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 Lost Raiders Found': The Tyneside Scottish at Armentières

During the Great War trench raids were perceived as an operational necessity in order to dominate No…

Finding Great Uncle George

The following message from David Jenkins relates to the way the Pension Records can help find 'missi…

'One Hell of a Row': A War widow's pension

Grandfather was killed 7 weeks before the end of the First World War. His immediate family, that is…

'In the event of my death': An analysis of what can be gleaned from soldier…

During 2013, David Tattersfield, a trustee of The Western Front Association, provided First World Wa…

Biggles’ Last Flight: the flying career of Captain WE Johns

This piece originally appeared in the 100th edition of the WFA's landmark print journal 'Stand To!' …

Pension Records: Famous, Infamous, Extraordinary and Ordinary

The Western Front Association's Pension Record Card and Ledger archive which has been published onli…

The Heilsberg 39: A New British First World War Cemetery in Poland

Between August and December 1918 a number of British Prisoners of War died at Heilsberg Prisoner of …

Dear David ... Pension Record Cards Feedback

Here's some feedback about the Pension Records lookups we have conducted for a wide range of individ…

Understanding the Ledger Indexing

This article aims to set out some of the technical aspects of the indexing of - and subcategories th…

A Further Release of First World War Pension Records by Ancestry

Western Front Association members will already know that the Naval Records were released a few weeks…

An Amusing Tale from Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO : 'A King Returns in…

Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO was the inspirational first Commandant of the 3rd Army School an…

'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Bart: GCB, KCVO, DSO (Part II)

(Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at Abergave…