World War I Articles

We are delighted to share well over a thousand articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in the WFA's publications Stand To! or Bulletin, but the majority have been specially researched and written for the WFA's website.

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6 September 2020

Wyndham Lewis The War Writer: 'The Bull Run'

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The Challenge of tunnelling at Gallipoli
5 September 2020

The Challenge of tunnelling at Gallipoli

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GE Mustill Engraving
4 September 2020

Gunner Mustill and the hair dressing salon at Arras

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Richard Wheeliker
30 August 2020

Accidentally killed by one of his own: 5 June 1918

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30 August 2020

Francis McLaren, Liberal MP for Spalding: Gallipoli and RFC

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A Map Of The Kiretch Tepe Ridge Showing Jephson's Post Left Of Centre
29 August 2020

Major John Noble Jephson of 'Jephson's Post'

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L Battery R.H.A. How Our Gunners Won The V.C. And Silenced The Fire Of The German Guns In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds. Print By Fortunino Matania. From Deeds That Thrill The Empire (Published 1919).
29 August 2020

The Affair at Néry

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The Camels Are Coming
29 August 2020

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

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Woodbine Willie
27 August 2020

Woodbine Willie: The Revd G.A. Studdert Kennedy, M.C.

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St Symphorien Military Cemetery
21 August 2020

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

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Ascending The Learning Curve
18 August 2020

Ascending the Learning Curve: The 32nd Division’s Experience in WW1

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Dressing Wounded Canadians
15 August 2020

The Battle of Hill 70

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Major Learmonth Is Buried At Noeux Les Mines Communal Cemetery
13 August 2020

The Battle of Hill 70: Victoria Cross awards

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Robin Reginald Skene
11 August 2020

Amongst the First To Fall - Early Casualties of the Royal Flying Corps in August 1914

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The Crew Of G43 'Gordon' Taken At La Lovie 1917. All Wear Shorts Because Of The Heat, Carry Revolvers And Wear The Badge Of The Machine Gun Corps.
9 August 2020

G Battalion 1st Tank Brigade at St. Julien on 19 August 1917

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8 August 2020

The Origins of the Schlieffen Plan

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Lt Col Edward Chapman
7 August 2020

The Yorkshire Landings at Suvla

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The Indian Army On The Western Front
2 August 2020

The Indian Army on the Western Front

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Bill Coltman
28 July 2020

Britain's Most Decorated Soldier in the First World War

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28 July 2020

The Tragic Story of 2/Lt. Stewart Gordon Ridley

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