World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

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.

Francis McLaren, Liberal MP for Spalding : Gallipoli and RFC

On 30 August 1917, Francis McLaren, who was a Liberal MP for Spalding, was killed in an Avro 504...

Accidentally killed by one of his own : 5 June 1918

It won't be a surprise to anyone to know that patrols could be dangerous. We have heard recently...

The Affair at Néry

The first weeks of the First World War had seen the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under Fiel...

Biggles, the Battle of the Flowers and the RAF in the First World War

In the rarely visited Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Charmes (some 25 miles due s...

Major John Noble Jephson of 'Jephson's Post' : 29 August 1915

On 29 August 1915 a Major John Jephson died of his wounds which had been sustained in the fightin...

Who was the first British soldier to be killed in the First World War in...

It is often asserted that the first British soldier to be killed in the war is buried very close...

The Camera Returns No.25 by Steve Wall and Bob Grundy

A battery of 18-pounder guns of the Royal Field Artillery moving up towards Mailly-Maille...

'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...

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....

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...

The Battle of Hill 70

The Third Battle of Ypres (commonly, but inaccurately known as ‘Passchendaele’) commenced on 31 J...

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...