• Pension Records

    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 articles...

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  • TrenchMapper (Public)

    TrenchMapper

    This portal enables users to study thousands of trench maps from the First World War. To benefit from the full capabilities of this, members can use the full version in the members area of the website...

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  • Stereoscope

    Stereoscope

    Stereoscopic, or 3D, photography was very popular at the time of the Great War. Use the Filter function to select your area of interest from the thousands of images from the conflict that are available here...

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  • OUT NOW : Bulletin 126

    OUT NOW : Bulletin 126

    Contents of the latest issue of Bulletin include:  A letter from Rt Hon Grant Shapps an introduction from The WFA Cha…

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  • Spring 'Monday evening' Webinars from The Western Front Association

    Spring 'Monday evening' Webinars from The Western Front Association

    Our Monday Evening Webinars continue in March and April with the next being scheduled on 18 March. In this, we will hear…

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  • Twenty Years After: The Battlefields of 1914-18 Then and Now

    Twenty Years After: The Battlefields of 1914-18 Then and Now

    Quite a number of 'partworks' (magazines published over a number of weeks) were published between the 1920s and the star…

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  • I Was There: Aerial Adventure on Aisne and Marne, by Lt Col L A Strange

    I Was There: Aerial Adventure on Aisne and Marne, by Lt Col L A Strange

    We continue to work on the reminiscences of 'old soldiers' published in the 1939 publication 'I Was There!' and publish …

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  • I Was There!: Latest video now available

    I Was There!: Latest video now available

    The latest videos from the 'I Was There!' series have been very well received, with Episode 29 ('The Immortal Story of '…

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  • Google Map of UK, Ireland and of branches of The Western Front Association in Canada and Australia

    Google Map of UK, Ireland and of branches of The Western Front Association in Canada and Australia

    Zoom in and click through to any branch of The Western Front Association. A link takes you to the branch pages on this w…

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  • Sir Frank Sanderson, man behind Battle of the Somme museum at the Thiepval Memorial for the Missing: obituary

    Sir Frank Sanderson, man behind Battle of the Somme museum at the Thiepval Memorial for the Missing: obituary

    Sir Frank Sanderson, 3rd Bt, who has died aged 89, successfully campaigned for the erection of a museum about the Battle…

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  • I Was There: The WFA's new audio-visual interpretation of the original magazines

    I Was There: The WFA's new audio-visual interpretation of the original magazines

    'I Was There' was a part-work published just before the outbreak of the Second World War which provided - in weekly ed…

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The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 with the purpose of furthering interest in the history of the First World War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who served, on all sides, across all theatres and fronts, on land, at sea and in the air and at home, during the Great War. The Western Front Association is non-political and does not seek to glorify war. For a modest annual subscription, our members receive a wide range of benefits including our regular, high-quality publications Stand To! and Bulletin six times a year, access to the Stand To! archive, Gun Fire Archive, Military Factsheets and Pension Records database. In particular, belonging to The Western Front Association provides you with the opportunity of meeting like-minded people to learn, share, explore and exchange information and knowledge of the First World War in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

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  • ONLINE: 'The Royal Artillery's Blackest Day' by Dr Spencer Jones

    ONLINE: 'The Royal Artillery's Blackest Day' by Dr Spencer Jones

    20 Mar 2024 19:20 Kent (North West)

    Caption: German heavy artillery (courtesy: IWM) About the talk: The first great blow of the German Spring Offensive hit…

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  • The Raid on Zeebrugge by Clive Harris

    The Raid on Zeebrugge by Clive Harris

    20 Mar 2024 19:45 Surrey

    The Zeebrugge Raid on St. George’s Day April 1918 was an audacious attempt by the Royal Navy to neutralise the activitie…

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  • 'British Conscientious Objectors during the Great War' with Lois Bibbings

    'British Conscientious Objectors during the Great War' with Lois Bibbings

    21 Mar 2024 19:30 London (East)

    Based on over thirty years research, this talk looks at the context of conscription, the Military Service Acts, who the …

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  • Utterly Immoral

    Utterly Immoral

    28 Mar 2024 20:00 Thames Valley

    Simon Keable-Elliott - Utterly Immoral. Robert Keable and his scandalous novel. When Robert Keable’s First World War no…

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  • Ross Beadle: 'Who killed Captain Duncan Martin'

    Ross Beadle: 'Who killed Captain Duncan Martin'

    29 Mar 2024 19:30 Devon and Cornwall

    Ross Beadle will be asking the question "Who Killed Captain Duncan Martin 20th Brigade on 1 July 1916?" The talk will c…

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  • A talk by Tom Greensheilds on ‘Leaders – the British Army NCO in the Great War – a reappraisal?’

    A talk by Tom Greensheilds on ‘Leaders – the British Army NCO in the Great War – a reappraisal?’

    02 Apr 2024 19:00 Kent (East)

    This talk is based on Tom’s ongoing research.  He will argue that studies of leadership and the Great War have concentra…

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  • 'From Gaza to Jerusalem' with Stuart Hadaway'

    'From Gaza to Jerusalem' with Stuart Hadaway'

    02 Apr 2024 19:30 Chesterfield

    "In early 1917, the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force attempted to break out of the Sinai Desert into southern Palest…

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  • 'CWGC - Gardening the World; Architecture and Conservation by Alistair Baker'

    'CWGC - Gardening the World; Architecture and Conservation by Alistair Baker'

    02 Apr 2024 19:30 Lancashire (North)

    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission features large in the story of the Great War today.  Particularly for any t…

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  • Jeremy Gorden-Smith: ‘Ypres – ruin to restoration’

    Jeremy Gorden-Smith: ‘Ypres – ruin to restoration’

    02 Apr 2024 19:30 Norfolk

    The speaker, Jeremy Gorden-Smith, will be giving us a visual tour of post-war Ypres using photographs taken by Corporal …

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  • Crisis at Kut, December 1915-April 1916

    Crisis at Kut, December 1915-April 1916

    03 Apr 2024 19:30 Cambridgeshire

    Alan Wakefield from the IWM will provide a talk entitled 'Crisis at Kut, December 1915-April 1916'.

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  • SEMINAR SERIES 'The Belgian War Graves of the First World War' with Lt Col Rob Troubleyn

    SEMINAR SERIES 'The Belgian War Graves of the First World War' with Lt Col Rob Troubleyn

    21 Mar 2024 18:00

    Lt Col Rob Troubleyn will be giving a talk about Belgian War Graves. Now in its eighth year, the initiative is supporte…

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  • ONLINE: 'Britain's Air War Over France & Flanders' with Alan Wakefield

    ONLINE: 'Britain's Air War Over France & Flanders' with Alan Wakefield

    25 Mar 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  By November 1918 the Royal Air Force had become an important component in …

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  • ONLINE: 'A House Divided: French Canada and the First World War' with Jesse Alexander

    ONLINE: 'A House Divided: French Canada and the First World War' with Jesse Alexander

    08 Apr 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  The Great War placed enormous strain on Canadian society - in particular…

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  • ONLINE: 'The British Soldier is no Bolshevik: problems with demobilisation' with Dr William Butler

    ONLINE: 'The British Soldier is no Bolshevik: problems with demobilisation' with Dr William Butler

    15 Apr 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  Almost immediately after the Armistice was signed in November 1918, many…

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  • Annual Conference & AGM 2024

    Annual Conference & AGM 2024

    20 Apr 2024 09:00

    This year the AGM will be held in Leeds at Weetwood Hall Estate Topics and Speakers: Anne Buckley ‘Germans on the Ru…

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  • ANZAC Day  at Brandwood End Cemetery with The Gallipoli Association

    ANZAC Day at Brandwood End Cemetery with The Gallipoli Association

    21 Apr 2024 14:00

    The 25th April is known in many countries as ANZAC Day.  Events are held in Australia, New Zealand, the U. K., Ireland …

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  • Commemoration of the 29th Division in the First World War in the Gallipoli Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Eltham

    Commemoration of the 29th Division in the First World War in the Gallipoli Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Eltham

    28 Apr 2024 10:00

    A commemorative service will be held on Sunday 28th April 2024 at 10.00 am in the Gallipoli Chapel, Holy Trinity Church,…

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  • ONLINE: 'Le Moncel - Lance versus Lance' with Phil Watson

    ONLINE: 'Le Moncel - Lance versus Lance' with Phil Watson

    29 Apr 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  On 7 September 1914, the 9th Lancers (2nd Cavalry Brigade) conducted the…

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  • The Staffords at Gallipoli in North Persia, Italy and Mesopotamia

    The Staffords at Gallipoli in North Persia, Italy and Mesopotamia

    11 May 2024 10:00

    A special day with the Gallipoli Association to remember the important theatres of the First World War, away from the We…

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  • London Pride Conference: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921

    London Pride Conference: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921

    15 Jun 2024 09:30

    Doors Open at 9.30 (conference starts at 10.00) to 16.30. The London Pride Conference in 2024 aims to offer a comprehen…

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Cecil Peckham was born in 1896 in Barcombe, East Sussex His parents were Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5, at the 1901 Census. Cecil was living at home, at Fern Cottage, High Street, Barcombe with his parents, older brother Charles and younger sister Florence and a lodger. Age 15, at the 1911 Census, Cecil was still living at home, …

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19 March 1916: Pte Cecil Hugh Peckham
Pension Records

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

The Latest WWI Podcast

The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes over…

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World War I Book Reviews

World War I Book Reviews

First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.

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World War I Articles

World War I Articles

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 w…

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