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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Dana Edmond Coates
6 April 2012

From Lodgepole to Stenay: First Lieutenant Dana E Coates, 11th Aero Squadron, USAS

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Harold S Mugford VC
17 March 2012

Lance Corporal Harold Mugford VC

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Clanwilliam House 2
4 March 2012

The Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin

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Men Of The 51St Highland Division Resting In A Hastily Dug Trench In A Ploughed Field Near Locon, Pas De Calais, During The German Spring Offensive, 10 April 1918.
4 March 2012

Divisional Elitism and the SHLM Project

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British Vehicles Below Latema Ridge After The Battle For Latema Reata Nek
23 February 2012

The Battle for Latema-Reata Nek, British East Africa, 11-12 March 1916

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CCS Interior Painting
22 February 2012

The British Expeditionary Force, Human Diseases and Trench Warfare on The Western Front

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Birdsong Excavations
22 February 2012

The Real Birdsong: The Kilian Tunnel

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Petain The Pessimistic Patriot
30 January 2012

Petain: The Pessimistic Patriot

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Third Ypres
30 January 2012

Third Ypres: A Warning from History

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CWGC photograph of Pemba Cemetery
17 December 2011

Medo and Mbalama Hill, Portuguese East Africa, 12 - 24 April 1918

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Brigadier General Bernard Freyberg VC
15 November 2011

Brigadier-General Bernard Freyberg VC

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An Askari Company Ready To March In German East Africa
10 October 2011

Fighting For The Rufiji River Crossing: The British 1st East African Brigade in action German East Africa, 1 to 19 January 1917

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Medal Index Cards
7 October 2011

Medal Index Cards

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Percy Howard Hansen VC
25 September 2011

Brigadier Percy Howard Hansen VC

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German Sturmtrupp Of RIR 259
16 September 2011

Landsknechte v Sportsmen: Operation Kirschblüte - Seicheprey, 20 April 1918

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General Natha Singh And His Sikh Officers
27 August 2011

Kisangire and Kisiju: operations north of the Rufiji River Delta, German East Africa, October and November 1916

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Lt Philip Neame VC
27 August 2011

Lt Philip Neame VC

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A Gold Coast Regiment
16 August 2011

The Fight At Rumbo, German East Africa, 18 April 1917

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Capt Scrimger Carrying Wounded Soldier
2 August 2011

Capt F A C Scrimger VC

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1974 054 18, Bespannte Artillerie
3 June 2011

‘In Retreat' - An Extract from a Memoir by Captain R F Petschler MC RE

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