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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.

'A Grant to Buy a Drum' what Acting-Sergeant Jesse Byford's Pension Card...

Acting-Sergeant Jesse Byford was given a pension when he was discharged on the 31st October 1917,...

The Story of the 62nd (West Riding) Division by Everard Wyrall

Depending on how one would define a Divisional History, approximately forty British Divisional Hi...

William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse – the first aviator VC

One of the original ‘magnificent men’, the story of William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse is truly fas...

The Landings at Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli

One of the most difficult military operations that can be undertaken is that of an opposed amphib...

St George’s Day at Zeebrugge

One of the reasons for Britain and her Empire going to war in 1914 was because of the perceived d...

The life and death of soldiers of West Indian Regiment at Seaford Camp,...

Not such a pretty postcard from the seaside camp at Seaford during the First World War Set up in...

Chelsea and the disabled soldier

At the outbreak of war in 1914 each of the two great military departments, the War Office and the...

Life and Death on the North Sea during the First World War

Perhaps the subtitle of this piece should be 'Just One Week', for that was the length of time one...

John Christie Wright - Artist and Sculptor

Behind every name on a war memorial there is a story, but that of John Christie Wright, commemora...

The Labyrinth and the 6th Seaforth Highlanders

The Labyrinth was a maze of trenches at the southern end of the Vimy Ridge, north east of the vil...

John Duxbury of 'The Miners Battalion'

Many local organisations were motivated to assist the war effort. They did this by recruiting men...

The Cavalry at Monchy-le-Preux

The Battle of Arras started on 9 April, Easter Monday, 1917. The most famous action in this batt...