The Western Front Association. Latest News
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Stant To ! Issues 1 - 110 Contents
Download the complete contents listing for The Western Front Association journal Stand To! issues 1 - 110 here on the le…
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The Western Front Association PhD Scholarship Programme– student and tutor information and application form for 2019
WFA PhD Scholarship Programme 2019 Student and tutor information and application form for 2019 Overview Applications…
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'Money and the First World War' by Jonathan Boff
At this History of War seminar this Wednesday 6 February at 5.15pm held at All Souls' College, Oxford Dr Jonathan Boff w…
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A Brief Guide showing how to use The Western Front Association's Library Edition of Fold 3
Below is a short video created to help demonstrate some functions - and results - from the WFA's 'Library Edition' of Fo…
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Announcing the launch of FREE member access to the digitised Pension Records
We are delighted to announce that WFA members can freely access the Pension Records via the WFA web site. Had The …
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2019 calendar
The WFA 2019 Calendar is still available. This high-quality product which has received superb feedback includes first cl…
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1 - The WFA trustees plan for the future
The next AGM will take place on 27th April 2019. The current trustees will remain in post until then, or will leave earl…
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2 - LETTER TO WFA MEMBERS 12 Nov 2018
12th November 2018 Dear WFA member The Butte de Warlencourt This letter is to bring you up to date about the Butte de…
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3 - BACKGROUND: Butte de Warlencourt
Butte de Warlencourt Background Many members may now be aware of the decision to divest The Western Front Association …
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PENSION RECORDS LATEST: Further Release of 1.5 million Pension records
Explore the wealth of information to be found in the further release of another 1.5 million digitised Pension Records T…
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Announcing a new competition to foster interest and scholarship in the First World War among young historians Aged 16 – 19
THE COLIN HARDY MEMORIAL PRIZE Supported by the Western Front Association Do you have an interest in the First World…
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Major Tom’s War – despatches from the Front Line
Vee Walker has taken her personal Armistice commemoration one step further than most. In 2014 Vee translated a letter…
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Benefits of Membership
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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Talk: ‘Hunted – With All The Hounds – 24 August 1914, The Day After Mons’ by Sean Godfrey
25 Feb 2019 19:15 NorthumberlandTalk: ‘Hunted – With All The Hounds – 24 August 1914, The Day After Mons’ by Sean Godfrey
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'Wartime Cartoonists: Introducing the Artists and Their Work' by Pip Gregory
28 Feb 2019 19:30 Kent (North West)About the talk: This talk introduces some of the key - and some of the forgotten - cartoonists of the Great War. It exam…
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Prof. Peter Simkins: Up the Sharp End: The Experience of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Hundred Days, 1918.
28 Feb 2019 20:00 Thames ValleyProf. Peter Simkins: Up the Sharp End: The Experience of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Hundred Days, 1918. The 1…
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'Royal Marine Artillery on the Western Front' by Phil Davies
01 Mar 2019 19:30 Wales (South)Phil Davies will give a talk on the Royal Marine Artillery on the Western Front.
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Serpents In The Garden of Remembrance by Michael O'Brien
02 Mar 2019 13:30 Yorkshire (West Riding)At the end of the Great War the authorities in Britain designed a series of memorials to acknowledge the sacrifices made…
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Sir William Robertson
03 Mar 2019 14:00 WiltshireOur March meeting is on the subject of an important personality of the Great War period - Sir William Robertson. Roberts…
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'1919; Versailles and the Origins of World War II by Simon Peaple'
04 Mar 2019 19:30 Lancashire (North)'1919; Versailles and the Origins of World War II by Simon Peaple'
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"Armistice 1918 and After: Some Local Perspectives" - By Stephen Barker
05 Mar 2019 19:30 ChesterfieldStephen is an independent Heritage Advisor who works with a …
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'Legacies of WW1' by Paul Stamper.
06 Mar 2019 19:30 CambridgeshirePlease note this is correct talk for March. Dr Paul Stamper will be talking about the physical remains of buildings and …
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The Aisne Again: May 1918 - The Essence of Blitzkrieg by David Blanchard
08 Mar 2019 19:30 Lancashire and CheshireAfter relatively unsuccessful attacks on the Somme and the Lys, General Ludendorff sought a new sector in which to conti…
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The Western Front Association. National Events
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8th Western Front Association President's Conference 'Reflections on the Great War'
30 Mar 2019 09:008th WFA President’s Conference Saturday 30th March 2019 Doors 09.00. Start 09.45 until 16.30 Tally Ho! Sports and Soc…
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2019 Spring Conference and AGM
27 Apr 2019 09:30Portrait of a British soldier, taken prisoner by the Germans, probably in April 1918 Programme for the Day …
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'The British Army and the End of the First World War' by Jonathan Boff
01 May 2019 17:30The Talk Dr Jonathan Boff will discuss the transformation undergone by the British army during the First World War an…
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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 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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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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World War I Book Reviews
Book Reviews by academics, amateur historians, WFA members and keen readers.
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