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.
How to use the 'Browse' function on Fold3 when researching the WFA Pension …
The intention behind this article is to explain how to access Pension Ledgers on the WFA's Library e…
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Index of counties within regions for Pension Records
This is to is to assist members undertaking Pension Record searches using the 'browse' facility on T…
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19th July 1919 Peace Day in Britain
This article first appeared in Bulletin 114, the internal news and information magazine for members …
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Aftermath: Ireland
Amongst those commemorated on Lewes War Memorial is Lance-Corporal Sidney Wright 1/6th Battalion Roy…
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Following in R C Sherriff’s footsteps – the path to his own ‘Journey’s End’…
Crescent Trench - British front line, 31 July 1917 8th Battalion Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) R…
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Cyrus Peck, Piper Paul and the Canadian Scottish at Amiens
This article looks at one battalion's action on 8 August 1918, and is largely based on a chapter of …
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Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915
At the end of April 1915 the Sussex Express carried a cheering report from one of its former repo…
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The Truth About German Atrocities
Founded on the Report of the Committee on Alleged German Outrages Parliamentary Recruiting Commi…
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Duds On The Western Front
Introduction There were two military meanings to the word 'Dud'. The first was the obvious well kno…
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When and Why the Doughboys Finally Joined the War in 1917
When the First World War began in August 1914, none of the 48 autonomous states that then made up th…
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Pension Record Cards - claims for soldiers who were killed
The next major release of images of the Pension Record cards saved by the WFA has now been made avai…
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The Real Birdsong: The Kilian Tunnel
In the BBC adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong we have seen how the character Stephen Wraysford…
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