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.

The Disabled First World War Soldier : how his pension was calculated

A man who was discharged as medically unfit where that unfitness was certified as being either ca...

Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: how they fitted in to the bigger picture

As many member of The Western Front Association will know, especially the those who have accessed...

Deborah Tank Descendants Return : 92nd Anniversary of when the tank was...

This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 11-12. M...

Ypres Salient Tank Memorial unveiled at Poelcapelle 10 October 2009

This article by Rob Kirk first appeared ten years ago in Bulletin 86 : Feb/March 2010 pp 8 -10. M...

The Wood Brothers of Stacksteads, Lancashire

Back in 2014, I was helping to plan my brother's stag party. We planned to go to Ypres to visit m...

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 are...

'1917' - using the Pension Records to track down the characters in the f...

The new film '1917' by Sam Mendes is about to be released in the UK (and has already been release...

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...

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 mos...

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...

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...

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...