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!
The Loss of the Britannic : 21 November 1916
Some years ago there was much publicity around the 100th anniversary of the loss of the RMS Titanic, which - as is well …
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Discipline in the BEF: An analysis of executions in British Divisions 1914-1918
It is well recorded that despite a dubious disciplinary record, Australian troops were amongst the most effective of tho…
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Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow: soldier, jockey and one of the first British deaths in th…
Arthur Hughes-Onslow was born in 1862. He joined the 10th Hussars at Lucknow, India and stayed in the regiment for 20 ye…
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Finding Great Uncle George
The following message from David Jenkins relates to the way the Pension Records can help find 'missing' relatives who we…
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'One Hell of a Row': A War widow's pension
Grandfather was killed 7 weeks before the end of the First World War. His immediate family, that is his wife and three …
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'In the event of my death': An analysis of what can be gleaned from soldiers wills
During 2013 David Tattersfield, a trustee of The Western Front Association, provided First World War historical advice t…
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Biggles’ Last Flight: the flying career of Captain WE Johns
This piece originally appeared in the 100th edition of the WFA's landmark print journal 'Stand To!' The author has enhan…
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Pension Records: Famous, Infamous, Extraordinary and Ordinary
The Western Front Association's Pension Record Card and Ledger archive which is being published online by Ancestry is an…
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The Heilsberg 39: A New British First World War Cemetery in Poland
Between August and December 1918 a number of British Prisoners of War died at Heilsberg Prisoner of War camp in the east…
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Dear David ... Pension Record Cards Feedback
Here's some feedback about the Pension Records lookups we have conducted for a wide range of individuals: Andrew Gilpin…
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Understanding the Ledger Indexing
This article aims to set out some of the technical aspects of the indexing of - and subcategories that make up - the 'le…
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A Further Release of First World War Pension Records by Ancestry
Western Front Association members will already know that the Naval Records were released a few weeks ago, but today (10 …
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