One Man’s Lifelong Link to Vimy - Donald Wood's Story

One Man’s Lifelong Link to Vimy - Donald Wood's Story

In July 1936, the impressive Canadian National Vimy Memorial was unveiled by King Edward VIII in fro…

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Remembering Grandad’s war : Sergeant James Fleming

Remembering Grandad’s war : Sergeant James Fleming

For many people interested in the First World War, initial enthusiasm can often be traced back to an…

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Riding through the ruins of war on the Circuit des Champs de Bataille

Riding through the ruins of war on the Circuit des Champs de Bataille

In April 1919, barely six months after hostilities had ceased, the toughest bicycle race in history …

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The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War

The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War

Most of us are familiar with the RAF bombing campaigns of the Second World War, but few are aware th…

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The Arras and Loos Trenches at Blackpool

The Arras and Loos Trenches at Blackpool

One of the lesser-known legacies of the First World War is the impact it had on charity – it is esti…

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Betty Stevenson – ‘the Happy Warrior’

Betty Stevenson – ‘the Happy Warrior’

Within days of the war being declared the YMCA established recreation centres in the United Kingdom …

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From ceremonial duties to First Ypres and beyond: The 1st Life Guards and their single worst day of the war

From ceremonial duties to First Ypres and beyond: The 1st Life Guards and t…

This is a brief account of one cavalry regiment's war which reached its nadir in unlikely circumstan…

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George Horey's Parents’ Pilgrimage to the Somme 1923

George Horey's Parents’ Pilgrimage to the Somme 1923

Some of the most moving photographs in the 40-year archive of The Western Front Association are thos…

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Childhood memories of Gallipoli in the 1920s

Childhood memories of Gallipoli in the 1920s

The passion of members of the Western Front Association is such that few fail to recognise an import…

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Battlefield Clearance and a Chinese revolt

Battlefield Clearance and a Chinese revolt

“Private Smith, one of the ordnance men in our team, was killed tampering with a 106 fuse. Chinese n…

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The First Canadian Nurses killed by Enemy Action during the First World War

The First Canadian Nurses killed by Enemy Action during the First World War…

A number of Canadian nurses died on active service, largely as a result of disease. The first Canadi…

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An Original First World War RAF Hangar and the story of 'RFC Bramham Moor'

An Original First World War RAF Hangar and the story of 'RFC Bramham Moor'

Anyone driving along the A64 dual carriageway between York and Leeds may have noticed at a significa…

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