News from The Western Front Association in July 2025.
WWI pillboxes in Norfolk granted Grade II listed status
Eight World War One pillboxes in Norfolk, built as part of Britain's coastal defence against a potential German invas...
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The latest edition of 'I Was There!' The last days of Edith Cavell
The continuing project to 'voice' the 'I Was There!' publications continues with the latest video now available on Th...
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Bazentin-le-Petit ceremony proves these brave soldiers are ‘certainly no...
On Tuesday 22 July 2025, a major event took place in Bazentin-le-Petit, a small village in France, not far from Poziè...
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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 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 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 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
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
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
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...
The Western Front Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Malcolm Doolin Award for Local History Res...
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