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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Lieutenant Katherine Maud Macdonald
14 May 2021

The First Canadian Nurses killed by Enemy Action during the First World War

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Members Of A Chinese Labour Team Who Were Working In The Ypres Sector In 1919.
14 May 2021

Battlefield Clearance and a Chinese revolt

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Jo Salmon, Aged Eight, On A Donkey At Gallipol
14 May 2021

Childhood memories of Gallipoli in the 1920s

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Mr George Horey Standing Behind His Son's Headstone Al Daours Communal Cemetery Extension On September 30, 1923
14 May 2021

George Horey's Parents’ Pilgrimage to the Somme 1923

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Close Up To The Hangar
13 May 2021

An Original First World War RAF Hangar and the story of 'RFC Bramham Moor'

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Wooden Grave Marker Bowlby
13 May 2021

The Great War Memorials to the Bowlby Brothers

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Samuel Dean Grimson
8 May 2021

The Grimson family and the First World War

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Deserters On The Home Front
7 May 2021

Deserters on the Home Front

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The Western Front Association Stalwart Tony Spagnoly Who Died In 2008 And Researched This Story.
7 May 2021

Tragedy and Heroism in the Davidson Family in March 1916

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Captain John Fowler, 4 Seaforth Highlanders
6 May 2021

Sir John Edward Fowler – the Last Repatriation from The Western Front in 1915?

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Teenager Eric Duckworth Is Pictured Larking In Civilian Outfit And Boater Astride A Donkey In Egypt.
5 May 2021

Different Truths from the Same Battle

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Rms Transylvania
3 May 2021

The Loss of the HMT Transylvania

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3 May 2021

The Manchester United v Liverpool match fixing scandal of 1915

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The South African Mobilisation Of 1914 And The 1St Invasion Of German SW Africa
2 May 2021

The South African mobilisation of 1914 and the 1st invasion of German SW Africa

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Ernest In His Australian Uniform
30 April 2021

Pension Record Card Project 'Hometown' and The French Connection

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The Dating Of These Images Is Really Tricky, But In This Instance, It Is Possible To 'Nail It Down' To Possibly A Few Days After The St George's Day Raid On Zeebrugge.
30 April 2021

Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere

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Theatre Royal, King's Lyn
29 April 2021

'A Grant to Buy a Drum' what Acting-Sergeant Jesse Byford's Pension Card Reveals

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Great War poster of Lettow-Vorbeck leading African soldiers.
29 April 2021

The Forgotten Front: East Africa 1914-1918

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08 Wyrall 62Nd Div
28 April 2021

The Story of the 62nd (West Riding) Division by Everard Wyrall

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Mud, Blood And Poppycock
27 April 2021

Mud, Blood and Poppycock

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