• 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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  • Watch 'the greatest World War I film ever' before leaving Amazon Prime Video

    Watch 'the greatest World War I film ever' before leaving Amazon Prime Video

    We recently undertook an informal 'online poll' of WFA members to see which was considered the best WW1 film ever mad...

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  • I Was There! Chapter 9 commences 'Gallipoli Bombardment and Landing'

    I Was There! Chapter 9 commences 'Gallipoli Bombardment and Landing'

    Our work on the 'I Was There!' series of magazines continues, with a brand new 'chapter' having been commenced as 'Pl...

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  • Armistice Day 2024 at the Cenotaph: Photos and video

    Armistice Day 2024 at the Cenotaph: Photos and video

    On Monday 11 November 2024, The Western Front Association marked Armistice Day with a commemorative ceremony at the C...

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  • Cenotaph 2024: Live Stream of the WFA's commemorations

    Cenotaph 2024: Live Stream of the WFA's commemorations

    Whilst we would like as many members as possible to attend the Armistice Day commemoration this year at the Cenotaph...

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  • At the Crack of Dawn - Air-Raiding before Breakfast, by Fl-Lt Harold Rosher, Mar 24 1915

    At the Crack of Dawn - Air-Raiding before Breakfast, by Fl-Lt Harold Rosher, Mar 24 1915

    The Western Front Association's widely acclaimed series of accounts extracted from 'I Was There!' continues with the...

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  • 'Hidden' bridge at Aldershot is now a listed building

    'Hidden' bridge at Aldershot is now a listed building

    When most of us think about portable military bridges (which, we accept, is perhaps not a frequent thought that pops...

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  • Historic recognition for Great War Māori soldiers

    Historic recognition for Great War Māori soldiers

    Recently King Charles III approved a recommendation to award over twenty battle honours to Te Hokowhitu a Tū – the Ne...

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  • NEW ONLINE COURSE: The Imperial Forces on the Western Front: A Comprehensive Study

    NEW ONLINE COURSE: The Imperial Forces on the Western Front: A Comprehensive Study

    The Western Front Association is delighted to have partnered with the University of Kent to produce The Imperial For...

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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 French at Gallipoli’ with Peter Hart

    ‘The French at Gallipoli’ with Peter Hart

    03 Dec 2024 19:30 Norfolk

    Peter Hart is the author of the magisterial ‘Gallipoli’ and many other books on the Great War. Regarded as a lively,...

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  • Members Night: There will be 5 speakers from within the Branch who will talk on the night.

    Members Night: There will be 5 speakers from within the Branch who will talk on the night.

    04 Dec 2024 19:30 Cambridgeshire

    Members Night There will be 5 speakers from within the Branch who will talk about the following:1. An encounter with...

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  • 'Ethnic Prisoners of War in German captivity' a talk by Thomas Mcloughlin

    'Ethnic Prisoners of War in German captivity' a talk by Thomas Mcloughlin

    05 Dec 2024 19:15 Middlesex

    During the First World War the German Jihad Experiment led to the creation of the Halbmondlager (Half Moon Camp). A p...

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  • Military Justice during the Great War by Prof. Lois Bibbings

    Military Justice during the Great War by Prof. Lois Bibbings

    06 Dec 2024 19:30 Wales (South)

     Due to circumstances beyond our control, this talk has been postponed until 2025. An alternative talk will now be pl...

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  • ONLINE: 'Princess Mary's Christmas Gift 1914' by Prof Peter Doyle

    ONLINE: 'Princess Mary's Christmas Gift 1914' by Prof Peter Doyle

    10 Dec 2024 19:15 Kent (North West)

    Caption: Mary's Christmas gift - 'every sailor afloat, every soldier at the front' would receive one. About this talk...

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  • 'German Home Front' a talk by Professor Ingrid Sharp

    'German Home Front' a talk by Professor Ingrid Sharp

    11 Dec 2024 19:00 Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)

    'German Home Front' a talk by Professor Ingrid Sharp.  This talk outlines the many ways in which Germans opposed and...

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  • Christmas Social (1)

    Christmas Social (1)

    11 Dec 2024 19:30 Somerset

    The Somerset branch Christmas Social will follow the format of previous years. A social chat , some reading and poetr...

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  • 'Anti-tank warfare' - Graham Cobb

    'Anti-tank warfare' - Graham Cobb

    11 Dec 2024 19:45 Essex

    For the last time at the Hornchurch venue for 2024, Branch Member Graham Cobb will present a talk about a specific fo...

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  • “HMS Broadsword and the Falklands War” by Charlie Threlfall and Christmas Social

    “HMS Broadsword and the Falklands War” by Charlie Threlfall and Christmas Social

    11 Dec 2024 19:45 Surrey

    “HMS Broadsword and the Falklands War” by Charlie Threlfall and Christmas Social The December meeting is the Surrey B...

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  • The Commission's Enquiries Files - Megan Kelleher

    The Commission's Enquiries Files - Megan Kelleher

    13 Dec 2024 19:30 Midlands (East)

    The CWGC have recently began releasing digitised versions of their Enquiries, or "E" Files and these records can prov...

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  • Women joined the fray – Karen Derycke

    Women joined the fray – Karen Derycke

    05 Dec 2024 18:15

    Seminar series: Women and the First World War Karen Derycke, In Flanders Fields Museum. ‘Women joined the fray’ In th...

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  • ONLINE: Haig's Doctrine and Command Philosophy

    ONLINE: Haig's Doctrine and Command Philosophy

    16 Dec 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  This talk by Phil Watson will look at three key elements of Haig's and th...

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  • Mind, Body & Soul: Women Workers on the Western Front, 1914-1919 – Dr Emma Hanna

    Mind, Body & Soul: Women Workers on the Western Front, 1914-1919 – Dr Emma Hanna

    19 Dec 2024 19:00

    Seminar series: Women and the First World War Dr Emma Hanna, University of Kent ‘Mind, Body & Soul: Women Workers...

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  • ONLINE: 'I am going to be an Admiral': The life and times of Roger Keyes

    ONLINE: 'I am going to be an Admiral': The life and times of Roger Keyes

    30 Dec 2024 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  When a confident young master Keyes told his father, a Major General in t...

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  • ONLINE: Austria-Hungary in Cartoonists' Crosshairs

    ONLINE: Austria-Hungary in Cartoonists' Crosshairs

    06 Jan 2025 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  The First World War was fought not only on the battlefield, but in artist...

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  • ONLINE: Morale and Sensemaking on the Western Front

    ONLINE: Morale and Sensemaking on the Western Front

    13 Jan 2025 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  On the Western Front, soldiers suffered some of the worst conditions that...

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  • A woman’s narrative in the collections and exhibitions of the In Flanders Fields Museum – Annick Vandenbilcke & Piet Chielens

    A woman’s narrative in the collections and exhibitions of the In Flanders Fields Museum – Annick Vandenbilcke & Piet...

    16 Jan 2025 18:15

    Seminar series: Women and the First World War Annick Vandenbilcke and Piet Chielens, In Flanders Fields Museum. ‘A wo...

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  • ‘Aristocratic Amazons in Arms’: the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, 1907–1918 – Professor Juliette Pattinson

    ‘Aristocratic Amazons in Arms’: the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, 1907–1918 – Professor Juliette Pattinson

    23 Jan 2025 19:00

    Seminar series: Women and the First World War Professor Juliette Pattinson, King’s College, London ‘Aristocratic Amaz...

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  • ONLINE: Exploring the estate: teasing out the meanings of the architecture and horticulture of the Imperial War Graves Commission

    ONLINE: Exploring the estate: teasing out the meanings of the architecture and horticulture of the Imperial War Grave...

    27 Jan 2025 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  The architecture and horticultural of the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War...

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  • ONLINE: The British Way of War - 1890-1918, shaping strategy for an age of transition

    ONLINE: The British Way of War - 1890-1918, shaping strategy for an age of transition

    24 Feb 2025 20:00

    The presentation will be live and online.  At the turn of 20th century Britain, as a global maritime empire shaped b...

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William Abbott was born in Kirmington, Lincoln 22 July 1885 Parents the Rev. David Wyley Abbot, Vicar of Cardlington, co. Salop, and mother Mary Ann.  He was educated at Christ College, Brecon and ordained 'Clerk in Holy Orders' in 1909 and was subsequently appointed Organizing Secretary for the S.P.C.K. William married Ruby Williamson at Trinity Church...

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3 December 1918: The Rev William David Abbott.
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 'Mentioned in Dispatches' with Dr Tom Thorpe are an eclectic mix of relaxed discussions with all kinds of contributors: experts in their particular fields,...

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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

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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