World War I Articles

We are delighted to share well over a thousand articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in the WFA's publications Stand To! or Bulletin, but the majority have been specially researched and written for the WFA's website.

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The Secret History Of Soldiers
12 November 2020

The Secret History of Soldiers: How Canadians Survived the Great War

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Turkish Machine Gun Corps
12 November 2020

The Battle of Mughar Ridge: One soldier's story

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Unknown Warrior Snip
11 November 2020

The Centenary of the Unknown Warrior 1920-2020

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2020 Guards Chapel
11 November 2020

The Western Front Association's commemoration service at the Guards' Chapel 2020

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2020
11 November 2020

The Western Front Association's Armistice Day 2020 ceremony at the Cenotaph filmed under Covid lockdown rules

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An Obituary To Leon
9 November 2020

Two brothers, but in different armies

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HMS M 15
8 November 2020

The loss of Royal Navy monitor 'M-15'

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Tom Squad, Christ Church College, Oxford
8 November 2020

Died one day, buried two days later by his father

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Sassoon 1380B
8 November 2020

Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon

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Wilfred Owen.
8 November 2020

Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

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Harold Fleming
7 November 2020

Billy Brewer, the Wiltshire footballer: 13 November 1914

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John Hardyman
4 November 2020

The Youngest Colonel?

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The Siege Of Fortress Przemyśl
3 November 2020

The Siege of Fortress Przemyśl, 1914: Decisive Battle of the Eastern Front

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An Estaminet Near Bois Grenier AWM EZ0032
2 November 2020

The British Invasion or 'The Western Front without the Trenches'

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Rohilla At Whitby
29 October 2020

Death on the shoreline: The foundering of HMHS Rohilla off Whitby

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British Signals Intelligence In The Trenches
29 October 2020

British Signals Intelligence in the Trenches

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A Notice Below A Clock Informing The Public Of The End Of Daylight Saving Time In October 1916
24 October 2020

Spring Forward, Fall Back. The changing of the clocks and the First World War

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Prison Mem
24 October 2020

The 'Old Lag' VC: John William Mariner

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Leading From The Front Officers And Officership In The British Army In Two World Wars
21 October 2020

Leading from the front? Officers and Officership in the British Army in two world wars

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John Henry Bentham
20 October 2020

I escaped from Groningen!

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