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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.

For the Fallen - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in many lands

Whilst it is unimaginable for any battlefield tour not to include at least one cemetery, the sad...

A Tragedy at Glamis Castle 1915

In 1915 an R.F.C. aeroplane, crewed by two newly-qualified pilots, crashed in the grounds of Glam...

The Five Baldock-Apps brothers from Hurst Green

Some people will know of the sacrifice of the Souls family from Great Rissington in the Cotswolds...

Doc ‘Pete’: A Baltimorean with the Royal Fusiliers, 1917-18

As the US went to war in April 1917 without tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery, or more than a hand...

Military Factsheet Number 7 : Unit Organisation: Royal Horse Artillery,...

The Western Front Association has recently re-published a total of sixteen 'Military Factsheets'...

Hawthorn Ridge : a forensic investigation into the archaeology and histo...

A podcast from the team at the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association The Hawthorn Redoubt was an fo...

Celebration the 100th Edition of 'The Camera Returns'

Celebrating its 100th instalment over 33 years, ‘The Camera Returns’ has become the most enduring...

Who was Gordon Shephard - the man who never was?

My interest in Gordon Shephard stems largely from the fact that his Irish adventures are ignored...

Queen Victoria’s Last VC

26 June 2020 marks 120 years since Private Charles Ward delivered a message through a storm of bu...

The 'Engineering' Scottish Rugby international

George Lamond is one of the many thousands of officers who lost their lives in the Great War. Bef...

Placing the Battle of Messines Ridge in context by Peter Simkins

This is the Foreword to Ian Passingham's Pillars of Fire. The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917...

The Mines of Messines 7 June 1917

What is shown below is an online map detailing the exact location of all of the Messines mines. S...