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!['Waiting for the Wounded' by Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953)](/media/12013/screenshot-2020-08-17-at-072937.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132421238275430000)
'Waiting for the Wounded' by Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953)
['War Art' was a regular featured in Stand To! the journal of The Western Front Association betwe...
Read More![The Diary of Dr. Cyril Helm, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (1888 - 1972) August 1914](/media/11973/screenshot-2020-08-14-at-055720.png?center=0.17493472584856398,0.48351648351648352&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132418583722770000)
The Diary of Dr. Cyril Helm, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. (1888 - 1972) August 1914
The following are taken without alteration from daily entries made in an Army Book 129 whilst Dr....
Read More![The Battle of Hill 70: Victoria Cross awards](/media/11964/s-l400.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132418076112930000)
The Battle of Hill 70: Victoria Cross awards
A number of Canadians earned the highest award for valour during the Battle of Hill 70. Private...
Read More![The Battle of Hill 70](/media/11955/5th-bttn-officers.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132417179806270000)
The Battle of Hill 70
The Third Battle of Ypres (commonly, but inaccurately known as ‘Passchendaele’) commenced on 31 J...
Read More![Amongst the First To Fall - Early Casualties of the Royal Flying Corps in August 1914](/media/11931/bleriot-xi.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132416228399000000)
Amongst the First To Fall - Early Casualties of the Royal Flying Corps i...
Death was not a stranger to the Royal Flying Corps even before the British Empire commenced hosti...
Read More![G Battalion 1st Tank Brigade at St. Julien on 19 August 1917 by Peter Arscott](/media/11916/the-crew-of-g43-gordon-taken-at-la-lovie-1917.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132414340129970000)
G Battalion 1st Tank Brigade at St. Julien on 19 August 1917 by Peter Ar...
Peter Arscott relates the exploits of G Battalion 1st Tank Brigade at St. Julien on 19 August 191...
Read More![The Yorkshire Landings at Suvla](/media/11911/lala-baba-gj11_orig.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132412854462430000)
The Yorkshire Landings at Suvla
It is often thought that the first time the volunteers raised by Lord Kitchener went into action...
Read More![The Camera Returns No.26 by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall](/media/11896/screenshot-2020-08-06-at-072004.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132412496840800000)
The Camera Returns No.26 by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall
[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.44 in September 1995. Members receive the magazine t...
Read More![David Cohen Former Chairman of The Western Front Association, Gallery Owner and War Art contributor](/media/11884/caring-for-a-wounded-horse-forunino-mattania.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132411715998970000)
David Cohen Former Chairman of The Western Front Association, Gallery Ow...
War Art (David Cohen) Introduction Deputy Chairman: [Stand To 14 Summer 1985] Chairman: [Stand T...
Read More![‘The care of the wounded horse in Northern France' by Fortunino Mantania War Art: No.6](/media/11884/caring-for-a-wounded-horse-forunino-mattania.png?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132411715998970000)
‘The care of the wounded horse in Northern France' by Fortunino Mantania...
[This article first appeared in Stand To! No. 44 September 1995]. Fortunino Matania R.I. was bo...
Read More![The tragic story of 2/Lt Stewart Ridley](/media/11843/sollum-map.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132404216696970000)
The tragic story of 2/Lt Stewart Ridley
'He spent his dear boy’s life for England' Engine failure was a persistent hazard for fliers duri...
Read More![Britain's Most Decorated Soldier in the First World War](/media/11828/12_coltman-medal-rack-x.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=360&height=240&rnd=132404087781900000)
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 physi...
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