The Western Front Association. Latest News
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Battlefield Archaeology with Breaking Ground Heritage
Breaking Ground Heritage is now offering two day weekend RHR course(s) to people with an interest in the Great War …
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'Journey's End' from Mesh Theatre Co returns to Ypres
Owning to popular demand and its sell-out performances in Ypres Mesh Theatre are returns to Ypres this November 2-11, 20…
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World War I Museum Saved from Permanent Closure by Swedish Heavy Metal Band Sabaton
The campaign to fund the Heugh Battery Museum in Hartlepool has successfully saved the museum from permanent closure, wi…
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Professor Gary Sheffield pays tribute to his predecessor as Honorary President of The Western Front Association, Professor Peter Simkins MBE
I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor as Honorary President of the Western Front Association, Professor Pet…
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Announcing the availability of the Great War databases 'Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918'
These Great War databases are available for public access: 'Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918' Or URL h…
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It is with great sadness that we mark the death of Bob Wyatt
It is with great sadness that The Western Front Association mourns the death of Bob Wyatt, such a significant figure i…
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It is with great sadness that we mark the death of Charles Messenger
Charles Messenger served for 21 years as an officer in the British Royal Tank Regiment and for 13 with the British Ter…
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Congratulations to Professor Peter Simkins on turning 80 today
We are delighted to mark the 80th birthday of Professor Peter Simkins MBE, the President of The Western Front Associatio…
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A Night in the West End 1914-1918
Saturday 27th April 2019 A free lecture-concert presented by Dr Emma Hanna and Dr Helen Brooks with the Invicta Concert…
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Throughout May join The CWGC for Sunday Tours of Brookwood Military Cemetery
Tours every Sunday (except Easter Sunday) until the end of May. This spring, visitors to the Commonwealth War Graves …
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The Soldier by Rachel Wagstaff
MESH is delighted to announce we're back in Flanders this Autumn with our acclaimed production of THE SOLDIER by award-w…
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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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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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Our aims are 'Remembrance and Sharing the History of the Great War'. You get 6 magazines per year. Currently there is a 3 extra months Free offer - ask office for details. For more information on how to join and what membership options are available, please click here.
For all enquiries, please contact the office:
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The Western Front Association. Branch Events
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The Island of Ireland Peace Park by Carole Hope
26 Jul 2019 19:30 Devon and CornwallCarole Hope will cover how the peace park for WW1 came into being.
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The Great War at Sea by Colin Hatton
03 Aug 2019 13:30 Yorkshire (West Riding)In the Great War the Royal Navy protected our sea-lanes along which a large proportion of food and raw materials reached…
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'The White Elephant - The Germans High Seas Fleet and its end in 1919 by Graham Kemp'
05 Aug 2019 19:30 Lancashire (North)The White Elephant - The German High Seas Fleet and its end in 1919 by Graham Kemp. A new talk by our Branch Chaiman. …
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'Making the Armaments Centre of the World: Sheffield 1860-1914' -- By Chris Corker
06 Aug 2019 19:30 ChesterfieldDr Chris Corker was born in Sheffield and has lived in the city ever since. He has researched the steel and armaments…
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'The British Army in Mesopotamia 1914-1918': a talk by Paul Knight
10 Aug 2019 14:30 YorkshireThe campaign in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) was one of the great sideshows of the Great War, reaching a ration strengt…
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'Victory or Death! The Italian Front and the Battle of Caporetto' by Dr Spencer Jones
12 Aug 2019 18:30 Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)The bloody fighting on the Italian Front 1915-17 was some of the worst of the entire First World War. Italian efforts to…
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David Lloyd George: The Man Who Won The War? by Jonathan Rodell
14 Aug 2019 19:45 Heart of EnglandA radical firebrand and outspoken opponent of the Boer War, Lloyd George was an unlikely war leader but quickly emerged …
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The American Army In The First World War - A Talk by Tony Taylor-Neale
14 Aug 2019 20:00 EssexWe welcome Tony Taylor-Neale to the Poppy Lounge at the Royal British Legion, Hornchurch to present hos talk about Ameri…
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"The Post Office at War" with Chris Taft
15 Aug 2019 19:30 London (East)Chris Taft will be giving a talk on 'The Post Office at War'. Chris is the Head of Collections at the British Postal Mu…
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'The Genesis of the Imperial War Graves Commission' with Dave Wright
17 Aug 2019 14:00 BirminghamRudyard Kipling referred to the Imperial War Graves Cemeteries as the largest undertaking since the Pharaohs. It is eas…
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The Western Front Association. National Events
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9 September 'Workshop : Tracing the Belgian Refugees'
09 Sep 2019 12:30Are you interested in the history of Belgian refugees in the UK during the First World War? Have you been involved in re…
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Journey's End returns to Belgium
02 Nov 2019 14:17The quite brilliant, and rapidly sold out 'Journey's End' by R C Sherriff put on by Mesh Theatre is back in Belgium, …
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Remember: On This Day. 22 Jul 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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