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The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 to maintain interest in the period 1914-1918, to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during the Great War. It does not seek to glorify war and is non-political. For a modest annual subscription…
001: Spring 1981
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002: Autumn 1981 (September)
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004: Spring 1982
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005: Summer 1982
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006: Winter 1982:
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008: Summer 1983
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009: Winter 1983
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010: Spring 1984
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011: Summer 1984
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016: Spring 1986
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Western Front Association Journals Publications Schedule 2018
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Western Front Association Journals Publications Schedule 2018 15 March 2018 Stand To! (111) Special Edition Post Easter 2018 Bulletin (110) 15 June 2018 Stand To! (112) Standard Edition 15 August 2018 Bulletin (111) 7 November 2018 Stand To! (113) Special Edition 15 December 2018 Bulletin (112)
Stand To 1 to 129 Online
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All copies of Stand To! From 1981 to January 2017 (Issues 1 - 129) are now available to Members in digital form via the WFA Member Login. There are 1,649 articles and additional shorter items and 2,310 book reviews. As stated early on its history Stand To! aims to publish articles and other material which throws light on the war itself - cont…
INTERVIEW: Jon Cooksey, Editor 'Stand To!' for over 10 Years
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Jon Cooksey talks about his role as the editor of the journal of The Western Front Association 'Stand To!'. Archived copies are now online for members to enjoy using their Member Login. Special Editions of Stand To! have been a feature of the Centenary years The content is rich and varied reflecting the interests of members who contribute t…
Stand To! Online
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In 1982 a survey went out with Issue. No.5 of Stand To! It asked members what they were interested in. This list of ‘requests’ immediately fed into the content for the following decade and represents the exceptional broad range of material readers and researchers can enjoy. These are the items that interested readers then: Artillery War Artist…
My Boy Jack by Tonie and Valmai Holt
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A novel, if good, you may read cover to cover never putting it down; when you do put it down you are unlikely to read it again. A history book such as ‘My Boy Jack?’, with such a powerful and intricate narrative, you put down because of its intellectual weight. You need to pause to think: to take in the context of the era and the characters involv…
Stand To! No.1 to No.133 Full Contents Listing
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Stand To! 1-133 Content Stand To 1 Spring 1981 Editorial Notes (Peter T. Scott) Serving members of the Western Front Association Early Days, New Paths and Acknowledgements Inaugural Meeting: John Terraine's Address. Historian John Terraine berates those who indulge in ‘purely tragic pilgrimages to the Western Front’. The Loving Care of the…
Stand To! No. 1 to No. 109 'Total Contents Listing'
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This 50,000 word, 230+ page contents listing goes into the greatest detail to provide a research tool and browsing resource through 109 editions of the journal of The Western Front Association. Search it here >Stand To! 1 to 109 Full Contents Listing Download the PDF from this posting. Download, print-off and highlight. Whatever it takes…
It is with great sadness that we mark the death of Bob Wyatt
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It is with great sadness that The Western Front Association mourns the death of Bob Wyatt, such a significant figure in the association's history. Over the next few days, and passing weeks, we look forward to sharing recollections, your thoughts and memories here. James Brazier : The Western Front Association Treasurer 1980-1991 & The Wester…
Stand To! Updated Full Contents Listing Issues 1 to 116
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There are 116 issues of Stand To! Online. Spring 1981 to October 2019. There are over 1,600 articles here and a further untold number of additional items in letters to the editor and editor’s news. There are over 1,100 photographs and images and more than 2,200 book reviews - in total approximately 8 million words. The PDF of this listing runs to o…
The Camera Returns (13) Mailly Maillet by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall
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[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.31 Spring 1991. Members of The Western Front Association received this magazine three times a year and have access to the entire digital archive online]. Whippet Tanks of the 3rd Battalion at Maillet-Mailly. The advancing infantry are of the New Zealand Division. © IWM Q 9821 …
The Unknown Warrior: A special magazine for members from The Western Front Association
On the evening of 10 November 1920 a train pulled into Platform 8 of London’s Victoria Station. An honour guard and deep reverence surrounded the arrival of the Unknown Warrior, somebody’s father, somebody’s son, a nameless everyman from the Western Front. The event itself has stirred the imagination ever since. The Warrior’s burial next day at We…
Stand To! No.119 October 2020
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Stand To! is out, with special editions marking the interment of the Unknown Warrior and 40th Anniversary of the foundation of The Western Front Association due out later this year. Edition 119 includes the following articles and book reviews: Keeping up the Strength 1914–1967 by Tom Blackman The 1/5th Lincolns and the Attack at The Hohenzol…
Stand To ! No. 121 Recently Published
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Contents Communication Lines 2–6 A Bridge Too Many on the Oise by Michael Carragher 7–11 A Short Spell on Mudros and Helles by Barbara Meredith 12–18 Another Lonely Anzac 1394 Private H V Meston 9th Battalion AIF by Paul Cobb 19–21 The Camera Returns (102) by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall 22–23 A Fascination for Flora Along the Western …
Looking back on Stand To! Book Reviews
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David J. Filsell looks back on book reviews in Stand To! The Journal of The Western Front Association Some 1,070 or so reviews of books relating to the Great War have been published in the 120 or so editions of Stand To! in The Garrison Library. The first were in edition No.1 of the magazine which was published in April 1981 and edited by Peter …
Out Now! Stand To ! No. 125 January 2022
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From the Editor Welcome to the first edition of Stand To! for 2022. As I write this in late December, COVID–19 is still running wild, the Omicron variant the latest to threaten us. France (and most of Europe) has closed its borders with the UK and travelling abroad is off the cards again. Who knows what the next 12 months will bring? I hope bet…
126: April 2022
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Announcing the publication of Stand To! No.127 August 2022
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Members received their August 2022 edition of Stand To! over the weekend. This extraordinary photograph which features across the front and rear cover shows artillerymen outside dugouts, Somme 1916. A pot is steaming on a brazier made of a tin drum. © Colourised by Tom Marshall at PhotograFix. Packed full of articles written with flair and a p…
129: January 2023
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Stand To! No. 129 Out Now
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Members and Digital Members should all have received the latest issue of Stand To! No.129 by now. If you'd like a copy, join today! Digital Members are sent a PDF and given access to the entire back catalogue of Stand To! > Benefits of membership > Join Today! This is the contents: Communication Lines 2–4 The Came…
We are delighted to announce the publication of Stand To! No.131
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Stand To 131 Contents Page Editor’s Introduction 2 AIF Machine Gun Tactics – Bullecourt 1917 by Greg O’Reilly 2–9 The Camera Returns (112) by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall 10–11 Success and Failure XIII Corps and VIII Corps 1 July 1916: An artillery perspective by Richard Smith 12-1…
131: August 2023
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133: March 2024
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