The Volunteer Training Corps in Northamptonshire in the Great War by Martin Jones

Local expert Martin Jones rounds off our talks for the year with a look at the original “Dad’s Army”. During The Great War thousands of older men joined the VTC to prepare to defend the country against the imminent invasion threat from the beastly Hun.

25 years before the founding of the similar force in the Second World War those who could not serve in France volunteered in their country’s hour of need. Martin takes us through events that will not be familiar to most of us to tell the story of the Volunteer Training Corps in our county.

Tickets are now available on the Society’s Ticket Source page: https://www.ticketsource.com/northantsbattles. These are free to Northamptonshire Battlefields Society members, £5 to non-members.

Entry is through the Orangerie Restaurant.

Tea and coffee will be available before hand, provided by the Abbey volunteers. Please make an appropriate donation.

These tickets are for personal attendance at Delapre Abbey ONLY. Members joining in by Zoom do not need to book a ticket.