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![Sir John Edward Fowler – the Last Repatriation from The Western Front in 1915?](/media/19392/john-fowler-22-june.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132647734925370000)
Sir John Edward Fowler – the Last Repatriation from The Western Front in...
By April 1915 the exhumation of bodies from the Western Front and their repatriation was banned....
Read More![Different Truths from the Same Battle](/media/19367/sixthofficersgallip.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132647114854500000)
Different Truths from the Same Battle
As dawn broke on the morning of 6 May 1915, the men of the 1/6th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusi...
Read More![The US 2nd Division at Blanc Mont Ridge by Major General by David T Zabecki](/media/19359/screenshot-2021-05-05-at-170333.png?center=0.2656716417910448,0.46153846153846156&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132647104498330000)
The US 2nd Division at Blanc Mont Ridge by Major General by David T Zabecki
[This article first appeared in the October 1918 edition of Stand To! No. 113] The US 2nd Divisio...
Read More![The Loss of the HMT Transylvania 4 May 1917](/media/19293/1280px-rms_transylvania_i.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132645334925600000)
The Loss of the HMT Transylvania 4 May 1917
The liner Transylvania was completed just before the outbreak of the First World War and was to h...
Read More![The Manchester United v Liverpool match fixing scandal of 1915](/media/19216/0004ecef.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132645217524070000)
The Manchester United v Liverpool match fixing scandal of 1915
Association football had, despite the outbreak of the First World War, not been suspended by the...
Read More![The Irish Struggle for Home Rule by Dr Graham Mayhew](/media/19198/screenshot-2021-05-03-at-064808.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132644981911870000)
The Irish Struggle for Home Rule by Dr Graham Mayhew
The Irish struggle for home rule and subsequently independence can be traced back to the Act of...
Read More![Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere](/media/19093/ww1-british-stereoscope-photograph-cards-london-regiment-interest_18494_main_size3-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132643454067800000)
Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere
Having just published the initial batch of stereoscopic images on The Western Front Association's...
Read More![Pension Record Card Project 'Hometown' and The French Connection](/media/19030/01-card-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132642534207670000)
Pension Record Card Project 'Hometown' and The French Connection
While working on The Western Front Association's ‘Big Push’ project, my wife (Management) was add...
Read More![A Suitable Woman for the Job](/media/19029/v-parade.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132642514217470000)
A Suitable Woman for the Job
It's rare to find any reference to the background of women who served as military nurses during t...
Read More![British Military Nurses and the Great War: a Guide to the Services](/media/19022/4338409981_c331089280.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132642507538300000)
British Military Nurses and the Great War: a Guide to the Services
Little has been written about British military nurses during the Great War, and few primary sourc...
Read More![Blacks v. Whites 29 April 1919 Winchester, Hampshire](/media/19007/screenshot-2021-04-29-at-114905.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132641712023330000)
Blacks v. Whites 29 April 1919 Winchester, Hampshire
Blacks v. Whites Fight at Winchester Camp. A dozen men wounded. This shocking headline appeared i...
Read More![The Forgotten Front: East Africa 1914-1918](/media/19018/east-af.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132641898537470000)
The Forgotten Front: East Africa 1914-1918
In Britain, most of the commemorative anniversaries held to mark events or battles or the First W...
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