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.
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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'1917' - using the Pension Records to track down the characters in the film…
The new film '1917' by Sam Mendes is about to be released in the UK (and has already been released i…
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The Infamous Dutch Lady And Other Famous Espionage Agents of the Great War
Arguably the two most famous, or infamous, individuals engaged in espionage during the Great War wer…
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Identifying the Dead: a Short Study of the Identification Tags of 1914-1918…
Introduction to Identification Discs and Tags of the First World War Perhaps one of the m…
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Handbook of the 18 Pounder Field Gun
This is the 1913 edition of the British Army Handbook of the 18 Pounder Field Gun of the British and…
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Truth in the Telling: A Review of 1917
There is much to write about the film 1917. But in the interest of those prospective cinema-goers wh…
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Captains Frederick ‘Fred’ C. Selous and Frederick ‘Freddie’ H.B. Selous - …
There are of course lots of coincidences in the First World War, but one that is quite remarkable is…
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1917: Right Story, Wrong Location
The following piece, by military historian Andrew Rawson discusses the location implied in the new f…
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The Action at Rafa: 9 January 1917
The Battle at Rafa, (or more accurately the 'Action at Rafa') which took place on 9 January 1917, wa…
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Some instances of the award of the Albert Medal in the First World War
During the Great War the Albert Medal was awarded to fewer than one hundred servicemen. Less than on…
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Hooge Tunnel, Essex Farm and other drawings by Tony Spagnoly
Tony Spagnoly sent the following drawings. They were made in 1917 by a member of the 69th Field Ambu…
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Gun Fire 'Notes and Queries'. Some examples
For the entire 59 editions of Gun Fire the editor, Alf Peacock, ran (with the exception of one or tw…
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