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 Battle for the South Dublin Union 1916

On 24 April 1916, Patrick Pearse declared an independent Irish republic from the steps of the Gen...

The Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, 1916

Dublin, Ireland is very far from the killing fields of the Western Front. Yet it was here in the...

The Easter Rising - Dublin 1916

The Battles of the First World War took place in many countries and across various continents - f...

Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force 1914

In August 1914 the British Expeditionary Force embarked for France and was considered the most pr...

The 1/7th Royal Scots and the Quintinshill Rail Disaster : 22 May 1915

At the time of the First World War, Britain had a large number of railway companies each owning v...

General Maude and the Recapture of Kut

With temperatures ranging from freezing to 130ºF (50ºC) the campaign in Mesopotamia (modern day I...

The first footballer killed in 1914: Larrett Roebuck of Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town full-back Larrett Roebuck was the first professional footballer from the Englis...

The Baron and the Barmaid

Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the BEF until December 1915 was one of the many Anglo-...

Absolution at Aubers : May 1915

Although the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 had given grounds for optimism, in the weeks...

'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...

Medal Index Cards

During the late part of the First World War the Army Medal Office began a system of making out an...

The Execution of the 'Iron Twelve'

The early weeks of the First World War saw the Germans advancing across most of Belgium and large...