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World War I Articles

We are delighted to share nearly a thousand articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in the WFA's publications Stand To! or Bulletin, but the majority have been specially researched and written for the WFA's website.

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The Damage Caused By The Explosion On 1 July 1918 Iwm (1)
8 June 2021

Chilwell, the 'VC factory': the unexplained explosion

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Staff Of 1 5Th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment Near Bethune
8 June 2021

The Censuring of Lieutenant Colonel John MacCarthy-O’Leary

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Ernest Bashford (1)
7 June 2021

Courage and devotion to duty: 62357 Sgt. Ernest Bashford, 199 Siege Battery

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Ivor Gurney In Uniform
6 June 2021

Ivor Gurney: Composer, Poet, Soldier

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Willing With Laughter
6 June 2021

Winning with Laughter: How Britain's cartoonists helped win the First World War

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Crossing The Turkish Trenches Where William Peel Was Wounded, Lala Baba 7 August 2015, 100 Years On
6 June 2021

From the Suvla Plain to Victory: William Ralph Peel

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'Artillery Conquers, Infantry Occupies' British Artillery At 3Rd Ypres
28 May 2021

Artillery conquers, infantry occupies: British Artillery at 3rd Ypres

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James Donaldson Boswall
28 May 2021

Capt James Donaldson Boswall: Boer War to Great War

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The Battle Of Vimy Ridge, Colour Photomechanical Print On Light Card After A Painting By Richard Jack
21 May 2021

General Sir Henry Wilson and the Disaster at Vimy: The German attack on IV Corps

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The Development And Influence Of Propaganda By Britain 1914 18
21 May 2021

The Development and Influence of Propaganda by Britain 1914-18

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Roddy In Uniform
21 May 2021

Two years in the making. Ten minutes in the destroying: A Sheffield soldier at the heart of ‘Covenant with Death’

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Cannon
21 May 2021

Howitzers, wounds and a pension

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Donald And His Wife Karen At The Rededication In 2007.
20 May 2021

One Man’s Lifelong Link to Vimy - Donald Wood's Story

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Riding Through The Ruins..
20 May 2021

The toughest bicycle race in history: Riding through the ruins of war

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James Fleming With His Wife Emily And Father William
20 May 2021

Remembering Grandad’s war: Sergeant James Fleming

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Screenshot 2021 06 14 At 092724
20 May 2021

The Arras and Loos Trenches at Blackpool

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Airmen Of 216 Squadron With A Handley Page Night Bomber In 1917 (1)
20 May 2021

The Original Long Distance Bombers of the First World War

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Betty In Uniform
19 May 2021

Betty Stevenson – ‘the Happy Warrior’

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The First Contingent Of 1St Life Guards Ready To Leave Knightsbridge Barracks For The War.
18 May 2021

From ceremonial duties to First Ypres and beyond: The 1st Life Guards and their single worst day of the war

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Broken Reeds Kaiserschlacht And The 2Nd Line Territorials On 21 March 1918
15 May 2021

Broken reeds: Kaiserschlacht and the 2nd Line Territorials on 21 March 1918

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