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.

Lewes and the Great War : January Casualties

By the end of autumn 1914 the German advance on Paris had been halted and both sides had dug in f...

The Battle of the Somme - A Royal Flying Corps perspective

On 1st July 1916, the Battle of the Somme opened. With 60,000 casualties (including 20,000 dead)...

Götterdämerung – June 1919 The End of the German High Seas Fleet by Ro...

The surrender and scuttling of the Kaiser’s High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands i...

Victoria Crosses awarded on the Western Front

The Victoria Cross (VC) is awarded for 'conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy'. For a...

The Liverpool Scottish at Bellewaarde

This article is intended to briefly tell the story of one not particularly well known action that...

Rex Warneford and the downing of LZ37

Zeppelin raids on London had started as early as January 1915 when towns in North Norfolk came un...

A Policeman on board : When Lord Kitchener drowned 6 June 1916

Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, was drowned in HMS Hampshire on 5 June 1916, when it...

‘Kitchener of Khartoum’ and HMS Hampshire : 5 June 1916

Within Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, on the Island of Hoy on the Orkney Islands, is a memorial to...

Lewes War Memorial by Dr Graham Mayhew

Erected in 1922, following a design competition judged by the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cam...

Free access to the ‘Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918’ and ‘N...

The ‘Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918’ and ‘New Zealand Anzacs in the Great War 1914...

A Farewell to the Army Service Corps: The story of 'another' Ernest on...

Many of those with a passing interest in the First World War may be familiar with the semi-autobi...

‘The Women of Westfield - picking up the pieces after the First World War’

Dr Martin Purdy (Lancs and Cheshire WFA branch) recently managed a Heritage Lottery funded projec...