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Many members are enjoying the 'I Was There!' series of narrations and videos which appear on The Western Front Associ...

For those who are going to be out on the Western Front in April and May, there are a number of commemoration services...

Originally unveiled just after the end of the war, a memorial to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railwaymen of the com...

A fascinating piece of First World War history has emerged from beneath the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) grounds...

The latest video from the 'I Was There!' series has just been published. In this series of videos we are 'voicing' th...

A recent feature in The Past magazine explores a lesser-known aspect of First World War heritage—the thousands of ins...

BBC News, North East and Cumbria reports that the medals of Sir Thomas Bradford, the only survivor of the remarkable...

Beyond the Trenches: Indirect Approaches and Irregular Warfare in WWI Friday 24 – Saturday 25 October 2025 The Nation...

The Western Front Association Masters Grant Scheme for 2025 is now open. The scheme provides students undertaking a r...

On 10th April 2025, after over a century, Lance Corporal John Street of the 1st Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Lanca...

The long term project to record (and animate) the 1939 publication ‘I Was There!’ continues with our band of voluntee...

As previously announced, we have been undertaking a major piece of work to scan and digitise all back-copies of the W...