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.
Looking back on Stand To! Book Reviews
David J. Filsell looks back on book reviews in Stand To! The Journal of The Western Front Associatio…
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Gott Strafe England
The 'withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line' of February 1917 enabled allied troops to occupy previously …
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How to research Australian and New Zealand Soldiers from the First World Wa…
An earlier article has covered the potential sources available to those who are researching Canadian…
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‘And Bert’s gone syphilitic’ – The Real Tragedies Behind the Cane Hill Hosp…
‘And Bert’s gone syphilitic’ – The Real Tragedies Behind the Cane Hill Hospital Memorial at Croydon.…
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Project Alias - the results and a searchable database
During the First World War, for a variety of reasons, many soldiers enlisted and served under an ‘al…
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The tale of four lads from Buckie, Banffshire
The fishing community of Buckie responded enthusiastically to the call for recruits on the outbreak …
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The Military Service (Civil Liabilities) Department
Perhaps one of the most unusual items to be found within the Ministry of Pension card index are the …
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Other Ranks Survived: The Final Release of Pension Records
The final set of Pension Record Cards has just been published by our partners 'Ancestry.co.uk' on th…
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Friendly Fire: The Life and Death of Frank Downes
Paul Brant, who has done splendid work in recording and preserving memory of the Great War in North …
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Just because it’s official doesn’t mean it’s right
'It’s an ill wind … ' The pandemic has certainly limited options, but at the same time it has focu…
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First World War Memorial at Galle, Sri Lanka
The Great War of 1914-1918 was a truly global conflict which was felt in countries like Sri Lanka (t…
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The ‘Battle' of May Island January 1917 and K-Class Submarines of the First…
This was neither a ‘battle’ nor an engagement of any kind with the enemy, but nonetheless, it left o…
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