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.
'Aces Low': The Wimbledon Champion at Aubers
In the years leading up to the First World War, one of the most famous sportsmen of the Edwardian er…
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Medal Index Cards
During the late part of the First World War the Army Medal Office began a system of making out an in…
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The Execution of the 'Iron Twelve'
The early weeks of the First World War saw the Germans advancing across most of Belgium and large pa…
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Aubers Ridge 9 May 1915: The Unpleasant Truth
For it appears ridiculous to call it so, the 'battle' of Aubers Ridge fits perfectly the stereotypic…
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British Corps Commanders in the Great War
As identified by Andrew Simpson in his PhD thesis,[1] there is remarkably little written about Briti…
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The Chatsworth Rifles raid at Richebourg
An ideal way to obtain an understanding of the First World War is through reading the memoirs of tho…
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The Battle of the Boar's Head
Lord Kitchener's famous call for volunteers 'Your Country Needs You' resulted in an overwhelming res…
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The Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards at Cuinchy 1915
Cuinchy is a village astride the La Bassée Canal and is referred to by Robert Graves in his classic …
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The (other) man who shot down the Red Baron
By far the most famous ‘ace’ of the Great War was Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, popularly known d…
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Two men with five names: The Curious Case of Cornelius Costello
The image of the headstone below, which is in Dover (St James's) Cemetery, is perhaps not terribly u…
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The loss of HMS Bulwark : 26 November 1914
Losses of life in the First World War are more often than not attributed to engagements in battle or…
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The Battle of Dogger Bank : January 1915
The naval arms race between Britain and Germany had, in the early years of the 20th Century, been a …
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