Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association

Remembering Philip Guest who passed away on Sunday
Phil Guest passed away on Sunday 5 May. He was one month short of his 100th birthday. Philip was a longstanding membe...
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Remembering Teddy Noyes
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of founder member number 12, Teddy Noyes A few words from Jan...
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All Bar the Shouting
It is now over a year since the passing of Rob Thompson who was well known to many members not just though his articl...
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Newly republished: World War 1914-1918 A Pictured History
As part of our ongoing commitment to make historical magazines once more available to members of The Western Front As...
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I Was There: 'The Antwerp Adventure'
We are delighted to announce that a new 'chapter' of recordings has just been started, with a new 'playlist' being cr...
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Stand To! March 2024 Number: 133 Editor's Introduction and contents
From the Matt Leonard, Editor Stand To! Welcome to the (slightly delayed) first Stand To! of 2024. My apologies for...
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Help raise £5,500 to fund the restoration of a First World War private m...
Help raise £5,500 to fund the restoration of a First World War private memorial to Captain Houston Stewart Hamilton W...
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Captain Daggett - remembered
A period of 107 years separated the last time members of various families had trodden these fields, but on 19 March 2...
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OUT NOW : Bulletin 126
Contents of the latest issue of Bulletin include: A letter from Rt Hon Grant Shapps an introduction from The WFA Ch...
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Twenty Years After: The Battlefields of 1914-18 Then and Now
Quite a number of 'partworks' (magazines published over a number of weeks) were published between the 1920s and the s...
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I Was There: Aerial Adventure on Aisne and Marne, by Lt Col L A Strange
We continue to work on the reminiscences of 'old soldiers' published in the 1939 publication 'I Was There!' and publi...
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I Was There!: Latest video now available
The latest videos from the 'I Was There!' series have been very well received, with Episode 29 ('The Immortal Story o...
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