Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
The wreck of HMS ‘Stephen Furness’: A century-old mystery solved
Photo postcard by Gibson featuring the steamer Stephen Furness (1910-1917) After over a century of uncertainty, the...
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Railway workers’ WWI plaque finds new home at Birmingham New Street
Elizabeth Graham, station manager at Birmingham New Street and Andrew Hall, railway chaplain with Saltley memorial p...
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Coventry saves a piece of WWI history
Coventry Transport Museum's Maudslay Lorry with the three of the men who helped restore it - (from left) Peter Goult...
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Watch 'the greatest World War I film ever' before leaving Amazon Prime V...
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'
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
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
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 Ros...
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
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
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 Comprehen...
The Western Front Association is delighted to have partnered with the University of Kent to produce The Imperial For...
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Museum of 'Battlefield Crosses' opens in Cheltenham
The UK’s only dedicated museum of WW1 'Battlefield Crosses' made by comrades of the dead has opened, according to a r...
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