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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.

The Ministry of Pensions during and after the Great War

The Ministry of Pensions was a truly monolithic organisation, by the end of 1920 it had 19,121 st...

The 'Old Lag' VC: John William Mariner

In Gun Fire edition number 33, there is a short paragraph in the 'Notes and Queries' section deal...

Spring Forward, Fall Back. The changing of the clocks and the First Worl...

Tonight (26 October 2024), those of us in the UK will be putting our clocks back by one hour as w...

I escape from Groningen!

After the fall of Antwerp in 1914, an R.N.D. Able Seaman is interned in Holland but escapes to En...

Rupert Brooke - The Hood Battalion of the R.N.D.

This is a heavily cut-down version from the 'Letters of Rupert Brooke' which were published acros...

The Royal Naval Division at Passchendaele 1917

The Royal Naval Division at Passchendaele 1917 The following account is a short extract from the...

The Sinking of HMS Hawke : 15 October 1914

Margaret Lyness died on 10 April 1987 and with her went one of the last connections with a major...

Cpl. Henry White and HMHS Anglia

Cpl. Henry Richard White signed up early in the war joining the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6th N...

PG Wodehouse, the real 'Jeeves' and his Great War

One of the greatest writers in the English language is PG Wodehouse whose books are still a joy t...

The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died'

The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died' The story of the five Souls brothers, who were...

Project ALIAS - Collaborative WW1 Pension Records Project

Project ALIAS - the largest collaborative project in the history of The Western Front Association...

George Peachment: one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross :...

George Peachment was, when he enlisted, not much different from many other young volunteers in th...