Reenactors Directory
Over the years we have received many requests from schools, media companies and historic venues for details of re-enactors, in order to help to bring alive the various period events that they wished to stage. In addition, many individuals have contacted us looking for similar information concerning societies and associations in which they can join, to share in the fun, interest and passion of a specific historic era.
In response to this demand, we have created a directory of UK-based living history societies and associations, complete with web links and contact details as appropriate. Each groups availability for public and school displays as well as film work is also indicated.
Royal Sussex Living History Group
Multiperiod
West Sussex
Keeping alive the Sussex County regiment from the Victorian era to WW2. With a large collection of small arms, the Sgt instructor of musketry will show the progress of design through these periods. When visiting schools, we aim to teach through a hands-on approach, including rifle training and a large handling collection.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work
Somerset Light Infantry LHG
Post WW1 and WW2
Middlezoy Aerodrome (Somerset)
We are a WW2 living history group based around the Somerset Light Infantry (4th Battalion). We travel all over the southwest and Wales with our groups Dodge truck in order to help educate people of the British Light Infantryman of WW2.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work
Swords of Penda
Vikings & Saxons
Hertfordshire
We are an historical re-enactment, living history and character roleplaying society in north Herts, England. We focus on the Anglo Saxon period from the end of the Romans in Britain 450CE up to the mid-8th century with a focus on the reign on Penda in the 7th century.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work
Escafeld Mediaeval
Middle Ages
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Escafeld Mediaeval Society is a 13th century re-enactment group based in Sheffield. We perform all over the country working with English Heritage and Cadw. We perform a 13th century tournament with full weight weapons and the fights are not choreographed as we train very hard in the winter months.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work
326AEB – D-Day
Post WW1 and WW2
Southwest, Somerset.
A depiction of a lesser known unit of a famous WWII division, the U.S Paratrooper Engineers of the 101st Airborne, historically re-enacted by a small group using original uniforms and equipment. Displays from a one man, “walking museum” to a small battalion Command Post in the setting of Normandy on D-Day +10.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work
Fort Cumberland Guard
The Victorian Age
WW1 Remembrance Centre, Bastion, 6 Airport Service Rd, Portsmouth, PO3 5PJ.
We are proudly keep history alive by depicting ‘The Royal Marines’ of the 1830s and 1860s. Started in 1963 by members of the ‘Fort Cumberland Preservation Society’, we are possibly the oldest re-enactment / display unit in the UK. We have 3 groups: infantry, artillery and Corp of Drums.
- Public Display
- Film Work
Tastes Through Time
Multiperiod
Nationwide
We are passionate about history and the roles of women throughout the late medieval to WW2, focusing on the ordinary women, how they lived and survived. We focus on social and domestic history, expanding into 16th century witchcraft and the women’s services during WW2.
- Public Display
- School Display
- Film Work