Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.
A Family at War
One of the most persistent and annoying heresies about the past is that it was much simpler than the…
Read MoreTom Roberts’ Letters Home 1915
Tom Roberts was born in Llanelli in South Wales, attended Park Street School, the Higher Grade Schoo…
Read MoreBrothers Buried Together during the First World War
The Western Front Association’s Pension Record Cards have been very useful in numerous ways – one of…
Read MoreCensus 1841 to 2021
Anyone researching a person who served during the First World War will have some methods in common, …
Read MoreSergeant Alexander Edwards VC : 24 March 1918
Alexander Edwards was born in Lossiemouth on 4 November 1885, the son of Alexander and Jessie Edward…
Read MoreStereoscope: The Jordan/Ference Collection’s partnership with The Western F…
The Jordan/Ference Collection had its genesis in the mid-1990s. Bob Boyd and Doug Jordan were indepe…
Read MoreWhat got you interested in the First World War?
Tom Thorpe's opening question on the ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ podcast series - at least for the las…
Read MoreThe 2nd Northants at Neuve Chapelle
The initial impetus behind this article was research on Lieutenant George Duff Gordon, who hailed fr…
Read MoreThe Kinmel Park Riot of Canadian Servicemen March 1919
The events at Kinmel Park in North Wales in March 1919 were the most serious instance of a number of…
Read More'Grandad’s War' by Prof. John Bourne
Both my grandfathers were born in 1880, both were coal miners and both had large families. My patern…
Read MoreHM Submarine H5: The Submarine Cover-Up in Caernarfon Bay 2 March 1918.
HMS H5 was a Royal Navy H-class submarine built by Canadian Vickers, Montreal and launched in June 1…
Read More‘A Worthless Scamp’: The Great War of Vincent Riley by John Bourne
During the Great War Centenaries, Stoke-on-Trent’s local newspaper, the Sentinel, published many goo…
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