IWM Opens its Museums

IWM Opens its Museums

IWM Museums are open and welcoming visitors.  Here are the guidelines relating to Covid-19. Images from the Imperial...

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New Universities Trustee

New Universities Trustee

The new Universities Trustee of The Western Front Association is Dr Will Butler. He is in the final stages of assembl...

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Bunker excavation at 'Whitesheet'

Bunker excavation at 'Whitesheet'

One of the largest underground bunker systems of the First World War has been uncovered by archaeologists in Wijtscha...

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Military Factsheets republished

Military Factsheets republished

Between 1983 and 2003 a series of sixteen 'Military Factsheets' were produced by The Western Front Association. These...

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Remembering 1st July 1916 : Hawthorn Ridge and Lochnagar Craters

Remembering 1st July 1916 : Hawthorn Ridge and Lochnagar Craters

To mark the anniversary of the 1 day of the Battle of the Somme 1916 watch a short film from the Lochnagar Crater Fou...

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Ypres from above in 1919

Ypres from above in 1919

The film footage shown below was taken after the end of the First World War and it gives an extraordinary view of the...

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Fostering  Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation with the Lochnagar Crater Foundation 1 July

Fostering  Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation with the Lochnagar Crat...

Special Commemorative Activities, July 1st, 2020 This is an invitation from the Lochnagar Crater Foundation to join t...

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Jon Cooksey - fundraising page

Jon Cooksey - fundraising page

Members will be interested to hear that Heather, the widow of Jon Cooksey has set up a scheme to enable friends to re...

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The reach of The Western Front Association is global

The reach of The Western Front Association is global

Recent activity on our website shows our reach; it is global. Trench Lines has readers from the UK (77%) the US (15%...

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Applicants wanted for the role of Treasurer for 2020/2021

Applicants wanted for the role of Treasurer for 2020/2021

We have a vacancy for an Honorary Treasurer and applications from qualified candidates are urgently invited. Candidat...

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Jon Cooksey

Jon Cooksey

It is with great sadness that we have to report the sudden passing of the editor of 'Stand To!', Jon Cooksey. Our con...

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Help Request to tell the story of the Latin American volunteers in the Great War

Help Request to tell the story of the Latin American volunteers in the G...

Tomas Pizarro-Escuti, a 4th-year undergraduate student at the University of Aberdeen is undertaking research for his...

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