2020 News from The Western Front Association
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Stand To ! No. 120 The Unknown Warrior Special November 2020
Available in print and digitally to members of The Western Front Association. 96 richly illustrated pages including t...
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106 years after their deaths, the bodies of 5 Poilus identified
The remains of 14 soldiers from the First World War were unearthed last summer at Châtelet-sur-Retourne (north east o...
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The wreath laying at the Cenotaph 2020
The Cenotaph Ceremony at the Cenotaph was a small affair compared to usual years. In the short film below we show the...
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The Western Front Association's 2021 Calendar
The Western Front Association's 2021 calendar is now available. Once again it features images of the battlefield take...
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Virtual Battlefield Tours - Registration is now open
We are very pleased to be able to start taking bookings for the first six Virtual Battlefield Tours which the WFA has...
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Virtual Battlefield tours - details of tours announced!
We are absolutely delighted to announce the details of the first six Virtual Battlefield Tours, commissioned exclusiv...
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Armistice Day 2020 at the Cenotaph
I have had a number of different new experiences since taking the Chair of The Western Front Association during the s...
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'A Letter to the Unknown Warrior'
We are delighted to announce by the time of closure of our 'Letter to the Unknown Warrior' project at 10pm on Tuesda...
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The Centenary of the Unknown Warrior
Every year on Armistice Day, The Western Front Association holds a ceremony at the Cenotaph in London. This has been...
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Cenotaph Commemorations 2020
Sadly, the annual commemoration at the Cenotaph in Whitehall has been seriously curtailed this year, but in conjuncti...
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Armistice Day Commemoration 2020 Video
For those of you who like me watched the Covid restricted Remembrance Sunday coverage from the BBC probably would agr...
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Virtual Tours of the Battlefields
As most of us are unable to visit the battlefields during the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be bringing the battlefields...
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