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News and updates from The Western Front Association

Wfa Peter To Gary April 2019 Agm
15 May 2019

Professor Gary Sheffield pays tribute to his predecessor as Honorary President of The Western Front Association, Professor Peter Simkins MBE

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19 March 2019

It is with great sadness that we mark the death of Charles Messenger

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Peter Simkins 80
7 March 2019

Congratulations to Professor Peter Simkins on turning 80 today

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5 March 2019

Announcing the availability of the Great War databases 'Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918'

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1 March 2019

World War I Museum Saved from Permanent Closure by Swedish Heavy Metal Band Sabaton

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Hilda Leyel
3 February 2019

The Women of Westfield - picking up the pieces after the First World War

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18 December 2018

A Brief Guide showing how to use The WFA's Library Edition of Fold3

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5 December 2018

Announcing the launch of FREE member access to the digitised Pension Records

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Pension Cards Latest News 10 Nov
9 November 2018

PENSION RECORDS LATEST: Further Release of 1.5 million Pension records

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28 October 2018

Further sets of Pension Records saved by The Western Front Association being made available on Ancestry

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Lest We Forget Viewing Book
24 October 2018

How to contribute your First World War artefacts to the Lest We Forget Archive

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Brigadier Jim Tanner
16 October 2018

PODCAST : Hear about the capture of the Riqueval Bridge explained by a military man

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Riqueval Bridge Collage V
8 October 2018

Commemorating the attack on Riqueval Bridge : one of the greatest battles fought by the British Army

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Royal Navy Pension Records I
1 October 2018

Release of Naval and Mercantile Marine Pension Records by Ancestry

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Riqueval Bridge Crossing
4 September 2018

Commemorating the Capture of Riqueval Bridge : 29 & 30 September

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Major Octavius Darby Griffith
12 June 2018

The mystery of an unknown Major of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment resolved

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Stand To War Art
5 June 2018

Stand To! Online

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30 May 2018

Graves of two Unknown Soldiers re-dedicated

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29 May 2018

READ THE STORY: The 'Unknown Major' no more

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Sir Hew Strachan
17 April 2018

INTERVIEW: Sir Hew Strachan Patron of The Western Front Association

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