Deep water discovery: ProjectXplore locates HMS ‘Nottingham’

Deep water discovery: ProjectXplore locates HMS ‘Nottingham’

After more than a century beneath the North Sea, HMS Nottingham—the last missing British cruiser of the First World W...

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From plumber to pioneer: a Kiwi soldier’s insight into a scientific revolution

From plumber to pioneer: a Kiwi soldier’s insight into a scientific revo...

A small, unassuming journal discovered in a hospice sorting facility has cast new light on the remarkable foresight o...

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From Lemnos to the Western Front: A scholar’s perspective on Canadian nurses in the Great War

From Lemnos to the Western Front: A scholar’s perspective on Canadian nu...

Mark your calendars for Saturday, 1 November 2025, when The Western Front Association and the Gallipoli Association j...

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After 108 years, soldiers of the Essex and Bedfordshire Regiments laid to rest

After 108 years, soldiers of the Essex and Bedfordshire Regiments laid t...

This morning, Wednesday 16 July 2025, at the Loos British Cemetery Extension, a solemn burial service was held for so...

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Menin Gate restoration complete

Menin Gate restoration complete

The comprehensive two-year restoration of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium, has been complete...

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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...

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...

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 Wa...

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

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