World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere

Having just published the initial batch of stereoscopic images on The Western Front Association's...

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...

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...

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...

Blacks v. Whites 29 April 1919 Winchester, Hampshire

Blacks v. Whites Fight at Winchester Camp. A dozen men wounded. This shocking headline appeared i...

The Forgotten Front: East Africa 1914-1918

In Britain, most of the commemorative anniversaries held to mark events or battles or the First W...

'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...