World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

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.

Ernest Brooks and the photograph of The 'Forty Thieves'

With recent developments in technology, the colourisation of monochrome images from the Great War...

Video: Four veterans remember the Battle of the Somme

The documentary below was produced in 1991 and featured four veterans reminiscing about their tim...

The Kaiser's Battle by Martin Middlebrook - how accurate are the statist...

I am sure that many members of The Western Front Association were introduced to the subject of th...

Operation Michael, The Thirty Worst and an Advanced Dressing Station

March 1918 was arguably the most critical month of the First World war for the British and Common...

The Contemptible Little Army, 1914 -1918

By Alex Saunt (Major Alex Saunt MBE served with the Light Infantry and with the SAS in Libya, Bor...

Pension Record Cards and Ledgers - how they fitted in to the bigger pict...

This is the third of three article intended to show what is available at The National Archives ('...

Project ALIAS reveals the man who is listed twice

As the project to learn more about those men who served in the British Army using a false name co...

Stand To Articles on the Chinese Labour Force during the First World War

Articles Edition of Stand To ! Behind the Lines (2) Chinese Labour Corps - We...

A Perspective on the Western Front by an Army Officer from India by Dr....

This article first appeared in the January 2020 edition of Stand To! the journal of The Western F...

David George Mansell and his war service as 'Evans'

Many men joined the army under an assumed name, for some this would have been to run away from a...

Lewes Casualties : September 1918 and the impact of 'Spanish Flu'

September 1918 brought a further 14 Lewes casualties, 10 on the Western Front where the arrival...

'Behind the Lines - The Story of the Iron Twelve' [Part 2] by Hedley Mal...

This article, Part 2 of 2 parts, first appeared in Stand To! No. 88. April/May 2010. This and all...