Welcome to the Wessex Branch of the OMRS.
The Branch holds meetings nine times a year, on the fourth Thursday in the months February to July and September to November. We meet at Antrobus House, 39 Salisbury Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire SP4 7HH. Meetings start at 7.30pm; tea / coffee and biscuits are available. There is a large car park adjacent to the building.
We try to combine each of the talks with Members’ ‘Show and Tell’ opportunities on related themes.
The 2026 Programme is shown below:
| Date | Theme | Talks / Events |
| 26th February | Spurious and Unofficial Awards | |
| 26th March | Casualties | ‘The work of the CWGC’ Speaker Simon Bendry |
| 23rd April | Officers’ Long Service Awards | Local Volunteer Decorations’ Speaker Douglas Edwards |
| 28th May | Far East | Member’s Talk: ‘Invasion of Malaya 1941-42’ |
| 25th June | Foreign Awards | Member’s Talk: ‘Indian Auxiliary Medical Service’ |
| 23rd July | Mounted Troops | Member’s Talk: ‘Imperial Yeomanry’ |
| 24th September | Multiple Awards | Documents & Photos etc |
| 22nd October | Great War | ‘Tunnellers / Tanks’ Speaker Clive Elderton (tbc) |
| 26th November | Remembrance | AGM & Member’s Talk ‘Poppy Appeal’ 40th Anniversary of OMRS Branch |
In addition to the Branch meetings we hope to arrange a number of group visits during the year. We will be commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Branch (previous known as the Salisbury Branch) in November 2026.
If you would like further information about the Wessex Branch then please contact James Kemp, Branch Secretary, email jhfk@mysteria.net