World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some 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.

Tom Roberts’ Letters Home 1915

Tom Roberts was born in Llanelli in South Wales, attended Park Street School, the Higher Grade Sc...

Brothers Buried Together during the First World War

The Western Front Association’s Pension Record Cards have been very useful in numerous ways – one...

Census 1841 to 2021

Anyone researching a person who served during the First World War will have some methods in commo...

Sergeant Alexander Edwards VC : 24 March 1918

Alexander Edwards was born in Lossiemouth on 4 November 1885, the son of Alexander and Jessie Edw...

Stereoscope: The Jordan/Ference Collection’s partnership with The Wester...

The Jordan/Ference Collection had its genesis in the mid-1990s. Bob Boyd and Doug Jordan were ind...

What got you interested in the First World War?

Tom Thorpe's opening question on the ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ podcast series - at least for the...

The 2nd Northants at Neuve Chapelle

The initial impetus behind this article was research on Lieutenant George Duff Gordon, who hailed...

The 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...

'Grandad’s War' by Prof. John Bourne

Both my grandfathers were born in 1880, both were coal miners and both had large families. My pat...

HM 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 Jun...

‘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...

Cases of 'insanity' revealed in the Pension Records

The Pension Records which have been saved by The Western Front Association reveal an incredible a...