Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
PENSION RECORDS LATEST: Further Release of 1.5 million Pension records
Explore the wealth of information to be found in the further release of another 1.5 million digitised Pension Records T…
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Announcing a new competition to foster interest and scholarship in the Firs…
THE COLIN HARDY MEMORIAL PRIZE Supported by the Western Front Association Do you have an interest in the First World…
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Further sets of Pension Records saved by The Western Front Association bein…
The Western Front Association are pleased to share the exciting news that Ancestry will be making available online fur…
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How to contribute your First World War artefacts to the Lest We Forget Arch…
The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation is working in collaboration with the University of Oxford to create a digital a…
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'Unremembered' : Take part in this national billboards campaign to remember…
During the First World War, men and women from many dominion countries of the British Empire made a vital contribution…
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PODCAST : Hear about the capture of the Riqueval Bridge explained by a mili…
Interviewed at length and an acknowledge expert on the attack on Riqueval Bridge, former Brigadier Jim Tanner explains t…
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Commemorating the attack on Riqueval Bridge : one of the greatest battles f…
The attack on the St Quentin Canal was one of the greatest battles ever fought by the British Army. Once taken, on 29 S…
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Announcing the First World War Seminar Series, 2018-19
In Flanders Fields Museum, Gateways to the First World War and the University of Kent present a series of eight seminars…
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Dear Chocolate Soldier : local theatre bringing stories of the First World…
The play Dear Chocolate Soldier is a based on the letters of Edwin Hassall, who served on the Western Front between…
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'Journey's End' from MESH theatre returns to the Western Front this October…
Following its hit run last year at Het Kruitmagazijn (Gunpowder Store) in Ypres / Ieper 'Journey's End' from MESH theatr…
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Release of Naval and Mercantile Marine Pension Records by Ancestry
Members of The Western Front Association will be delighted to learn that the first of a series of releases of the WFA's …
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Commemorating the restoration of the Riqueval Bridge Memorial
In glorious weather on the once British-held part of the Western Front, Western Front Association Chairman Colin Wagstaf…
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