Stand To! No.134 Out Now!

2 July 2024
Front Cover Of The June 2024 Issue Of Stand To!
Front Cover of the June 2024 issue of Stand To!

The June Issue of Stand To! has been sent out to our members. Stand To! is published four times a year and is available in print or digital form.

This issue: 

CONTENTS 

3rd Australian Tunnelling Company in the Last ‘Hundred Days’ - Richard Crompton

The Camera Returns - Bob Grundy and Steve Wall 

Machine Gun Tactics at Third Ypres - Part 1 Greg O’Reilly 

Eggs and Chips and Young Love: A tale of two estaminets - Graham Howie

‘No Ordinary Working Environment’ The Hulluch tunnels during the Great War - Andy Prada

Memorial Landscapes and the Imperial War Graves Commission’s Cathedral Tablets - Christopher Kreuzer 

The Cognitive Challenge of War Offensive Spirit in the First World War - Christopher Price 

Resiliency Among Canadian Soldiers: Surviving and Enduring the Great War - Cameron Telch 

Henderson and the Principles of War of the BEF - Phil Watson

Garrison Library (book reviews) 

Front Cover: Men of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company excavating a chamber in the Hulluch subway system. The chalk was dug out with miners’ picks and filled into bags, which were then disposed of at night, usually in shell holes behind the line. Identified left to right: Captain RJ Langton MC, Officer Commanding, No 1 Section (holding bag), 1194 Sapper (Spr) DC Vecchia and 6772 Spr CA L Robinson, all members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (Public Domain, supplied by Andy Prada). 

The Western Front Association's flagship publication was first published in 1981. To date (July 2024), we've published over 134 editions, including ‘specials’. While our early Stand To! magazines are considered collector's items, our Searchable Magazine Archive portal allows members to search topics or browse the back catalogue from the first to the latest edition. 

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