Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.
Operation Türkenkreuz: the Gotha — The prelude
It was widely believed by 1917 that the airship menace had been conquered. The monsters in the sk...
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Lt Col Thomas Wilton: ‘A VERY CAPABLE MAN’
This familiar white Portland headstone of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission stands out among...
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Killed by Treachery
Whilst working on an index that was being created for the two volumes of ‘The Bond of Sacrifice’,...
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First World War Graves and the Memorial to the Missing in Persia
Whilst investigating the stories of three Indian Army officers who were ‘killed by treachery’ in...
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Whipsnade Tree Cathedral: ‘Here was something more beautiful still…’
Not all First World War memorials are built of brick and stone. Some are shaped by the scarred la...
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The Pirate of Basra
It is not often a 'Naval VC' comes up at auction, but the recent (March 2025) sale of the Victori...
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Not forgotten: a Belgian soldier remembered in Kent
On 6 February 2025, a small ceremony took place in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, in Weste...
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The Kohima Epitaph: ‘When you go home...’
Most people recognise what we know as the ‘Kohima Epitaph’, which is a moving and familiar part o...
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Lily Wedge – A Portsmouth War Widow
This investigation began during the ‘Big Push’ project, with the discovery of a pension card for...
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An American in the British Forces: The story of Owen Cobb Holleran and h...
Born in 1892 in Atlanta Georgia in the United States, Owen’s father, was Irish and his mother Ame...
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Friday the 13th in the 13th month of the war: The sinking of the Royal E...
It was a Friday morning in August – the 13th month of the war - and perhaps some of the more supe...
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A unique headstone detailing two men, but only one of which is buried here
La Clytte Military Cemetery is a concentration cemetery located eight kilometres to the south wes...
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