World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some 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.

A Second Alternative Guide to the Western Front (extract)

The largest edition of Gun Fire was edition number 26 being 'A Second Alternative Guide to the We...

Sentenced to Death. The Public Record Office Court Martial Files.

[This article originally appeared in Gun Fire No.31. It has been lightly edited for the purposes...

The Sinking of the Anglia: 17 November 1917

[This article originally appeared in Gun Fire number 57 and has been lightly edited for website r...

The Zion Muleteers of Gallipoli

[This article was first published in Gun Fire No. 50. All of these magazines are now available to...

British Divisional Commanders During the Great War - First Thoughts

[This article first appeared some years ago in Gun Fire Edition 29. Although these are not dated,...

‘The Black Man’, ‘The Brat’ and Londoners on the Somme

Reflections on the Capture of Thiepval, September 1916 by Prof Peter Simkins. I have long been in...

A Perspective on the Western Front by an Indian Army Office on the Weste...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.63 January 2002 pp 29-32. Members of The Western Fro...

The New Zealanders at Polderhoek Chateau : November 1917

The Third Battle of Ypres officially ended on 10 November 1917, but this did not mean fighting in...

Revealed: The soldier with two families. How The Western Front Associati...

This story of discovery begins with researching the life of my Great Grandfather Alfred Nelson Wi...

The Prince and the Pilot

On a windswept hill overlooking the Yorkshire mill town of Halifax stands the area's most visible...

Street Memorials in South West Rocks, NSW

South West Rocks is a small town with a population of about 5000 on the mid north coast of New So...

The Armistice in Bijar and Dunsterforce in Baku

The Armistice, which brought an end to the fighting in the First World War was, as everyone knows...