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Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.

A Royal Navy rating discharged as epileptic and destined for the Asylum

George Henry Howlett was born in Shoreditch the son of George William Howlett, a metal worker from N…

Stereography in the Great War (in three parts) Part I

PART ONE Stereography in the Great War Part I: Paper card manufacturers by Ian Ference [This artic…

Mutiny in North Russia 7 July 1919

In the early morning of 7 July 1919, four British Officers were killed by men in their battalion – o…

A Century Old 'Thank you' : Frederick Clark KIA 21 March 1918

The events of World War I have burned themselves into the national consciousness - especially during…

Guillemont, 3 September 1916 Tactics and Insights

‘Not a Single Blade of Grass...’ by Sebastian Laudan [This article first appeared in Stand To! No.1…

The George Cecil Memorial at Villers-Cotterets by Michael Aidin

[This article first featured in Stand To! No.74 September 2005 pp 35-36. Some additional images have…

‘A Gallant Duel’ : SS Otaki and the Moewe

During the war, the Germans used merchant ‘raider’ ships against Allied shipping. The Moewe (also kn…

Ministry of Pensions Regional Offices

After the First World War, the Ministry of Pensions (for a short time) created a number of regional …

The R38 disaster 24 August 1921

At the start of the war, in contrast to Germany, the British had limited experience of airships. Un…

The 'fake' French Aristocrat at Etaples

In the vast expanse of Etaples Military Cemetery are thousands of headstones. Each of these represen…

The Low Moor Munitions Factory Explosion

Monday, August 21 in 1916 was a fine and sunny day, but would be remembered in the area of Low Moor …

Using the RFC to unlock the workings of widow’s pensions

It was only in early 1915, 6 months in to the war, that the War Office began paying pensions to the …