Resources
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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
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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The Imperial Western Front: Free Online Course
The Western Front Association in partnership with the University of Kent has produced a four-week course focused on the imperial dimension to the war on the Western Front.
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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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The Western Front Association. Latest News
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Arrangements for the Armistice Day Ceremony: 11 November 2025
We are pleased to say that once again The Western Front Association will lead the commemorations on 11 November at th...
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First World War soldiersʼ bottled messages found on Australian beach after 109 years
A chance discovery on a Western Australian beach has brought voices from the First World War back to life, as message...
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Can you help schools research their local First World War history?
Volunteer as a research link for the Malcolm Doolin Award 2025 The Western Front Association runs an annual competiti...
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Royal Naval Division memorial to be rededicated in London
Image: Royal Navy The national memorial to the Royal Naval Division will be rededicated at Horse Guards Parade on T...
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Newly discovered letters reveal Rudyard Kipling’s search for his son
Recently unearthed letters from 1915 have cast a fresh light on author Rudyard Kipling's desperate search for his son...
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A name for the fallen: how the MOD's ‘war detectives’ identified two Scottish soldiers
Lieutenant James Grant Allan (left) and Lance Corporal Gordon McPherson. (Image: MOD) More than 110 years after the...
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The Western Front Association Calendar 2026 is now available
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Calendar from The Western Front Association is now available. As ever, thi...
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I Was There! Another chapter (playlist) completed: The Gallipoli Campaign is over !
In the last few weeks, we've reached two milestones with the 'I Was There!' project. Episode 100 was published in ear...
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Benefits of Membership
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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The Western Front Association. Branch Events
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Death and Service - Richard Cooper - Knight
12 Nov 2025 19:30 SomersetLocal author Richard Copper- Knight continues his quest to visit and research the details of over 800 servicemen and...
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Essex Branch Members Night
12 Nov 2025 20:00 EssexThis month will be given over to short talks / presentations by Branch Members. This is a good way for members to giv...
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Laugh or Fly: The Air War on Western Front with Peter Hart
14 Nov 2025 19:00 SussexWe welcome back Author and Historian Peter Hart to our branch for the November meeting. He will be speaking about Lau...
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From No-Man's Land to Auxiliary Hospital: Evacuating the Great War Wounded, Professor Jessica Meyer
14 Nov 2025 19:30 Midlands (East)This talk takes the audience on the journey of a wounded man from the front line to rehabilitation. It considers the...
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Contact- A Fresh Look At The Action At Castenau – Geoff Massey
15 Nov 2025 14:00 BirminghamContact- A Fresh Look At The Action At Castenau – Geoff Massey The cavalry action fought at Castenau on the 22n...
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The 2nd Battle at Ramadi
15 Nov 2025 14:00 Scotland (Tayside)Paul Knight. Major Paul Knight PhD VR FRHistS is an Army Reserve officer employed in Historical Analysis at the Land...
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The Battle of Messines Ridge with Colin Ellender
15 Nov 2025 14:30 Ox & BucksColin introduces the Battle of Messines Ridge that started at 3.10am on the 7th June 1917 with the detonation of mine...
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Great War Military Commanders at the Battle of Omdurman 1898 by Peter Hart
17 Nov 2025 19:45 TynesideThey weren’t always old! Great War generals were once young and they fought in their own battles. One of the most mur...
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'From this point the tourist should go on foot': experiencing the Somme, 1919-1939 by Mark Connelly.
17 Nov 2025 20:00 Southend on SeaUnlike Ypres, which although devastated was close to the channel ports and had its transport links rapidly re-establi...
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Professional Footballers on the Western Front by David Bull
19 Nov 2025 19:45 SurreyProfessional Footballers on the Western Front by David Bull David will draw upon his recent book, Saints In The Great...
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The Western Front Association. National Events
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Beaumont Hamel - 51st (Highland) Division and Hawthorn Crater Remembrance
13 Nov 2025 10:30On the 13th November 1916, in one of the final engagements of the Battle of the Somme,after which the 51st (Highland)...
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ONLINE: “If All the Officers Were First Shot”: the importance of the First Contingent commanders to the CEF by Bill S...
17 Nov 2025 20:00The presentation will be live and online. Despite historian’s scathing comments on their suitability, the senior comb...
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ONLINE: Ireland and WW1; contribution and commemoration
01 Dec 2025 20:00The presentation will be live and online. During the course of WW1, over 200,000 Irish men served in the British forc...
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ONLINE: Allenby’s Sepoys: The Indian Army and the EEF in 1918
15 Dec 2025 20:00The presentation will be live and online. In 1918, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under Sir Edmund Allenby swept th...
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Remember: On This Day. 11 Nov 1918
The Western Front Association. Featured
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 art...
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The Latest WWI Podcast
The Western Front Association's podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' with Dr Tom Thorpe are an eclectic mix of relaxed discussions with all kinds of contributors: experts in their particular fields,...
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World War I Articles
Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you wo...
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‘I Was There!’ – The Great War in Their Own Words
The Western Front Association is pleased to present audio narrations of personal accounts from I Was There! magazine, bringing to life the voices of those who experienced the Great War first-hand...
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