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News and updates from The Western Front Association

Credit Swannell Familyswannell Family
3 April 2025

Blair Swannell: rugby star who fell at Gallipoli to be honoured on forthcoming Lions Tour to Australia

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2 April 2025

Burial and re-dedication ceremonies in April and May

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The Poppy
5 March 2025
Norfolk branch

The Poppy vol. 25 no. 6 – March/April 2025

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5 March 2025

First World War graffiti: Voices preserved in stone

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The Medals Awarded To Sir Thomas Bradford Are Now On Display At The Story Image Dli Archive
4 March 2025

Sir Thomas Bradford's Medals Return to Durham

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Biplane
25 February 2025

Dates announced for 2025 WWI Symposium in Kansas City, USA

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18 February 2025

Fully funded PhD on War, Commemoration and International Relations – applications open

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The Tiger Front Cover
12 February 2025
Leicestershire & Rutland branch

The Tiger Now Available - Issue 160 March 2025

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Runcorn Guardian, 1917
11 February 2025

Honouring Lance Corporal John Street: A Long-Awaited Burial in France

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I Was There Part 10 4
6 February 2025

I Was There! The latest edition 'Mountains of Dead in Valleys of Myrtle'

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4Th Army
5 February 2025

New member resource: WW1 Orders of Battle (ORBATs)

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Bulletins To 126
4 February 2025

Newly published: All back copies of Bulletin available to members online

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Image Archaeology South East
21 January 2025

Archaeologists uncover World War I training camp in Bexhill

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Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, Dsc (17 July 1892 – 7 August 1917), The First Pilot To Land
7 January 2025

Campaign for RNAS memorial

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I Was There Fan Of Magazines
5 January 2025

I Was There! Newest episode published

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Officers Training Corps, Wadham College (Image Adrian Maasz)
2 January 2025

Piecing together the past: The men of Wadham College, 1915

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Coventry Transport Museum's Maudslay Lorry With The Three Of The Men Who Helped Restore It (From Lef
30 December 2024

Coventry saves a piece of WWI history

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23 December 2024

Railway workers’ WWI plaque finds new home at Birmingham New Street

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20 December 2024

The wreck of HMS ‘Stephen Furness’: A century-old mystery solved

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19 December 2024

It’s official: Gallipoli soldier’s recovery a miracle

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