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.
Pension Claims: Same Man, Different Claim
The following article, by Craig Suddick, looks at a fairly uncommon scenario: the pension claim for …
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Iron Clad. The Service of 202081 Pte Frank Reece Beresford, H Bn Tank Corps…
[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.40 Spring 1994 (pp13-14) The entire archive of Stand To…
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Unindexed Pension Cards. The 'Missing 22 drawers'
In recent days an issue has come to light that affects approximately 2 percent of the Pension Cards …
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Articles on Tanks in Stand To 1 to 116 (1981 to 2019)
There are no fewer than 25 articles on tanks featured in Stand To! A popular subject, it has been co…
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The Camera Returns No. 10 at the Central Tank Workshops at Erin, near St Po…
'Camera Returns' No. 10 appeared in Stand To! No. 28 Spring 1990. Some 30 years later the 100th 'Cam…
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Project ALIAS: A major scheme to locate men who served using a 'different' …
There are many fascinating quirks within the Pension Record Cards which have been saved by The Weste…
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The Disabled First World War Soldier : how his pension was calculated
A man who was discharged as medically unfit where that unfitness was certified as being either cause…
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Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: how they fitted in to the bigger picture
As many member of The Western Front Association will know, especially the those who have accessed th…
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Deborah Tank Descendants Return : 92nd Anniversary of when the tank was kno…
This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 11-12. Memb…
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Ypres Salient Tank Memorial unveiled at Poelcapelle 10 October 2009
This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 8 -10. Memb…
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The Wood Brothers of Stacksteads, Lancashire
Back in 2014, I was helping to plan my brother's stag party. We planned to go to Ypres to visit many…
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British Prisoner of War Deaths: a case study from one PoW camp
Lidzbark Warminski, previously known as Heilsberg, is a town in northern Poland. In 1918, the area w…
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