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!
‘Understanding’ The 1991 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary President Jo…
[This article first appeared in Stand To! 34 Spring 1992 pp7-12] I think I have to begin with an apology today. It is a…
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The Annual General Meeting Address delivered by Mr John Terraine at the AGM on 31 Jan…
[This article first appeared in Stand To ! 20 Summer 1987] pp 7 - 8 First let me say a word of reassurance: it's onl…
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The Final Offensive : The 1993 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary Preside…
[This article first appeared in Stand To! 40 pp 5-11] When the Armistice came on 11 November, seventy-five years ago…
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'Passchendaele' The 1992 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary President Joh…
(This article first appears in Stand To! 37 Spring 1993 pp6 - 10 This year, 8 November was Remembrance Day—remembrance…
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‘The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945’ The Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary Presi…
(This article first appeared in Stand To! 28 Spring 1990 pp7-11) As some of you will know, but others may not, the b…
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Germany 1917. The 1987 Presidential Address 'Germany 1917' delivered by the Honorary …
Germany 1917. The 1987 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary President John Terraine (This article first a…
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Relearning the Lessons. John Terraine’s 1984 WFA Address
Relearning the Lessons. John Terraine’s 1984 WFA Address (This article, a transcript of John Terraine's 1984 Address fi…
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The Generals. John Terraine's 1982 Address to The Western Front Association
[This piece, a transcript of John Terraine's 1982 address, first appeared in Stand To! No. 7 Spring 1983 pp.4- 7] IM…
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After Amiens – 38th (Welsh) Division
It happened in the barber’s where my mother had taken me when I was a young child. ‘Mummy, why is that man making funny…
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Arthur Boyle Private and Pensioner
Painting by Diane Lavery 1998 from a photograph of Arthur Boyle taken in 1917 Arthur Boyle, born in 1894, from …
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Divisional Concert Troupes
This item appeared first appeared in Communication Lines (letters to the editor) in the Stand To ! No. 31 Winter…
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The Final One Hundred Days of the Western Front
Introduction The British involvement in war on the Western Front lasted for 1,294 days: from the 12th of August 1914 - …
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