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.
‘The care of the wounded horse in Northern France' by Fortunino Mantania Wa…
[This article first appeared in Stand To! No. 44 September 1995]. Fortunino Matania R.I. was bor…
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“He spent his dear boy’s life for England” - The tragic story of 2/Lt Stewa…
Engine failure was a persistent hazard for fliers during the Great War, often with fatal consequence…
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Britain's Most Decorated Soldier in the First World War
There are many categories and definitions of ‘hero’, but the main thread is associated with physical…
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The Raid on Yarmouth : 3 November 1914
The raid took place on 3 November 1914, and was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British…
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Man Alive! The case of Stoker Joseph Brown
On 26 July 1917 the obsolete cruiser HMS Ariadne was minelaying in the English Channel, a role for w…
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How to use The Western Front Association's Pension Records to locate naval …
In October 2018 the first of the WFA's Pension Records were published by our partners Ancestry. Sinc…
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The Battle of Jutland: A Boy Telegraphist : 31 May 1916
On 31 May 1916 the largest naval battle of the First World War took place off the coast Denmark. the…
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Divisional Memorials on the Western Front
It all started with a conversation. Clive Harris, on one of the excellent battlefield tours run by B…
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Colour patches in the Australian forces
It is often difficult to identify the units men served in from the photographs that are available. T…
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For the Fallen - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in many lands
Whilst it is unimaginable for any battlefield tour not to include at least one cemetery, the sad fac…
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A Tragedy at Glamis Castle 1915
In 1915 an R.F.C. aeroplane, crewed by two newly-qualified pilots, crashed in the grounds of Glamis …
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The Five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green
Some people will know of the sacrifice of the Souls family from Great Rissington in the Cotswolds. T…
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