Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
Two opportunities for your students to show what they know about the First …
Two opportunities for your schools students to show what they know about the First World War. 1. The 2021-22 Malco…
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The Malcolm Doolin Memorial Award for Local History Research 2021-2022
An annual year long project – starts 1 September 2021, closes 30 June 2022. Open to primary, secondary and special …
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The Roles Animals Played in the First World War Competition
This year’s Western Front Association 'Project with Prizes' asks 12-14 year old secondary school students to think …
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Virtual Tours - 'Der Schwarze Tag, Amiens, 1918' is now available to view
The last of the 'Virtual Tours' commissioned by The Western Front Association is now available to view. The association …
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Virtual Tours - 'The Spring Offensive' is now available to view
The fifth of the Virtual Tours is now available to view. These tours have been organised to enable members to have a 'ba…
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Virtual Tours - 'The First Battle of the Scarpe' is now available to view
The fourth of the Virtual Tours that we are running as a substitute for 'real life' visits the battlefields is now avail…
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Stereoscopic images available for members
At the back end of last year work started on an ambitious new project to bring 3D photography from the Great War period …
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Membership subs held at existing levels for another year
We are sure that members will be delighted that the trustees have once again held the annual subs to the existing leve…
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Winterberg Tunnel discovery
According to a report from the BBC, a ‘lost’ tunnel has been opened up in the Chemin des Dames and “some of the 270 sold…
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Calling All Young Historians Aged 16-19
The Colin Hardy History Memorial Prize 2021 The annual competition to foster interest and scholarship in the First Wo…
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Virtual Tours - 'A Lousy Wood on the Somme' is now available to view
The third of the Virtual Tours that we are running as a substitute for 'real life' visits the battlefields is now availa…
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Virtual Tours - 'The Battle for Scimitar Hill' is now available to view
Members of The Western Front Association will be aware that - in order to beat 'lockdown blues' we have invested in a se…
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