• 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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  • The Imperial Western Front: Free Online Course

    The Imperial Western Front: Free Online Course

    The Western Front Association in partnership with the University of Kent has produced a four-week course focused on the imperial dimension to the war on the Western Front.

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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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  • Menin Gate restoration complete

    Menin Gate restoration complete

    The comprehensive two-year restoration of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium, has been completed. The hallowed...

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  • Oxford College receives approval to add foreign soldiers to WWI memorial

    Oxford College receives approval to add foreign soldiers to WWI memorial

    The BBC reports that The Queen's College, Oxford, has received permission from Oxford City Council to add five additi...

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  • HMS Vanguard: Ship's bell recovered over a century after sinking

    HMS Vanguard: Ship's bell recovered over a century after sinking

    A recent report by the BBC provided the news of the bell from WW1 Battleship HMS Vanguard has been brought to the sur...

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  • Young Historians Shine in The Western Front Association’s Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Research 2025

    Young Historians Shine in The Western Front Association’s Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Research 2025

    The Western Front Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Res...

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  • I Was There! The Horror of Loos - I saw a football in No Man's Land, by Patrick Macgill

    I Was There! The Horror of Loos - I saw a football in No Man's Land, by Patrick Macgill

    The Western Front Association's 'I Was There!' project continues with the latest episode recently published This vide...

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  • Burial and re-dedication ceremonies in July

    Burial and re-dedication ceremonies in July

    The JCCC (otherwise known as 'The War Detectives') have announced the following ceremonies will be taking place in Ju...

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  • Edith Cavell postcard sold at auction

    Edith Cavell postcard sold at auction

    According to reports in the BBC, a postcard written by nurse Edith Cavell to her mother has been sold at auction for...

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  • 2025-2026 Autumn Project with Prizes for 12-14 year olds: The World’s War and Forgotten Armies

    2025-2026 Autumn Project with Prizes for 12-14 year olds: The World’s War and Forgotten Armies

    On 11 November, or the Sunday nearest to that date, in towns and villages throughout the United Kingdom, people paus...

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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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  • ONLINE: 'The Mars Offensive: 28th March 1919' by Dr Spencer Jones

    ONLINE: 'The Mars Offensive: 28th March 1919' by Dr Spencer Jones

    15 Jul 2025 19:20 Kent (North West)

    Caption: Ludendorff's army on the march About the talk: By the point, Ludendorff's problem was that the places he nee...

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  • The U-Boat Campaign 1914-18 - The Inside Story by Graham Kemp

    The U-Boat Campaign 1914-18 - The Inside Story by Graham Kemp

    16 Jul 2025 19:45 Surrey

    The U-Boat Campaign 1914-18 - The Inside Story by Graham Kemp The German U-Boat was regarded as the deadliest naval w...

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  • 'The Experience of the First World War in the Air: Personal Accounts of the Great War from the RAF Museum’s Archives' with Vernon Creek

    'The Experience of the First World War in the Air: Personal Accounts of the Great War from the RAF Museum’s Archives'...

    17 Jul 2025 19:30 London (East)

    Vernon Creek joins us again with more tales from the RAF Museum (last September he talked to us on the subject of 'Ob...

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  • 'Le Cateau - A complete re-evaluation' by Maj (ret'd) Phil Watson

    'Le Cateau - A complete re-evaluation' by Maj (ret'd) Phil Watson

    18 Jul 2025 19:30 Worcestershire & Herefordshire

    Following on from his excellent talk last September, Phil returns to the Branch to examine General Sir Horace Smith D...

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  • The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp

    The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp

    19 Jul 2025 14:00 Birmingham

    The U - Boat Campaign 1914 – 1918 – Dr Graham Kemp The Inside Story' This final talk in series on commerce raiders, s...

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  • Alan Wakefield presents 'Twisting the Dragons Tail - the Zeebrugge Raid 22/23 April 1918

    Alan Wakefield presents 'Twisting the Dragons Tail - the Zeebrugge Raid 22/23 April 1918

    19 Jul 2025 14:40 Ox & Bucks

    Alan discusses an operation that did not achieve its aims fully, but provided the Allies with both a moral boast and...

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  • Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain? by Simon Keable-Elliott

    Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain? by Simon Keable-Elliott

    21 Jul 2025 19:45 Tyneside

    The story of Rev Robert Keable’s time in France as a chaplain to the appallingly treated men of the South African Nat...

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  • Royal Naval Response to U Boat Campaign

    Royal Naval Response to U Boat Campaign

    01 Aug 2025 19:30 Wales (South)

    Royal Naval Response to U Boat Campaign This ZOOM talk by Graham Kemp covers RN response to U Boats, from convoys, Q...

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  • Branch Away Day  Fusiliers Museum, Bury, Lancashire

    Branch Away Day Fusiliers Museum, Bury, Lancashire

    02 Aug 2025 12:00 Wales (North)

    The Branch Away day gives members & non members a chance to visit a museum or site with a Great War connection. D...

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  • 'Forward into this Valley of the Shadow of Death by Sean Corkerry'

    'Forward into this Valley of the Shadow of Death by Sean Corkerry'

    04 Aug 2025 19:30 Lancashire (North)

    On the 111th anniversary of Britain's entry into the Great War, Lancaster Historian Shaun Corkerry examines the slide...

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  • Houston Wallace and Nine Brave Men Memorial Re-dedications

    Houston Wallace and Nine Brave Men Memorial Re-dedications

    22 Jul 2025 11:00

    On 22nd July 2025, a re-dedication ceremony will be held in Bazentin, in the Somme region of France, to commemorate t...

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  • WFA Battlefield Tour: Cambrai 1917 and 1918

    WFA Battlefield Tour: Cambrai 1917 and 1918

    19 Sep 2025 11:00

    The Western Front Association is delighted to offer a Battlefield Tour which will focus on the battles at and around...

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  • Join us in Dundee in September for the Scottish National Conference 2025

    Join us in Dundee in September for the Scottish National Conference 2025

    20 Sep 2025 10:00

    Join us for a day of engaging presentations by renowned historians and experts in First World War history at Discover...

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  • Courage without Glory – Gallipoli and the Western Front in 1915

    Courage without Glory – Gallipoli and the Western Front in 1915

    01 Nov 2025 10:00

    A joint conference between the Gallipoli Association and The Western Front Association. Speakers: Sir Hew Strachan: “...

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Quentin Roosevelt was killed in action on this day in 1918. Quentin was born on 17 November 1897. His father was Theodore Roosevelt, and his mother was Edith. Quentin was the youngest of six children. He was four years old when his father became US President, so he grew up in the White House from 1901 to 1909. Above: Half-sister Alice sister Ethel, and b...

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14 July 1918 : Flight Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt
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 Articles

World War I Articles

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 wo...

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‘I Was There!’ – The Great War in Their Own Words

‘I Was There!’ – The Great War in Their Own Words

The Western Front Association is pleased to present audio narrations of personal accounts from I Was There! magazine, bringing to life the voices of those who experienced the Great War first-hand...

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