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![I escape from Groningen!](/media/12695/camp.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132476625221730000)
I escape from Groningen!
After the fall of Antwerp in 1914, an R.N.D. Able Seaman is interned in Holland but escapes to En...
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Rupert Brooke - The Hood Battalion of the R.N.D.
This is a heavily cut-down version from the 'Letters of Rupert Brooke' which were published acros...
Read More![The Royal Naval Division at Passchendaele 1917](/media/12654/rnd-badge.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132474828390700000)
The Royal Naval Division at Passchendaele 1917
The Royal Naval Division at Passchendaele 1917 The following account is a short extract from the...
Read More![The sinking of HMS Hawke : 15 October 1914](/media/12618/hms_edgar.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132472323674230000)
The sinking of HMS Hawke : 15 October 1914
Margaret Lyness died on 10 April 1987 and with her went one of the last connections with a major...
Read More![Cpl. Henry White and HMHS Anglia](/media/12580/anglia-3.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132468873941630000)
Cpl. Henry White and HMHS Anglia
Cpl. Henry Richard White signed up early in the war joining the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6th N...
Read More![PG Wodehouse, the real 'Jeeves' and his Great War](/media/12488/screenshot-2020-04-20-at-180509.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132462172582700000)
PG Wodehouse, the real 'Jeeves' and his Great War
One of the greatest writers in the English language is PG Wodehouse whose books are still a joy t...
Read More![The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died'](/media/12442/worthing-gazette.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132456791983400000)
The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died'
The Three Pannell Brothers - 'The Day Sussex Died' The story of the five Souls brothers, who were...
Read More![Project ALIAS - Collaborative WW1 Pension Records Project](/media/12434/6-phase-two.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132456167198770000)
Project ALIAS - Collaborative WW1 Pension Records Project
Project ALIAS - the largest collaborative project in the history of The Western Front Association...
Read More![George Peachment: one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross : 25 September 1915](/media/12377/peachment-618673.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132454207330700000)
George Peachment: one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross :...
George Peachment was, when he enlisted, not much different from many other young volunteers in th...
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How the Pension Cards and Ledgers interconnect
The recent publication of well over a million extra Pension Card from the 'Widows and Dependents'...
Read More![The War at Sea in Home Waters](/media/12250/typical-steam-driftr.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132450759240970000)
The War at Sea in Home Waters
The war at sea was wide ranging from engaging with the German High Seas Fleet when it put to sea...
Read More![Pension Cards made available for 'Widows and Dependents of Other Ranks Died'](/media/12212/bridgers-john-william-8776.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132447421191830000)
Pension Cards made available for 'Widows and Dependents of Other Ranks D...
Members of The Western Front Association will be delighted to learn that another massive release...
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