The Western Front Association. Latest News
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Correction of transcription errors on Fold3
The feedback about the accuracy of the tagging (or indexing) of the WFA's pension records of Fold3 suggests this has bee…
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'1917' Reviewed Matthew Purser
Sam Mendes' new film, 1917, is an extraordinarily powerful two hour cinematic immersion into the front line of Operation…
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Stand To! Updated Full Contents Listing Issues 1 to 116
There are 116 issues of Stand To! Online. Spring 1981 to October 2019. There are over 1,600 articles here and a further …
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Verdun : Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2019
Report by Suzanne Make This year I decided to spend a few days over Armistice weekend with friends in Verdun. We took…
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The Cenotaph Forbury Gardens, Reading, Remembrance Sunday 2019
The 100th Anniversary of Remembrance Sunday in Reading was commemorated on Sunday 10th November in Reading Minster of St…
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Service of Remembrance held at Thorpe Le Fallows on 10th November 2019
Lincoln and North Lincolnshire branch Service of Remembrance. This was held at Thorpe Le Fallows on 10th November.
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Remembrance November 2019 : Sydney Australia
Report from Debbie Coupland in Australia. There are two Remembrance spaces in the city: the Cenotaph in Martin Place an…
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VIDEO: The WFA's Armistice Day commemoration 2019 at the Cenotaph
Every year, on the 11th day of the 11th month, The Western Front Association honour those who fell in the service of the…
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The WFA's 2019 Armistice commemoration at the Cenotaph
Images of The Western Front Association's 25th, 11th November Cenotaph Armistice Commemoration. We are grateful to Jeff…
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VIDEO : Cerys Matthews reading 'And death shall have no dominion' at The WFA's 2019 Armistice ceremony
The Western Front Association holds a ceremony for members, guests and the general public every Armistice Day to mark th…
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The WFA's Annual Commemoration of Armistice Day
Every year The Western Front Association organises the Armistice Day commemorations around the Cenotaph. The only except…
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11 November : 25 years since the re-inauguration of the Armistice Day ceremony at the Whitehall Cenotaph by The Western Front Association
It is 25 years since The Western Front Association successfully campaigned to re-inaugurate the Whitehall Cenotaph cer…
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The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 to maintain interest in the period 1914-1918, to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during the Great War. It does not seek to glorify war and is non-political. For a modest annual subscription, our members receive a wide range of benefits. In particular, belonging to the WFA provides you with the opportunity of meeting like-minded people to learn, share, explore and exchange information and knowledge in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. You will also receive our regular, high-quality publications Stand To! and Bulletin in total six times a year.
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The Western Front Association. Branch Events
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Alice in Wonderland and her lost boys from Oxford to the Somme and beyond
16 Dec 2019 20:00 Southend on SeaBranch Festive Fish Fry and talk Alice in Wonderland and her lost boys from Oxford to the Somme and beyond - Marietta C…
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Branch Christmas Get Together
19 Dec 2019 19:30 London (East)The Annual Branch Christmas Night complete with Chris Daughter's Bumper Quiz and seasonal refreshments.
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December Branch Meeting 19th December ( Note Date and CHANGE OF SPEAKER) - Dr Bruce Cherry - "Sex and Morale on the Wes…
19 Dec 2019 20:00 Thames ValleyNote Date Change for Christmas - 19th December 2019 CHANGE OF SPEAKER Our speaker on 19th December will now be Dr Bru…
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'The Russian Expenditionary Force 1916-18: The Russian Contribution to the Allied Cause on the Western Front by Dave O'M…
06 Jan 2020 19:30 Lancashire (North)The Russian Expeditionary Force 1916-18 A tale of commitment, celebrity, heroism, tragedy, mistreatment, mutiny, rev…
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AGM, followed by a Membership Participation Presentation
07 Jan 2020 19:30 ChesterfieldBranch Annual General Meeting, followed by Various short Presentations by Members
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The Five Warwick VCs by Ian Binnie.
08 Jan 2020 19:45 Heart of EnglandThis talk will include biographical details of the five soldiers who were awarded the Victoria Cross whilst serving with…
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The Search For Uncle Joe a talk by Peter Threlfall
09 Jan 2020 19:30 MerseysideA talk by Chairman Peter Threlfall on his great-uncle Joseph Threlfall, who served with the Royal Naval Division Please…
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The Gallipoli Oak: A Story of a Family’s Unique Legacy to a Lancashire Fusilier by Dr Martin Purdy
10 Jan 2020 19:30 Lancashire and CheshireIn March 1922 a Lancashire businessman stepped from a cruise ship onto the Gallipoli peninsula. He was accompanied by a …
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The Gallipoli Effect on the Western Front: Clive Harris
11 Jan 2020 14:30 YorkshireThe Gallipoli Campaign can only realistically be described as a complete military defeat. From its conception, planning …
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The Western Front Association. National Events
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16 January : '"An elegy of mud, blood and darkness" : Australian war writing and the third battle of Ypres’ with Matt Ha…
16 Jan 2020 19:00‘The year 1917 had been one of disaster for our arms in all save the Messines attack’ wrote the Australian ex-serviceman…
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30 January : ‘Reconstructing Flanders' fields after the Great War’ with Dries Claeys
30 Jan 2020 18:00Although the war damage in Belgium was nowhere near the scale of the French 'regions dévastées', the Belgian countryside…
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31 Jan to 1 Feb : 2nd Modern Conflict Research Symposium
31 Jan 2020 09:30The 2nd Modern Conflict Research Symposium will be hosted at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester on 31 January / 1…
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13 February : 'Imagining the West Indian soldier: from empire to multicultural commemoration' with Richard Smith
13 Feb 2020 19:00The role of the 16,000–strong British West Indies Regiment in the First World War has been recuperated from a marginalis…
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27 February : ‘Preparing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the next hundred years: horticultural challenges in …
27 Feb 2020 18:00This paper will explore the challenges and tasks facing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in a changing world. Fo…
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23 May 2020 : 8th President's Conference - Theme '1915 Revisited'
23 May 2020 09:00This annual event is held at the Tally Ho! Club, Birmingham each May. The theme, with speakers to be confirmed, is '191…
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Remember: On This Day. 15 Dec 1916
The Western Front Association. Featured
Ancestry Pension Records
As members of The Western Front Association will know, in 2012 the WFA stepped in to save from destruction over six million pension records of men who served in the Great War. Below are various articl…
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The Latest WWI Podcast
Mentioned in Dispatches By Dr Tom Thorpe Podcasts on all aspects of the Great War from the UK's leading First World War history society The Western Front Association. Click here to view in iTunes.
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World War I Book Reviews
Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
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World War I Articles
Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. All are examples of the kind of work featured in Stand To!
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