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!
The Armistice at Home and Abroad
The Armistice at Home and Abroad Armistice Day’s rejoicing spread throughout Britain at remarkable speed as the simpl…
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The Armistice and Afterwards: Extracts from the Diaries of QMS Edgar Wignall RAMC
The Armistice and Afterwards: Extracts from the Diaries of QMS Edgar Wignall RAMC by Clive R Harrison (This article fir…
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A Memoir of the Final Advance 1918
A Memoir of the Final Advance 1918 by Sergeant W G Sweet, 2nd Monmouthshire edited by Barry Johnson (This article first…
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Captain Horace Coomber
Captain Horace Coomber By Gareth Morgan This article first appeared in the Australian Society of WWI Aero Histor…
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Haig and the Cavalry
By Bob Bushaway Reproduced with the permission of the 'Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies'. Why are …
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The First Tanks at Elveden by David Fletcher
Drive up the A11, through Suffolk, as if you are heading for Thetford in Norfolk and if you can take your eyes off the r…
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Lance Corporal William Cotter
The following account is based on Gerald Gliddon's account of Cotter's career published in 'VCs of the First World War: …
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The story of how 2nd Lieut. Edward Felix Baxter was awarded the VC
The short biography that follows is based on the account which appears in Gerald Gliddon's 'VCs of the First World War: …
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Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Carter DSO and Bar, MC and Bar
This article is the story of a man from a working class background who joined the British Army as a private soldier in 1…
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'The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme 1916' reflections by Rev. Dr Robert Beaken
‘A slightly amended version of this article first appeared in the Church Times'. I once met an old lady in a parish in …
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How a Stockton man won the VC
Ted Cooper writes how his granda won the VC. Edward Cooper was born in Stockton on the 4th May 1896. He left scho…
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An Irish Soldier in the British Army
Survivors of 47 Brigade going back to rest area after the Battle of Guillemont-Ginchy, September 1916. Image: clarelib…
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