The Matlock Pals

21/01/2026

Events Calendar for 2026

March

Sunday 8th - 10 mile march Cannock Chase confirmed

April

Friday 10th - 12th No Man's Land Wales confirmed

May

Friday 2nd - 4th May Kimbolton Castle Multi Period event Cambridgeshire PE28 DEA confirmed

June

Saturday 27th Staffordshire Museum Battle of the Somme one day possible two day event tba

July

Friday 10th - 12th Eden Camp tbc

August

Friday 31st July - 2nd August Kentwell confirmed

Skegness light railway WW1 Weekend tbc

Fort Paull Hull tbc

November

Sunday 8th Remembrance Sunday tbc

Saturday 14th Staffordshire Museum Night in the trenches day event

December

Saturday 5th Staffordshire Museum Christmas in the trenches.

10/08/2025

Matlock Pals attended the Kentwell WW1 event Bringing the boys home, again a brilliant weekend in excellent surroundings a big thank you to Julia and the team for making this event happen already looking forward to next year this event just keeps getting better.

26/04/2025

Great event again at No Man's Land for the Matlock Pals and the Hull Rifles a few pictures of the camp and the boys

16/08/2023

A couple of the Matlock Pals attended Kentwell Hall at Long Melford in Suffolk for the “WW1 Bringing the boys home” event. The event follows the path an inured Soldier would have taken, from first aid in the trenches, to a field hospital and onto a convalescent home back in England along with some injured WW1 German prisoners. This event is planned to be even bigger and better for next year.

Photo credits Mark Graham, Edward Jackson and Ashley Bellingham

16/06/2023

Drone footage from last training weekend thanks to Dronezone-media for coming along and putting this video together.

Just by chance this was happening just a few minutes away from my house, so I asked if I could do some filming and got the thumbs up. It took lots of work in...

16/06/2023

As well as attending public events and shows The Matlock Pals also have training weekends at our trench system at Peak Rail. Working with other WW1 groups and reenactors so we can share experience and knowledge of what our forefathers did.

28/12/2022

Matlock Pals first event, thanks to Mark Slater for the video

The Matlock Pals WW1 reenactment group are quite unique, the reenactors are all depicting members of their family who served in the Great War. Each one can t...

21/11/2022

WW1 Christmas in The Trenches 17th & 18th December 22

Matlock Pals will be in the trenches at Peak Rail in Derbyshire over the weekend of the 17th & 18th December, we would like to invite any Great War groups or individuals to come along if they would like to join us.
Camping for re-enactor is available from Friday 16th.
The event is a living history type event that will be open to members of the public to have a look round and chat with us all until 9pm on Saturday evening.
Sunday we are planning to recreate some original photos and have Wartog joining us during the day, so if you fancy getting muddy and grubby and want to be involved please get in contact with Jez Field so we know who's coming.

13/11/2022

Lest we forget.

The Matlock Pals pay their respects at Matlock Bath.

02/11/2022

The Matlock Pals attended “A night in the trenches” at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum (all photos by wartog https://www.facebook.com/MyPhotosFromHistory )

12/09/2022

The Matlock Pals attended the fabulous multi period event at Gainsborough on the 9/10/11 of September where they met up with some of the Manchester Pals for a display of Bayonet and Drill training. The evenings were spent playing a game or two of "Put and Take" with a local French farm worker. Oh and it looks like we have a sore loser (last photo)