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.
Remembering Grandad’s war : Sergeant James Fleming
For many people interested in the First World War, initial enthusiasm can often be traced back to an…
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Riding through the ruins of war on the Circuit des Champs de Bataille
In April 1919, barely six months after hostilities had ceased, the toughest bicycle race in history …
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The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War
Most of us are familiar with the RAF bombing campaigns of the Second World War, but few are aware th…
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The Arras and Loos Trenches at Blackpool
One of the lesser-known legacies of the First World War is the impact it had on charity – it is esti…
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Betty Stevenson – ‘the Happy Warrior’
Within days of the war being declared the YMCA established recreation centres in the United Kingdom …
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From ceremonial duties to First Ypres and beyond: The 1st Life Guards and t…
This is a brief account of one cavalry regiment's war which reached its nadir in unlikely circumstan…
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George Horey's Parents’ Pilgrimage to the Somme 1923
Some of the most moving photographs in the 40-year archive of The Western Front Association are thos…
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Childhood memories of Gallipoli in the 1920s
The passion of members of the Western Front Association is such that few fail to recognise an import…
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Battlefield Clearance and a Chinese revolt
“Private Smith, one of the ordnance men in our team, was killed tampering with a 106 fuse. Chinese n…
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The First Canadian Nurses killed by Enemy Action during the First World War…
A number of Canadian nurses died on active service, largely as a result of disease. The first Canadi…
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An Original First World War RAF Hangar and the story of 'RFC Bramham Moor'
Anyone driving along the A64 dual carriageway between York and Leeds may have noticed at a significa…
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The Great War Memorials to the Bowlby Brothers
Captain Geoffrey Bowlby of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) was killed leading his squadron in a c…
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