Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. All are examples of the kind of work featured in Stand To!
David George Mansell and his war service as 'Evans'
Many men joined the army under an assumed name, for some this would have been to run away from a past that may have invo…
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Lewes Casualties : September 1918 and the impact of 'Spanish Flu'
September 1918 brought a further 14 Lewes casualties, 10 on the Western Front where the arrival of the Americans had …
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'Behind the Lines - The Story of the Iron Twelve' [Part 2] by Hedley Malloch
This article, Part 2 of 2 parts, first appeared in Stand To! No. 88. April/May 2010. This and all issues of Stand To! ar…
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'The Story of the Iron Twelve' [Part 1] by Hedley Malloch
This article first appeared, in two parts, in the journal of The Western Front Association, Stand To! No. 87 and No. 88.…
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The Iron 12 : The inauguration of the Iron Memorial and Commemorative Plaques in Guis…
This article first appeared in Bulletin No.91 October/November 2011. Bulletin and Stand To! are the two magazines of The…
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Further Hints and Tips to assist with finding Pension Records
The following may assist WFA members in the search for pension records 1) If using a regimental number as one of the se…
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Iris Hotblack and Alan ‘Balmy’ Morton : love letters from the Front
At the outbreak of war in 1914, 20 year old Miss Iris Hotblack was at home with her family. They lived in a large, detac…
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Pension Record Cards and Ledgers - how they fitted in to the bigger picture (part 2)
In an earlier article we looked at some cases of Pension records and compared the WFA's pension cards to files that are …
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The Camera Returns (56) by Steve Wall and Bob Grundy
This item first appeared in Stand To! No. 74 September 2005 p.54. All these articles can be enjoyed by WFA Members using…
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Pension Claims - same man, different claim
The following article, by Craig Suddick, looks at a fairly uncommon scenario - being the pension claim for a deceased se…
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Iron Clad. The Service of 202081 Pte Frank Reece Beresford, H Bn Tank Corps by Charle…
This article first appeared in Stand To! 40 Spring 1994 (pp13-14) The entire archive of Stand To! (up to the last 12 mon…
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Un-indexed Pension Cards. The 'Missing 22 drawers'
In recent days an issue has come to light that affects approximately 2 percent of the Pension Cards for 'soldiers died'.…
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