Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association

From Lemnos to the Western Front: A scholar’s perspective on Canadian nu...
Mark your calendars for Saturday, 1 November 2025, when The Western Front Association and the Gallipoli Association j...
Read More
After 108 years, soldiers of the Essex and Bedfordshire Regiments laid t...
This morning, Wednesday 16 July 2025, at the Loos British Cemetery Extension, a solemn burial service was held for so...
Read More
Menin Gate restoration complete
The comprehensive two-year restoration of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium, has been complete...
Read More
Oxford College receives approval to add foreign soldiers to WWI memorial
The BBC reports that The Queen's College, Oxford, has received permission from Oxford City Council to add five additi...
Read More
HMS Vanguard: Ship's bell recovered over a century after sinking
A recent report by the BBC provided the news of the bell from WW1 Battleship HMS Vanguard has been brought to the sur...
Read More
Young Historians Shine in The Western Front Association’s Malcolm Doolin...
The Western Front Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Res...
Read More
I Was There! The Horror of Loos - I saw a football in No Man's Land, by...
The Western Front Association's 'I Was There!' project continues with the latest episode recently published This vide...
Read More
Burial and re-dedication ceremonies in July
The JCCC (otherwise known as 'The War Detectives') have announced the following ceremonies will be taking place in Ju...
Read More
Edith Cavell postcard sold at auction
According to reports in the BBC, a postcard written by nurse Edith Cavell to her mother has been sold at auction for...
Read More
2025-2026 Autumn Project with Prizes for 12-14 year olds: The World’s Wa...
On 11 November, or the Sunday nearest to that date, in towns and villages throughout the United Kingdom, people paus...
Read More
How effective was dazzle camouflage?
A recent re-examination of a century-old experiment indicates that the dazzle camouflage used on warships during the...
Read More
Gloucester to honour ‘Canary Girls’ with memorial
Gloucester City Council has approved plans to commemorate the ‘Canary Girls’ who worked at a munitions factory in Que...
Read More