News from The Western Front Association in 2024
Historic WW1 German steam engine goes on display
The Vale of Rheidol Museum near Aberystwyth will - over the summer holidays - be putting an unusual German light stea...
Read MoreStand To! No.134 Out Now!
Front Cover of the June 2024 issue of Stand To! The June Issue of Stand To! has been sent out to our members. Sta...
Read MoreFirst World War Practice Trenches in Hampshire given historical protection
So called 'practice trenches' at Browndown in Gosport, Hampshire that lay beneath heathland for decades have been gra...
Read MoreTrenchMapper: How we do it
It is often asked 'how exactly do you do it' when it comes to the identification of the current locations of aerial p...
Read MoreThe Western Front Association: Membership subs
Dear fellow members I am writing to advise you of a situation which has developed over the past few years and to ask...
Read MoreThe First Royal Naval VC goes under the hammer
A collection of Great War medals, including the first Victoria Cross awarded to a sailor, is expected to fetch £2m at...
Read MoreRemembering the Great War Church Huts of Seaford Camp
From September 1914 to the end of the Great War and beyond Seaford hosted two large training camps (North Camp and So...
Read MoreAnnouncing our First World War Project with Prizes for 12 to 14-year-olds
Project with Prizes for 12-14 year olds Newspapers were very important during the First World War. Because there was...
Read MoreI Was There!: Another video published
Our series of 'I Was There!' videos on the WFA's YouTube channel continue to receive 'rave reviews'. The current chap...
Read MoreDiscovery of WW1 stretcher-bearer’s bloodstained armband
A 100 year old blood-stained fabric armband worn by Private Frank Pye has been discovered with his wartime diaries ca...
Read MoreAnnouncing the launch of The Malcolm Doolin Memorial Award for Local His...
An annual year long project – starts 1 September 2024, closes 14 June 2025 Open to primary and secondary schools (i...
Read MoreMOD War Detectives: Services of rededication in July
The Ministry of Defence's 'War Detectives' team (more formally the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorat...
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