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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.

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...

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...

The Yorkshire Landings at Suvla

It is often thought that the first time the volunteers raised by Lord Kitchener went into action...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

The Raid on Yarmouth : 3 November 1914

The raid took place on 3 November 1914, and was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the Brit...

Man Alive! The case of Stoker Joseph Brown

On 26 July 1917 the obsolete cruiser HMS Ariadne was minelaying in the English Channel, a role fo...