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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
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'
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
We have a vacancy for an Honorary Treasurer and applications from qualified candidates are urgently invited. Candidat...
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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 G...
Tomas Pizarro-Escuti, a 4th-year undergraduate student at the University of Aberdeen is undertaking research for his...
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