• Pension Records

    Pension Records

    As members of The Western Front Association will know, in 2012 the WFA stepped in to save from destruction over six million pension records of men who served in the Great War. Below are various articles...

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  • TrenchMapper (Public)

    TrenchMapper

    This portal enables users to study thousands of trench maps from the First World War. To benefit from the full capabilities of this, members can use the full version in the members area of the website...

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  • Stereoscope

    Stereoscope

    Stereoscopic, or 3D, photography was very popular at the time of the Great War. Use the Filter function to select your area of interest from the thousands of images from the conflict that are available here...

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  • Stand To! No.134 Out Now!

    Stand To! No.134 Out Now!

    Front Cover of the June 2024 issue of Stand To! The June Issue of Stand To! has been sent out to our members. Sta...

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  • First World War Practice Trenches in Hampshire given historical protection

    First World War Practice Trenches in Hampshire given historical protection

    So called 'practice trenches' at Browndown in Gosport, Hampshire that lay beneath heathland for decades have been gra...

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  • TrenchMapper: How we do it

    TrenchMapper: How we do it

    It is often asked 'how exactly do you do it' when it comes to the identification of the current locations of aerial p...

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  • New Role Specification: Digital Content Editor

    New Role Specification: Digital Content Editor

    One of the key roles within The Western Front Association is that of Digital Content Editor, and it has been several...

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  • The First Royal Naval VC goes under the hammer

    The First Royal Naval VC goes under the hammer

    A collection of Great War medals, including the first Victoria Cross awarded to a sailor, is expected to fetch £2m at...

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  • Remembering the Great War Church Huts of Seaford Camp

    Remembering the Great War Church Huts of Seaford Camp

    From September 1914 to the end of the Great War and beyond Seaford hosted two large training camps (North Camp and So...

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  • Announcing our First World War Project with Prizes for 12 to 14-year-olds

    Announcing our First World War Project with Prizes for 12 to 14-year-olds

    Project with Prizes for 12-14 year olds Newspapers were very important during the First World War. Because there was...

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  • I Was There!: Another video published

    I Was There!: Another video published

    Our series of 'I Was There!' videos on the WFA's YouTube channel continue to receive 'rave reviews'. The current chap...

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Benefits of Membership

The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 with the purpose of furthering interest in the history of the First World War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who served, on all sides, across all theatres and fronts, on land, at sea and in the air and at home, during the Great War. The Western Front Association is non-political and does not seek to glorify war. For a modest annual subscription, our members receive a wide range of benefits including our regular, high-quality publications Stand To! and Bulletin six times a year, access to the Stand To! archive, Gun Fire Archive, Military Factsheets and Pension Records database. In particular, belonging to The Western Front Association provides you with the opportunity of meeting like-minded people to learn, share, explore and exchange information and knowledge of the First World War in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

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  • The Military Career of General Peyton C. March, United States Army, by Will Bryant

    The Military Career of General Peyton C. March, United States Army, by Will Bryant

    27 Jul 2024 14:00 Cork

    Peyton C March was a career US Army artillery officer who served in the Philippines, Mexico and in France during the...

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  • We Clapped Our Hands With The Rest of the World, Welcoming The signs of Peace - Rebecca Ball

    We Clapped Our Hands With The Rest of the World, Welcoming The signs of Peace - Rebecca Ball

    02 Aug 2024 19:00 Merseyside

    This talk examines Working-Class urban childhoods in England during the Great War. It does this by analysing the auto...

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  • A Glorified Trench Raid or Trench warfare's Year Zero … ? The Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915 by Ross Beadle

    A Glorified Trench Raid or Trench warfare's Year Zero … ? The Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915 by Ross Beadle

    02 Aug 2024 19:30 Wales (South)

    'A Glorified Trench Raid' or Trench warfare's Year Zero … ? The Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915' The first corps...

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  • Great War Graves At Rhyl Town Cemetery

    Great War Graves At Rhyl Town Cemetery

    03 Aug 2024 13:00 Wales (North)

    Chairman Darryl Porrino will be conducting a tour of the Great War Graves in Rhyl Town Cemetery & Rhyl Church Cem...

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  • 'The Great War in Africa' a talk by Anne Samson

    'The Great War in Africa' a talk by Anne Samson

    05 Aug 2024 19:00 Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)

    'The Great War in Africa' a talk by Anne Samson, which will be a talk giving an overview of the African Campaign duri...

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  • The Invisible Corps - Roy Larkin

    The Invisible Corps - Roy Larkin

    09 Aug 2024 19:30 Midlands (East)

    Roy will be making a return visit to Ruddington to talk his specialist subject, the Army Service Corps. In this talk...

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  • Hawthorn Ridge - then and now - Rick Smith

    Hawthorn Ridge - then and now - Rick Smith

    10 Aug 2024 14:30 Wolverhampton

    The Hawthorn Redoubt was an formidable defensive position for the Germans which was blown up on the morning of 1 July...

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  • 'The Battle of Verdun' - Christina Holstein

    'The Battle of Verdun' - Christina Holstein

    14 Aug 2024 19:45 Essex

    The Essex Branch, in recent memory, has not addressed the Battle of Verdun, something we are putting right with the v...

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  • Branch AGM

    Branch AGM

    16 Aug 2024 19:30 Worcestershire & Herefordshire

    The Annual General Meeting of the Worcestershire & Herefordshire Branch of the Western Front Association. Members...

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  • 'I am fortunately in good health' A Captain in the Northumberland Fusiliers' with Chris Swinburne

    'I am fortunately in good health' A Captain in the Northumberland Fusiliers' with Chris Swinburne

    17 Aug 2024 14:00 Birmingham

    Chris Swinburne will be telling the story of his grandfather Capt. George Swinburn MC, 24th Battalion Tyneside Irish,...

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  • The WFA National Tour - Artois 1915

    The WFA National Tour - Artois 1915

    27 Sep 2024 08:30

    Tour Dates: 27 - 30 September 2024    Price Per Person: £750:00 (£125:00 Single Supplement) Hotel: Holiday Inn, Centr...

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  • 12th President’s Conference : 1914 Revisited

    12th President’s Conference : 1914 Revisited

    05 Oct 2024 09:30

    The Western Front Association is pleased to announce the 12th resident’s Conference. One hundred and ten years on fro...

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  • Gallipoli Association Annual Conference & Dinner 2024

    Gallipoli Association Annual Conference & Dinner 2024

    02 Nov 2024 10:00

    The Gallipoli Association 2024 Annual Conference will again take place at the prestigious RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, L...

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  • The WFA Commemoration Event at The Cenotaph 2024

    The WFA Commemoration Event at The Cenotaph 2024

    11 Nov 2024 10:00

    Members are welcome to join us at the Cenotaph and Guards Chapel on 11 November. This is a Western Front Association...

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Ivan Hart Davies was born at Huntingdon Vicarage 21 April 1878 Ivan was the 4th son of Rev. John Hart-Davies and Emily (née Beauclerk, daughter of Lord Charles Beauclerk) of Southam Rectory, Warwickshire.  He was educated at Clifton College, Britstol (Haig's school) and King’s College, Canterbury. He started his career as a school teacher at New Beacon,...

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27 July 1917 : Lieutenant Ivan Beauclerk Hart-Davies
Pension Records

Pension Records

As members of The Western Front Association will know, in 2012 the WFA stepped in to save from destruction over six million pension records of men who served in the Great War. Below are various art...

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The Latest WWI Podcast

The Latest WWI Podcast

The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes o...

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World War I Book Reviews

World War I Book Reviews

First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers. 

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World War I Articles

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If yo...

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