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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.

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...

French military justice from the monarchy to WWI by Francois Wikart

At the time of the monarchy In the French Army they are corporal punishments but death penalties....

Walter Tull: Pioneering Black Sportsman and First World War Soldier

Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several...

The Battle of Jutland : May 1916

Of the countless acts of gallantry took place during the First World War, only a small proportion...

Interesting examples of Officers Pension Record Cards

Below are a few examples of officers cards and officers widows cards located in the WFA's Pension...

Officers Pension Record Cards

Two more sets of Pension Record Cards ('PRCs') have been digitised and made available by the WFA'...

Further examples of unusual Pension Claims

As the various projects WFA members are working on move forward, it seems a good time to update m...

A Tour of Mesopotamian War Cemeteries in 2003

In the early summer of 2003, fortunately or not, I found myself and the Battalion I was commandin...

Across from the Parade Ground Soldiers: assessing the French performance...

The bulk of this article is a long explanation as to the finding of a brief answer: despite suffe...