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.
Crossing the Devastated Zone, 1917: Lessons and Consequences for the Britis…
The German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, 14 March – 5 April, 1917, is something of a footnote i…
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Private Memorials on the Western Front
In 1999, a member of The Western Front Association, Barrie Thorpe, who was the WFA's memorial's offi…
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Major Willie Redmond MP
William Hoey Kearney Redmond was born on 13 April 1861 to a Catholic father and a Protestant mother.…
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Ernest Brooks and the photograph of The 'Forty Thieves'
With recent developments in technology, the colourisation of monochrome images from the Great War ha…
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Video: Four veterans remember the Battle of the Somme
The documentary below was produced in 1991 and featured four veterans reminiscing about their time o…
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The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook - how accurate are the statistics…
I am sure that many members of The Western Front Association were introduced to the subject of the G…
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Operation Michael, The Thirty Worst and an Advanced Dressing Station
March 1918 was arguably the most critical month of the First World war for the British and Commonwea…
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The Contemptible Little Army, 1914 -1918
By Alex Saunt The story of the expansion and development of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)…
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Pension Record Cards and Ledgers - how they fitted in to the bigger picture…
This is the third of three article intended to show what is available at The National Archives ('TNA…
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Project ALIAS reveals the man who is listed twice
As the project to learn more about those men who served in the British Army using a false name conti…
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Stand To Articles on the Chinese Labour Force during the First World War
Articles Edition of Stand To ! Behind the Lines (2) Chinese Lab…
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A Perspective on the Western Front by an Army Officer from India by Dr. DeW…
This article first appeared in the January 2020 edition of Stand To! the journal of The Western Fron…
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