The Five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green

The Five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green

Some people will know of the sacrifice of the Souls family from Great Rissington in the Cotswolds. T…

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Doc ‘Pete’: A Baltimorean with the Royal Fusiliers, 1917-18

Doc ‘Pete’: A Baltimorean with the Royal Fusiliers, 1917-18

As the US went to war in April 1917 without tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery, or more than a handful…

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Military Factsheet Number 7 : Unit Organisation: Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Military Factsheet Number 7 : Unit Organisation: Royal Horse Artillery, Roy…

The Western Front Association has recently re-published a total of sixteen 'Military Factsheets' ori…

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Hawthorn Ridge : a forensic investigation into the archaeology and history of Hawthorn Crater

Hawthorn Ridge : a forensic investigation into the archaeology and history …

A podcast from the team at the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association  The Hawthorn Redoubt was an for…

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Celebration the 100th Edition of 'The Camera Returns'

Celebration the 100th Edition of 'The Camera Returns'

Celebrating its 100th instalment over 33 years, ‘The Camera Returns’ has become the most enduring fe…

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Who was Gordon Shephard - the man who never was?

Who was Gordon Shephard - the man who never was?

My interest in Gordon Shephard stems largely from the fact that his Irish adventures are ignored by …

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Queen Victoria’s Last VC

Queen Victoria’s Last VC

26 June 2020 marks 120 years since Private Charles Ward delivered a message through a storm of bulle…

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The 'Engineering' Scottish Rugby international

The 'Engineering' Scottish Rugby international

George Lamond is one of the many thousands of officers who lost their lives in the Great War. Before…

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Placing the Battle of Messines Ridge in context by Peter Simkins

Placing the Battle of Messines Ridge in context by Peter Simkins

This is the Foreword to Ian Passingham's Pillars of Fire. The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917 by …

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The Mines of Messines 7 June 1917

The Mines of Messines 7 June 1917

What is shown below is an online map detailing the exact location of all of the Messines mines. Some…

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French military justice from the monarchy to WWI by Francois Wikart

French military justice from the monarchy to WWI by Francois Wikart

At the time of the monarchy In the French Army they are corporal punishments but death penalties. Al…

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Walter Tull: Pioneering Black Sportsman and First World War Soldier

Walter Tull: Pioneering Black Sportsman and First World War Soldier

Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several do…

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