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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.

Sussex Women at War: Iva Mary Harland and Fanny Amelia Kennaird

The Great War is seen as an event that marked and occasioned deep and lasting social change. Histori…

Addison Barnes Perrott Hadden MC - South Irish Horse in the First World War…

For many years, I have had in my sewing basket the buttons from the uniform of the South Irish Horse…

Five into four does go

For his book, The Kaiser’s Battle, Martin Middlebrook did some analysis of the British Expeditionary…

Tolkien’s “bitter winnowing” and the War Memorial at St. Augustine’s Church…

The war memorial at St. Augustine’s of Hippo - parish church of Edgbaston, Birmingham – is intriguin…

FILM REVIEW : All Quiet on the Western Front

This article by Prof. Stephen Badsey first appeared in the December issue of Bulletin 123. This …

Forever Friends: Laurie Denison and Clifford Thompson

The concept of the ‘Pals’ battalions is familiar to people who are familiar with Britain’s part in t…

McCudden meets the Red Baron

Whilst Manfred von Richtofen (the ‘Red Baron’) is the most famous flying ‘ace’ of the First World Wa…

Every man for himself: The Loss of HMS Formidable 1 January 1915

Launched in November 1898 and commissioned on 10 October 1901, HMS Formidable was the third ship so …

The Cotton-Mill Worker, the Stockbroker and the Flammenwerfer: The 8th Batt…

The small village of Hooge sits approximately three miles east of Ypres, and during the early stages…

Lanoe Hawker, VC: Pilot, Innovator and Inventor

Lanoe Hawker was born on 31 December 1890 in Longparish, Hampshire, and soon showed himself to be an…

Away from the Front Line – Poperinge, La Poupée and Talbot House

The 50th anniversary of the death of Tubby Clayton In his memoir, ‘Tales of Talbot House’ (see refe…

First World War Materials for University Students

Autumn brings the start of the academic term. Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees will be startin…