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Education 2022 : Animals at War – The Winners
This year’s autumn competition for school invited students in Key Stage 3 students (12-14 year olds) to think about th…
Read MoreOut Now! Stand To ! No. 125 January 2022
From the Editor Welcome to the first edition of Stand To! for 2022. As I write this in late December, COVID–19 is sti…
Read MoreBattlefield Tours in 2022 by The Western Front Association in conjunction w…
Members of The Western Front Association may be keen to get back out onto the battlefields, if so why not join other m…
Read MoreHave your say - Interviewees sought for the 'Mentioned in Dispatches' podca…
'Mentioned in Dispatches' is The Western Front Association's long running weekly podcast on the First World War. Where…
Read MoreLochnagar Walkway Appeal
For many battlefield tourists over the years, one of the 'must visit' places on the Somme is the Lochnagar Crater at La …
Read MoreVirtual Tour #2: Aubers 1915. Deadlock, Disappointment and Disaster in Flan…
The second of the new season of 'Virtual Tours' is now available. Essentially, Aubers was a one day battle, in the for…
Read MoreA brief clip from our 'Virtual Tour #1': The Royal Naval Division at Krithi…
Due to overwhelming demand 'on the night' there was a degree of buffering on the initial 'Virtual Tour'. This was quickl…
Read MoreVIRTUAL BATTLEFIELD TOUR 'To Bite and to Hold' The Royal Naval Division at …
This is a reminder that we have just published the first in a brand new series of Virtual Battlefield Tours. These tours…
Read MoreVideo coverage of the Armistice Day Commemoration held at The Cenotaph, Whi…
Video coverage of the Armistice Day Commemoration held at The Cenotaph, Whitehall on 11th November 2021. Guests of ho…
Read MoreThe Cenotaph on Armistice Day 11 November 2021
Actor Nick Bailey read ‘In Flanders Fields’ at the Cenotaph on Armistice Day and to remember one of the first Black Br…
Read MoreThe Armistice Day Commemoration at the Cenotaph, 11 November 2021
The Western Front Association has hosted the ceremony at the Cenotaph on the 11th November each year since 1994. There …
Read MoreOut Now ! Stand To ! No. 124 An introduction and Contents
This is the fourth edition of Stand To! this year - one more than usual, and something we will do every year from now on…
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