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.

Captain Prideaux and his Box Brownie at Ploegsteert
Photography had already established itself as a popular hobby by the time of the Great War, and ‘...
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Luke Leadbeater - remembered by the fiancée he never married 100 years on
On 22 November 1917, there occurred in Belgium the death of Private Luke Leadbeater. A single man...
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Kanturk - the Great War Pension Records of a small town
Thanks to the efforts of the Western Front Association, the pension records of over six million s...
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Capt The Hon Neil Primrose: son of a Prime Minister
When asked if the sacrifice in the First World War was shared equally between the highest in soci...
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Death of a Spy: Charles Simon : 7 June 1915
‘Project Hometown’ has brought to light many fascinating, tragic and sometimes uncomfortable stor...
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SS Laurentic: A story of Gold Bullion, Crime and Intrigue and loss of li...
This story begins with an ordinary Pension Card that relates to a 20 year old Royal Marine named...
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Lieutenant-Commander Frederick 'Sep' Kelly - Olympic Gold 1908, Performe...
Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Nav...
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The Battle of Mughar Ridge: One soldier's story
By the autumn of 1917, the allied forces had advanced from Egypt and were on the verge of advanci...
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Letters to the Unknown Warrior
Letters from students to the Unknown Warrior. On the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warr...
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Two brothers, but in different armies
It is not unusual to find brothers who were killed in the Great War. It is, however, unusual to f...
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Died one day, buried two days later by his father
On 8 November 1915 a young officer, 2/Lt Kenneth Theodore Dunbar Wilcox, was killed whilst servin...
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