Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are 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.
He fought on five fronts: The career of Charles Child Dowding DSO + Bar...
Our disappearance down the rabbit hole of Charles Child Dowding’s military career began, as thing...
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Horatio Bottomley: media mogul, public orator and fraudster
Horatio Bottomley was, for around 15 years either side of the First World War, one of the best-kn...
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‘Unraveling the Myth of Sgt York: The Other Sixteen Men’ as presented by...
At a recent meeting at The National WWI Museum & Memorial, Sherri Collins (WFA Trustee withou...
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The Fear of the ‘Zepp’ and the King Stephen Case
When archivist for the RAF Museum, 2019 – 2024, I was naturally drawn to the documents relating t...
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Not exactly Winnie the Pooh: 'Mullins' An unpublished short story by AA...
There are always bores in a Regimental Mess who want to talk about their adventures when you wa...
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A raid on Stuttgart by 55 Squadron: As told by W.E. Johns
'Flying has been, for so long, almost a commonplace event that it is difficult for many to realis...
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The First Lionesses! The Army Pay Office Preston Ladies Football Team Du...
Introduction It has been noted that the increase in popularity of association football in Britain...
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Blankety Hell: Ivar Campbell, A Life
Ivar Campbell was the son of Lord George Campbell and his wife Sybill K.M. Lascelles Alexander, a...
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The First World War story of Captain A.D. Blair, Harley Couper's great-g...
At the back of my parents' wardrobe sat a pirate's chest. It would grumble and sigh camphor when...
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Tanks and Storm Troopers : British and German Solutions to the Deadlock...
(This article first appeared in the June 2020 edition of Stand To! Number 118 pp.10-14.) By 1916...
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Disaster at Chocques Airfield, 12 March 1915
When the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) arrived in France in mid-August 1914 it effectively had no offe...
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An Australian & the shortest man in the British Army?
The following pension card for Frank Clifford Wittman shows an unusual address of Mildura, a town...
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