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.
Private memorials (non standard CWGC headstones) in cemeteries in France...
The fundamental principle underpinning the work of the newly formed Imperial War Graves Commissio...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Profiles of the Officers of the 36th (Ulst...
Until the beginning of this century it has been very difficult for historians to analyse the prof...
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Summoned by Bells: Duke Niall and the Inveraray Bell Tower
Nial Diarmid Campbell, (1872-1949) the 10th Duke of Argyll and MacCalein Mor was, to say the leas...
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A brief history of IR 63
The 63rd Silesian Regiment was a unit of the German Imperial Army during the First World War. It...
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William Walshaw – a man of many talents?
Introduction & Pension Cards The following saga originated from the discovery of a pension ca...
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Passing the torch of remembrance: From the Old Contemptibles to the WFA
On 11 November 2024, the Western Front Association marks the thirtieth anniversary of a tradition...
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The blueprint for the design of cemeteries after the war was set out in the Kenyon Report ‘War Gr...
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Private Arthur Gurr and the Battle of Boars Head
The sparse beauty of the rolling chalk grassland that is the South Downs has long been celebrated...
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An Unintentional War Heroine by Joyce H. Munro
With her long auburn hair pinned up in loose curls, her coy smile and delicate beauty, Alice Eliz...
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110 years ago - 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at Gheluvelt (31st...
As is well known, after the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and the subsequent failure of the dire...
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PART III An historic event in Washington DC to commemorate those who ser...
It is with great pleasure that we share here some of the many photographs made by photographer an...
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PART II An historic event in Washington DC to commemorate those who serv...
It is with great pleasure that we share here some of the many photographs made by photographer an...
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