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.

The Centenary of the lone English oak at Gallipoli
In the Spring of 1922, as part of a unique act of commemoration, the parents of a teenager killed...
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Fletching Church: Where Soldiers of the Great War Sleep
St. Andrew and St. Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Fletching, a charming little village i...
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Swanky Syd and the Bunny Girl
Last summer [2021] a friend gave me a copy of Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn M...
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Everard Wyrall (1878-1932): Military Historian
Last April [2021] I was asked to supervise a Wolverhampton University MA dissertation on 1/7th No...
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TrenchMapper by The Western Front Association
Here we have a series of articles that detail aspects of The Western Front Association's 'TrenchM...
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A Lonely Island War Memorial: Stroma in the Pentland Firth
Two miles north-west of John O’Groats lies the island of Stroma. The name translates from Old No...
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Horses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone
Horses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone (This article first appeared in Gun Fire pp38-52...
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Hooge in the the ‘Wipers Times’
The Wipers Times was published by soldiers fighting in the front line. It was produced by British...
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The African American Experience in World War One
There are several reasons why most Americans are not interested in World War One: they came to i...
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HMS Zubian: A Tale of Two Halves
On 15 February 1907 the first of the new Tribal Class destroyers, HMS Cossack, was launched and o...
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Education 2022 : Animals at War – The Winners
This year’s autumn competition for school invited students in Key Stage 3 students (12-14 year ol...
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The Even Shorter, Sadder Military Career of Thomas Beech
Thomas Beech’s military service in the Great War lasted officially for thirty-five days. He attes...
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