Recent and the latest news from the Western Front Association
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 Founda…
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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 sc…
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Fostering Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation with the Lochnagar Crater …
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 rem…
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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. Candidates …
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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 condo…
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Help Request to tell the story of the Latin American volunteers in the Grea…
Tomas Pizarro-Escuti, a 4th-year undergraduate student at the University of Aberdeen is undertaking research for his dis…
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The latest release of Pension Records is now available
Members of The Western Front Association will be delighted to learn that another two sets of Pension Record Cards have n…
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Project Hometown helps to find Herbert Coe after 100 years
As members will be aware, a project to enhance the WFA's Pension Cards is currently underway - this is called 'Project H…
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Project Hometown: How to help find soldiers from a particular town
Many members of The Western Front Association undertake research into war memorials, or into the fatalities incurred in …
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Ian Passingham - Obituary
I think everyone who knew of him would have been shocked by the news of Ian Passingham’s death on 19 March, after a long…
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