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News and updates from The Western Front Association

01 Operation Michael
31 January 2019
Yorkshire branch

Review of 'Operation Michael' by Rob Thompson (January 2019)

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American Soldiers On The Way To Break The Hindenburg Line September 29 1918 Wpv 1020X800 Center Center
31 December 2018
Yorkshire branch

Review of 'Brothers in Arms - Breaking the Hindenburg Line and Operational Analysis' by Clive Harris (December 2018)

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Tutorial Image 3 Capture
18 December 2018

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

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Screen Shot 2018 12 20 At 111542
5 December 2018

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

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Ep 11 World War 1 Cartoons Punch 1918 08 24 58
30 November 2018
Yorkshire branch

Review of 'Winning with Laughter – Cartoonists & the Great War' by Luci Gosling (November 2018)

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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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Rnas Carrier
31 October 2018
Yorkshire branch

Review of 'The Royal Naval Air Service' by Phil Tomaselli (October 2018)

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Pension Records 2Nd Announcement Thumbnail Ii
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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157835 Slice
30 September 2018
Yorkshire branch

Review of '21st Division at the Battle of Loos, 1915' by Derek Clayton (September 2018)

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Riqueval Bridge Crossing
4 September 2018

Commemorating the Capture of Riqueval Bridge : 29 & 30 September

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Maark Smith And Chris Daughters
20 July 2018
London (East) branch

Ops Night: Medals of the Royal Flying Corps & the Royal Air Force, a talk by Mark Smith (19-7-2018)

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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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Soutat Al 1
30 May 2018

Graves of two Unknown Soldiers re-dedicated

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22 Hermonville Military Cemetery Capture
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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