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!
Death of a spy: Charles Simon
‘Project Hometown’ has brought to light many fascinating, tragic and sometimes uncomfortable stories. However, one of th…
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SS Laurentic: A story of Gold Bullion, Crime and Intrigue and loss of life that helpe…
This story begins with an ordinary Pension Card that relates to a 20 year old Royal Marine named Frederick Went. Freder…
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Lieutenant-Commander Frederick 'Sep' Kelly - Olympic Gold 1908, Performer and Compose…
Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Naval Division who was kill…
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The Battle of Mughar Ridge: One soldier's story
By the autumn of 1917, the allied forces had advanced from Egypt and were on the verge of advancing into Palestine. Two …
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Letters to the Unknown Warrior
Letters from students to the Unknown Warrior. On the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abb…
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Two brothers, but in different armies
It is not unusual to find brothers who were killed in the Great War. It is, however, unusual to find brothers who fought…
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Died one day, buried two day later by his father
On 8 November 1915 a young officer - 2/Lt Kenneth Wilcox - was killed whilst serving in the 8th Queen's (Royal West Surr…
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The loss of Royal Navy monitor 'M-15'
HMS 'M-15' was a First World War Royal Navy M15-class monitor. She was sunk off Gaza by German Submarine UC-38 on 11 Nov…
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Billy Brewer, the Wiltshire footballer
William Arthur Brewer was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire and was the son of George and Sarah Brewer of 81, Wood Lane, Chi…
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The Aristocrats' Cemetery at Zillebeke
(This article is taken from Stand To! No 90, published Dec 2010/January 2011. You can receive copies of Stand To! by bec…
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The youngest Colonel?
We often think of ‘young soldiers’ in the Great War, we often think in terms of those who were killed aged 17 or younger…
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The British Invasion or 'The Western Front without the Trenches'
[This article first appeared in Bulletin No. 117 Pages 21-24. Western Front Association members received both this maga…
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