Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
A major new project to 'find' soldiers who served in WW1
We are excited to announce a project which will massively assist present and future generations of historians searching …
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25 February : Memorial Service for Sir Michael Howard
The Memorial Service for Sir Michael Howard 25 February The Chapel King's College London Professor of the Histor…
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Geoff Longmore 1942-2019 RIP
In the 37-year history of the Wolverhampton Branch of the Western Front Association, the contribution of Geoff and Car…
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Un-indexed Pension Cards.
It has recently come to light that a relatively small number of drawers of cards have not been indexed (or tagged). This…
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Correction of errors on Fold3 - good news!
Member of The Western Front Association will be pleased to learn that the 'correction of errors process' which is detail…
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Improvements to the WFA Pension Record access
In the last few days there have been a number of background improvements 'behind the scenes' to the web site which will …
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Coming Soon: The Bulletin Archive
Drawing on the last 38 editions of Bulletin, the internal journal and newsletter of The Western Front Association, artic…
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The WFA's 2020 Calendar remains on sale
The Western Front Association's 2020 calendar remains available. Once again it features images of the battlefield taken …
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Gun Fire: the re-publication of a renowned WFA journal
Between 1985 and 2004 a magazine was regularly produced by Dr Alf Peacock, who was (between 1988 and 1997) the Chairman …
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Correction of transcription errors on Fold3
The feedback about the accuracy of the tagging (or indexing) of the WFA's pension records of Fold3 suggests this has bee…
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'1917' Is this the 'film of the year' or a 'turkey'?
The hype around the new Sam Mendes film '1917' is building up. The film is due to be released in the UK on 10 January. B…
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