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.
Military Factsheet number 7
The Western Front Association has recently re-published a total of sixteen 'Military Factsheets' originally issued in th…
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News of a unique project - a forensic investigation into the archaeology and history …
A podcast from the team at the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association The Hawthorn Redoubt was an formidable defensive po…
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Gordon Shephard – the man who never was?
My interest in Gordon Shephard stems largely from the fact that his Irish adventures are ignored by the British records1…
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Queen Victoria’s Last VC
26 June 2020 marks 120 years since Private Charles Ward delivered a message through a storm of bullets, an action that w…
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The 'Engineering' Scottish Rugby international
George Lamond is one of the many thousands of officers who lost their lives in the Great War. Before his war service, he…
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Placing the Battle of Messines Ridge in context by Peter Simkins
This is the Foreward to Ian Passingham's Pillars of Fire. The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917 by Peter Simkins F…
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The Mines of Messines
It is, of course, currently impossible to visit the battlefields of the First World War. When the current 'lockdown' con…
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Walter Tull: Pioneering Black Sportsman and First World War Soldier
Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several documentaries for the …
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The Battle of Jutland
Of the countless acts of gallantry took place during the First World War, only a small proportion were recognised with t…
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Interesting examples of Officers Pension Record Cards
Below are a few examples of officers cards and officers widows cards located in the WFA's Pension Record Cards archive. …
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Officers Pension Record Cards digitised and now available
Two more sets of Pension Record Cards ('PRCs') have been digitised and made available by the WFA's partner Ancestry. The…
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Further examples of unusual Pension Claims
As the various projects WFA members are working on move forward, it seems a good time to update members on just a couple…
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