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The Western Front Association PhD Grants Scheme 2020/21
The Western Front Association is delighted to announce the names of those who will receive the PhD Grants Scheme awards …
Read MoreBulletin 118 November 2020
Published slightly delayed until December Bulletin 118 contains the following: Bulletin 118 November 2020 Ite…
Read MoreStand To ! No. 120 The Unknown Warrior Special November 2020
Available in print and digitally to members of The Western Front Association. 96 richly illustrated pages including the…
Read MoreAnnouncing 'Illusions of Peace' Digital Conference
The years after 1918 did not, as popular myth would have it, bring about universal peace. In fact, the ‘war to end all w…
Read More106 years after their deaths, the bodies of 5 Poilus identified
The remains of 14 soldiers from the First World War were unearthed last summer at Châtelet-sur-Retourne (north east of R…
Read MoreThe wreath laying at the Cenotaph 2020
The Cenotaph Ceremony at the Cenotaph was a small affair compared to usual years. In the short film below we show the ev…
Read MoreThe Western Front Association's 2021 Calendar
The Western Front Association's 2021 calendar is now available. Once again it features images of the battlefield taken …
Read MoreVirtual Battlefield Tours - Registration is now open
We are very pleased to be able to start taking bookings for the first six Virtual Battlefield Tours which the WFA has co…
Read MoreVirtual Battlefield tours - details of tours announced!
We are absolutely delighted to announce the details of the first six Virtual Battlefield Tours, commissioned exclusively…
Read MoreArmistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph
I have had a number of different new experiences since taking the Chair of The Western Front Association during the summ…
Read More'A Letter to the Unknown Warrior'
We are delighted to announce by the time of closure of our 'Letter to the Unknown Warrior' project at 10pm on Tuesday …
Read MoreThe Centenary of the Unknown Warrior
Every year on Armistice Day, The Western Front Association holds a ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. This has been ser…
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