This event is part of the Illusions of Peace Conference, hosted by the National Army Museum in partnership with the Western Front Association and the the British Commission for Military History.

After fighting a large war on multiple fronts, the British Army were faced with many challenges in the wake of the First World War. This session will last approximately 1.5 hours and include time for audience questions. The following papers will be presented:

Dr Mario Draper – The Connaught Rangers Mutiny, India, 1920

Dr William Butler – ‘The British Soldier Is No Bolshevik’: The British Army and the Demobilisation Strikes in 1919

Professor Alison Fell – ‘That Glorious Comradeship’: Female Veterans in 1920s Britain

Illusions of Peace: The British Army following the First World War