Battledress | |
14 April | BASE VISIT | to 1 Medical Battalion Group | Lt. Col. Graeme Fuller - Organiser |
12-May | DDH | Prof. Philip Everitt | The Devil of a Gentleman |
MAIN | John Parkinson | Vice Admiral Nagumo in the Indian Ocean : April 1942 | |
4-5 June TOUR |
Annual Battlefield Tour: | Ken Gillings: Organiser | to the Ladysmith Siege Battlefields |
09-Jun | DDH | Bill Brady | The death of Adolph Hitler |
MAIN | Dr. Gus Allen | The Spanish Armada 2: The Naval Battles | |
14-Jul | DDH | Maj. Gen. Chris le Roux | History of the South Africa Parachute Battalion |
MAIN | Lt. Col. Clive Wilsworth | South African Artillery | |
11-Aug | DDH | Prof. Mike Laing | The Chemistry that made The Atom Bomb Work |
MAIN | Bill Brady | The End of World War 2 in The Pacific : August 1945 | |
8-Sep | SOCIETY VISIT TO PIETERMARITZBURG | ||
Talk 1 | Gilbert Torlage | Missionaries in Zululand in Times of Conflict | |
Talk 2 | Robin Smith | Gravestones and Memorials of the ILH | |
Talk 3 | Dr. Mark Coghlan | The History of the Umvoti Mounted Rifles | |
13-Oct | DDH | John Oliver | Battleship: The All Gun Dreadnought |
MAIN | Captain Brian Hoffman | The Battle of Trafalgar: The 200th Anniversary | |
10-Nov | DDH | Prof. Mike Laing | 60th Anniversary of the Death of Gen. G. Patton: Dec. 1945 |
MAIN | Prof. Brian Kearney | Aspects of Durban in the Anglo-Boer War | |
11-Nov | Friday 10.30 am | Paul Kilmartin | Armistice Day - Warriors Gate |
8-Dec | Bill Brady - Organiser | Annual Dinner |
Lecture programme 2004 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
9 December | . | . | . |
. | MAIN | Bill Brady - Organiser | Annual Dinner |
11 November | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Gen. George Patton in WWI |
. | MAIN | Bill Brady | The Battle of the River Plate: Dec 1939 |
11 November | . | Armistice Day - Warriors Gate |
10.30 am - Paul Kilmartin |
14 October | DDH | Col. Pat Acutt | The Reserve Forces |
. | MAIN | Charles Whiteing | The Dam Buster Raid - 16/17 May 1943 |
9 September | DDH | Graham Harvey | I was there - Italy 1944 |
. | MAIN | Major Keith Archibald | The Italian Campaign 1944-45 |
12 August | . | BASE VISIT: 19th Field Regiment HQ | . |
8 July | DDH | Brian Kennedy | The Battle of Crossbarry - 1921 |
. | MAIN | Dereck Petersen | The Capture of Winston Churchill: 1900 |
10 June | Talk 1 | Lt. Cdr. Colin Lawton | D-Day: I was There |
. | Talk 2 | Prof. Mike Laing | D-Day: The Role Played by Gen. G. Patton |
. | Talk 3 | Paul Kilmartin | D-Day: The Invasion - 6 June 1944 |
May TOUR |
Annual Battlefield Tour: | Ken Gillings: Organiser | iNtabamnyama and Vaalkrans Jan-Feb 1900 |
13 May | DDH | Prof. Mike Laing | Rommel gets a Gazelle for Dinner |
. | MAIN | Ron Lock | The Action at Ntombi Drift 1879 |
15 April NB Third Thursday! | DDH | John Goodrich | Military Traditions |
. | MAIN | Robin Smith | The American Civil War: The Wilderness to Appomattox |
11 March | DDH | Bill Brady | The Rescue and Fall of Mussolini |
. | MAIN | Gen. Albie Gotze | My Role as a Fighter Pilot at Arnhem, 1944 |
12 February | DDH | Hilary Graham | The Sinking of the Troopship MENDI: 1917 |
. | MAIN | Dr Gus Allen | The Origins of the Spanish Armada |
15 January 3rd Thurs |
DDH | Ken Gillings | Lt. G.H.B. Coulson, VC |
. | MAIN | Lt Col Graeme Fuller | Medical Services during the Natal Campaign. Part 2 |
Lecture programme 2003 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
11 December | . | . | . |
. | MAIN | . | Annual Dinner |
13 November | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | What cost Patton the 3rd Army? |
. | MAIN | Lt Col Graeme Fuller | Medical Services During the Natal Campaign |
11 November | . | Armistice Day - Warriors Gate |
10.30 am - Paul Kilmartin |
09 October | DDH | Bill Brady | The Rescue of Mussolini |
. | MAIN | Eric Winchester | The Warsaw Uprising: I Was There |
11 September | DDH | Ken Gillings | Recent Discoveries on the Death of Bambatha |
. | MAIN | Brian Thomas | The First, and Last Surviving SA Recipients of the VC |
16/17 August TOUR |
Annual Battlefield Tour: | Ken Gillings: Organiser | The Battle of the Thukela Heights and The Relief of Ladysmith |
14 August | . | BASE VISIT: DLI HQ | . |
10 July | DDH | Lt Col Ray Lotter | Custer's Last Stand - the Battle of Little Bighorn |
. | MAIN | Charles Whiteing | The Death of the Desert Fox |
12 June | DDH | Dave Matthews | Teddington Lock: An unusual Military Connection |
. | MAIN | Prof Philip Everitt | The Fall of Tobruk - June 1942 |
7 June Sunday |
OUTING | Ken Gillings & Keith Archibald: Organisers | The Old Fort and The Battle of Congella |
8 May | DDH | Ian Sutherland | European Battlefields Photographed |
. | MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | The Run-Up to the Battle of the Somme |
10 April | DDH | Prof Philip Everitt | Bagged but Cheerful. A POW at Tobruk |
. | MAIN | Lt Col Clive Wilsworth | The Battle of Bakenlaagte |
13 March | DDH | Brian Kennedy | The Fighting 69th |
. | MAIN | Major John Buchan | The History of Flying Boats |
13 February | DDH | Lt Ray Locke | I Watched the Sinking of the Bismarck |
. | MAIN | Bill Brady | Barbarossa: The German Invasion of Russia |
13 January 3rd Thurs |
DDH | Ganes Pillay | The Molly Ellis Affair - India 1923 |
. | MAIN | Maj. Gen Chris le Roux | The SANDF. From the "Old" to the "New" |
Lecture programme 2002 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
12 December | . | . | . |
. | MAIN | . | Annual Dinner |
14 November | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Patton? |
. | MAIN | Gilbert Torlage | The Private War between Gen. Sir Redvers Buller and Gen. Sir Charles Warren |
10 October | DDH | Ken Gillings | What really happened at VLAKFONTEIN? May 1901 |
. | MAIN | Bill Brady | Bomber Command |
12 September | DDH | Prof. Paul Thompson | Subject to be confirmed |
. | MAIN | . | PIETERMARITZBURG VISIT |
15 August | DDH | . | . |
. | MAIN | . | BASE VISIT |
11 July | DDH | Charles Whiteing | Robey Leibbrandt & Operation Weissdorn |
. | MAIN | Prof Philip Everitt | The Battle of Sidi Rezeg - 1941 |
13 June | DDH | Bill Brady | USS Harry S. Truman |
. | MAIN | Ken Gillings | A Summary of The Anglo-Boer War in 1902 |
9 May | DDH | Dr. Gus Allen | Irish Cameo No.2 |
. | MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | The Battle of Loos. September 1915 |
11 April | DDH | Dr. Ingrid Machin | The Formation of the Zulu "Regiments" |
. | MAIN | Maj. Gen. Chris Le Roux | The SANDF. From the "Old" to the "New" |
14 March | DDH | Col. Harold Rosenberg | Honorus Crux: The South African "VC" |
. | MAIN | Col. Graham du Toit | South African Casualties in World War 2 |
14 March | DDH | Col. Harold Rosenberg | Honorus Crux: The South African "VC" |
. | MAIN | Col. Graham du Toit | South African Casualties in World War 2 |
14 February | DDH | Ian Sutherland | The Retaliatory Air Raid on Bath - 1943 |
. | MAIN | Ken Gillings | A Summary of The Anglo-Boer War in 1901 |
17 January | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | Rudolf Hess: His Flight to Scotland, May 1941 |
. | MAIN | Brian Kennedy | The IRA Campaign in Armagh |
Lecture programme 2000 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
8th June | DDH | Dave Matthews | The Victoria Scarf |
. | MAIN | Ken Gillings | The Art of War |
3/4 June | . | Battlefield Tour: | Mandawe, oPathe Gorge, Mgungundlovu,Gqokli Hill, Ulundi |
11 May | DDH | Dr.Ingrid Machin | SA Heavy Artillery in World War 1 |
. | MAIN | Paul Kilmartin | The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, May 1915 |
13 April | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | The Last Army VC in Europe, April 1945 |
. | MAIN | Bill Brady | Fiasco in Norway, April/May 1940 |
9 March | DDH | Philip Everitt | The Engineer at War |
. | MAIN | Frank Bullen | All the Queens Horses and All the Queen's Men |
10 February | DDH | Charles Whiteing | Normandy Re-visited |
. | MAIN | Pat Budd | The German Vi and V2: The World's First Cruise and Ballistic Missiles. |
13 January | DDH | Bill Brady | Aircraft Carrier, USS Harry S. Truman |
. | MAIN | Ken Gillings | Review of the 1st 3 Months of the Anglo-Boer War |
Lecture programme 1999 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
10th Sept | . | Ken Gillings. | ANGLO-BOER WAR CENTENARY MEETING ORIGINS & CAUSES OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR |
12th Aug | . | . | VISIT TO SA NAVY'S STRIKE CRAFT BASE |
8th July | DDH | Bill Brady | Lt Cmdr. EUGENE ESMONDE, V.C |
. | ML | Fiona Barbour | SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY |
8th July | DDH | Bill Brady | Lt Cmdr. EUGENE ESMONDE, V.C |
. | ML | Fiona Barbour | SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY |
10th June | DDH | Ian Sutherland | EUROPEAN BATTLEFIELDS' TOUR |
. | ML | Gilbert Torlage | Tpr RUPERT H. BISLEY - JUNE 1900 |
13th May | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | Maj. Gen. REDVERS BULLER |
. | ML | Steve Lundestedt | BATTLE OF KOEDOESBERG DRIFT |
8th April | DDH | Ken Gillings. | Cmdt. Gen. PIET JOUBERT |
. | ML | Maj.John Buchan | WORLD WAR I - AERIAL WARFARE |
11th Mar | DDH | George Nel | O'Neill's Cottage |
. | ML | Dave Matthews | The Gelib White Flag Incident |
. | ML2 | Paul Kilmartin | The History of the Irish Guards |
11th Feb | DDH | Paul Kilmarrin | Capt. Edwin Swales, VC |
. | ML | Garth Benneworth | The Battle of Driefontein |
14 Jan | DDH | Major John Buchan | POW and Refugee Camps of the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War |
. | ML | Bill Brady | Battle for Berlin - 1945 |
Lecture programme 1998 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
10 December 98 | Annual Dinner | ||
12 November 98 | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Patton and Pearl Harbour |
. | ML | Dr Alex Coutts | The Military Brilliance of Shaka |
8 October 98 | DDH | James Porteous | The K-Class Submarines |
. | ML | Dave Matthews | The Siege of O'Kiep |
12/13 September 98 | Tour | Battlefields Tour - Ladysmith Siege Sites | Diarise! |
10 September 98 | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Zukhov and the Khalkin Goll |
. | ML | Pat Budd | Arnhem |
13 August 98 | . | Visit to the Natal Carbineers in Pietermaritzburg to be arranged. | |
9 July 98 | DDH | Prof Mike Laing. | Dieppe |
. | ML | Mrs M Richards | Churchills in the Anglo-Boer War Context |
11 June 98 | DDH | Charles Whiteing | 'D-Day' Revisited |
. | ML | Ken Gillings. | "The Battle of Stormberg" |
14 May 98 | DDH | John Buchan | Major John Buchan |
. | ML | Paul Kilmartin | The First Battle of Ypres - 1914 |
9th Apr 98 | DDH | Dr Ingrid Machin | The Maldon Embroidery |
. | ML | Huffy Pott | The Battle of Bergendal |
12 Mar 98 | DDH | Pat Budd. | "Arnhem - A New Perspective" |
. | ML | Bill Brady. | "The Channel Dash" |
l2th Feb 98 | DDH | Paul Kilmartin | Flt.Lt. L.Baveystock |
. | ML | Dr Audrey Cahill | "Between the Lines" |
8 Jan 98 | DDH | Marge Zucchini | "Gettysburg Today" - Talk by fellow member on her recent visit to the States. |
. | ML | Mervyn Mitton | Britain's Georgian Navy |
Lecture programme 1997 | |||
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Date | . | Lecturer | Title |
11th Dec 97 | . | . | Annual Dinner |
13th Nov 97 | DDH | Bill Brady. | "Hometown V.C." |
. | ML | Neil Lee | "The Bayeaux Tapestry - A Pictorial History of the Norman Invasion of England in 1066" |
16th Oct 97 | . | . | Visit to Umvoti Mounted Rifles Base at 105 Haig Road, Redhill. |
11th Sept 97 | DDH | . | Video: The Boer War |
. | ML | . | Video: The Affiliation Ceremony of The Royal Regiment of Wales and 121 Battalion at Dukuduku |
14 August 97 | DDH | Mark Coglan | Pro Patria - Another 50 Carbineer Years 1945-95 |
. | ML | Panel discussion | The future History of the Army in the Durban Area |
10 Jul 97 | DDH | Rev Ernest Pugsley | The History of Padres |
. | ML | Bill Brady | The Fall of France 1940 |
12 Jun 97 | DDH | Philip Everitt | . |
. | ML | Alan Mountain | The Campaign against the baPedi of Sekukuni |
8 May 97 | DDH | Steve Lundestedt | The Kimberley Battlefields Route |
. | ML | Paul Kilmartin | The Battle of the Marne |
10 April 97 | DDH | Prof Mike Laing | Modern Science in SA WAR 1899-1902 |
. | ML | Richard Henry | Restoration of Armoured Fighting Vehicles |
13 March 97 | . | Ken Gillings | The Bhambatha Rebellion: The Battleof Mome Gorge |
13th Feb 97 | . | Nick Steele | The use of mounted units in colonial wars |