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!
Finding Horace: A two minute search of the WFA's Pension Records provides the answer
The Pension Cards and Ledgers that were saved by The Western Front Association are a valuable resource which will massiv…
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How to use the 'Browse' function on Fold3
The intention behind this article is to explain how to access Pension Ledgers on the WFA's Library edition of Fold3 by u…
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Index of counties within regions for Pension Records
This is to is to assist members undertaking Pension Record searches using the 'browse' facility on the WFA's Library edi…
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19th July 1919 Peace Day in Britain
This article first appeared in Bulletin 114, the internal news and information magazine for members of The Western Front…
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Aftermath: Ireland
Amongst those commemorated on Lewes War Memorial is Lance-Corporal Sidney Wright 1/6th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment…
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Following in R C Sherriff’s footsteps – the path to his own ‘Journey’s End’ in the Gr…
Crescent Trench - British front line, 31 July 1917 8th Battalion Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, 72 Brigade,…
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Cyrus Peck, Piper Paul and the Canadian Scottish at Amiens
This article looks at one battalion's action on 8 August 1918, and is largely based on a chapter of the battalion's hist…
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Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915
At the end of April 1915 the Sussex Express carried a cheering report from one of its former reporters, Private W G H…
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The Truth About German Atrocities
Founded on the Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 12, Downing…
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Duds On The Western Front
Introduction There were two military meanings to the word 'Dud'. The first was the obvious well known one referring to …
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When and Why the Doughboys Finally Joined the War
When the First World War began in August 1914, none of the 48 autonomous states that then made up the United States of A…
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Did Kitchener's decision to raise his "New Armies" carelessly wreck the pre-war plans…
The Liberal Party, which had been in power since the General Election of 1906, was nervous of German expansionism and ha…
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