Notes by the Way (Notices from the Editor)

  • Memorial Service from the founder of The Western Front Association John Giles
  • Roll of Honour - Four Veteran Members remembered

John Giles (1921-1991)

The 33rd Division

'Understanding': The 1991 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary President John Terraine

The Camera Returns (16) The Menin Gate by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall 

Kitchener's Wood by W A Dymond (The Battle of Kitchener's Wood) 

The Welsh Regiments

The Dismissal of Major General Barter by Colonel Terry Cave 

What is a Field Company? by Ronald Clifton 

The Non-Combatant Corps 

The Spirit of Aveluy: Conditions of the Competition and Award

Remember Old Bill by Tonie and Valmai Holt 

The Gallant Maclears by John Gillis 

The Home Front (25) The German Navy Strikes: Hartlepool 

War Poet's Memorials

The Trench: A small and futile sacrifice in 1916 by Stan Evans 

Behind the Lines (19) Training

Divisional Signs

One Man's War (11) by Joe Beard 

Communication Lines (Letters to the Editor)

  • Cricketers
  • Revere Order
  • 43rd RF
  • Nevill's Footballs
  • Gangrene
  • WFA Poets

Garrison Library (First World War Book reviews by Bob Wyatt unless otherwise stated)

  • Above the Trenches. A Complete record of the fighter aces and units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 by Christopher Shores, Norman Franks and Russell Guest (reviewed by Trevor Richards: New Zealand) 
  • Military Operations - France and Belgium 1917 Volume II Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele) by Brigadier General Sir James E Edmonds (reviewed by Bob Butcher) 
  • Topography of Armageddon. A British Trench Map Atlas of the Western Front 1914-1918 by Peter Chasseaud
  • The First World War and British Military History by Brian Bond (Ed.) (reviewed by Gary Sheffield)
  • In Retreat and the Raid by Herbert Read (reviewed by Gunner) 
  • The Diary of a Dead Officer by Arthur Graeme West  (reviewed by Gunner
  • White Heat. The New Warfare 1914-1918 by John Terraine  (reviewed by Bob Butcher) 
  • Billie. The Nevill Letters 1914-1916 by Ruth Elwin Harris (Ed.) (reviewed by Gunner
  • Fallen Soldiers. Reshaping the memory of the World Wars by George L Mosse (reviewed by Gary Sheffield)
  • Come From Away by David Macfarlane (reviewed by Gunner)
  • An Alternative Guide to the Western Front (From Nieuport to Pfetterhouse) by Dr A Peacock
  • The Diary of an Unprofessional Soldier by T A Nash
  • The Amateur Military Tradition by Ian F W Beckett (reviewed by Bob Butcher)

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