Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
New member resource: WW1 Orders of Battle (ORBATs)
We’re pleased to announce the addition of a significant new resource to The Western Front Association website: a sele...
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Archaeologists uncover World War I training camp in Bexhill
Image: Archaeology South-East On 15 January 2025, BBC Sussex reported on an archaeological excavation at Cooden Cam...
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Campaign for RNAS memorial
Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC (17 July 1892 – 7 August 1917), the first pilot to land an aircraft on...
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I Was There! Newest episode published
The latest video from the 'I Was There!' series has just been published. In this series of videos we are 'voicing' th...
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Piecing together the past: The men of Wadham College, 1915
Officers Training Corps, Wadham College. (Image: Adrian Maasz) A sepia-toned photograph, purchased from a charity...
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The Historic Christmas Truce of 1914 by Capt Sir Edward Hulse, Bart
Despite the bitter fighting which had been going on for over four months, a remarkable armistice was observed in many...
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Back issues of Bulletin now available to WFA members
We are delighted to be able to announce a major new 'perk' of membership of The Western Front Association. Using the...
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End of 2024 TrenchMapper update
The volunteers who have diligently been working on TrenchMapper over the year have - between them - expanded the Tren...
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It’s official: Gallipoli soldier’s recovery a miracle
The Archbishop of Liverpool has formally recognised the 1923 recovery of Liverpool man John “Jack” Traynor as a mira...
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Sopwith 1½ Strutter takes flight
Sophie being filmed for STV News. (Aviation Preservation Society Scotland) First World War aviation is often oversh...
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The wreck of HMS ‘Stephen Furness’: A century-old mystery solved
Photo postcard by Gibson featuring the steamer Stephen Furness (1910-1917) After over a century of uncertainty, the...
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Railway workers’ WWI plaque finds new home at Birmingham New Street
Elizabeth Graham, station manager at Birmingham New Street and Andrew Hall, railway chaplain with Saltley memorial p...
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