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14 September 1914 : Pte Ernest Scott
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Ernest was a warehouseman at Spring Mills at Wheatley Lane near Burnley prior to the outbreak of war. A pre-war reservist, he was recalled to duty on 4 August 1914 and embarked for France within a fortnight of the declaration. A veteran of the Battles of Mons and the Marne, he was severely wounded by shrapnel shattering his arm during the Battle…
22 November 1917 : Pte Alexander McNab
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His parents were Alexander (a blacksmith from Argylshire) and Janet (née Wardrop and from Stirlingshire) McNab. At the 1891 Census the family lived at 20 Buck St, Burnley. This included older brother William (age 2) and Alexander (six months). At the 1901 Census there were five more children (including twins) and 12 year old William was worki…
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‘General Joffre’ The 1994 Presidential Address, delivered by the Honorary President John Terraine
[This article first appeared in Stand To! 42 January 1995 pp6-12] The more you study the Great War, the more you can see that it falls into two definite parts - so distinct that they might almost be different wars. The turning point is the end of 1916 and the beginning of 1917. The first part of the war was when the great armies - greater than any…
'The Story of the Iron Twelve' [Part 1] by Hedley Malloch
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This article first appeared, in two parts, in the journal of The Western Front Association, Stand To! No. 87 and No. 88. Members of the WFA have access to the entire Stand To! archive editions 1 to the present day. See Join the WFA. This is the story – told over two successive issues of Stand To! - of eleven British soldiers, trapped behind the l…
15 June 1917 : Maurice Bousquet
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Maurice Bousquest completed his compulsory military service in October 1912 and returned to his civilian occupation of shop keeper. As an Active Army Reservist, he was returned to full time service as sergeant, the rank he attained during his previous service. At the outbreak of war, Bousquet re-joined the 57e R.I. at Bayonne. Soon in action…
Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere
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Having just published the initial batch of stereoscopic images on The Western Front Association's website, it is perhaps a good time to pick out just a handful of these to show the kind of images that are available. There is no 'science' to the selection of the following images, it is merely a selection of some that have caught my eye as being of …
Sons of Freedom: The forgotten American Soldiers who defeated Germany in World War One by Geofrey Wawro
Basic Books. £13.81 (on Amazon special at the time of the book’s review). HB 596 pp. 14 maps. Ills throughout. Bibliog: Notes. Index. ISBN: Currently not published in the UK. Available via online shops. £20 from Abebooks. Professor Wawro is the director of the Centre for Military History at the University of North Texas and joint editor, with…
Ep. 221a – The Schlieffen Plan : 1914 March to the Marne in 1914 - Part 1 – Ross Beadle
Episode 1 : Research into the ten critical decisions of the French, German and British commanders that shaped the failure of German Schlieffen plan in 1914.
Marching to the Marne with Ross Beadle
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Ross examines the advance of the German Army through Belgium and France in August and September 1914 and identifies ten key decisions - six German, three French and one Anglo-French - that changed the eventual outcome of the campaign, two of which probably destroyed what small chance Germany had of a decisive victory. ~ ~ ~ The Warwick Arms Hote…
2022 Spring Conference and AGM
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Programme for the day 9:30am Doors open. Teas/coffees 10.15am Welcome by the Chair 10.20am ‘Three Days at Marfaux: July 1918’ Second battle of the Marne. Innovation and improvisation on the battlefield with Fraser Skirrow 11,20am ‘A forgotten Navy: Fishermen’s involvement in the Great War’ with Dr. Robb Robinson 12:20pm Buffet Lunch 1:20pm…
The Victory That Never Was: 32 Saxon Division on the Marne 1914 by Alastair Fraser
The talk looks at the experiences of a Saxon infantry division of the Third Army in the Marne campaign of August and September 1914. In particular, it uses the memoirs of the army commander, Generaloberst Max Freiherr von Hausen for the view from the top as well as the letters of Kurt Becker, a Gefreiter (Corporal) in 103 Infanterie Regiment from B…
Le Moncel September 1914 - Lance verses Lance (via ZOOM) by Maj. Phil Watson (rtd.)
** Please Note Change To Date** On 7 September 1914, the 9th Lancers (2nd Cavalry Brigade) conducted the last lance verses lance charge on the Western Front. It took place at Le Moncel, just outside Paris, on what would become the end of the Retreat and the beginning of the Battle of the Marne. The commanding officer, and two troops of B Squadron …
I Was There!: Latest video now available
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The latest videos from the 'I Was There!' series have been very well received, with Episode 29 ('The Immortal Story of 'L' Battery') having over 55,000 views (and counting). The statistics on other videos are also excellent, with an earlier video (Episode19: The Unseen Killers at Le Cateau) surging in the last day or so to over 12,000 views. The …
I Was There: Aerial Adventure on Aisne and Marne, by Lt Col L A Strange
We continue to work on the reminiscences of 'old soldiers' published in the 1939 publication 'I Was There!' and publish these as new videos on our YouTube channel. The most recent video is entitled 'Aerial Adventure on Aisne and Marne, by Lt Col L A Strange'. In this episode, Col Strange gives a magnificently vivid account of aerial adventure d…