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 Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards at Cuinchy 1915

Cuinchy is a village astride the La Bassée Canal and is referred to by Robert Graves in his class...

The (other) man who shot down the Red Baron

By far the most famous ‘ace’ of the Great War was Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, popularly know...

Two men with five names: The Curious Case of Cornelius Costello

The image of the headstone below, which is in Dover (St James's) Cemetery, is perhaps not terribl...

The loss of HMS Bulwark : 26 November 1914

Losses of life in the First World War are more often than not attributed to engagements in battle...

The Battle of Dogger Bank : January 1915

The naval arms race between Britain and Germany had, in the early years of the 20th Century, been...

Escape from the Desert : October 1915

This article could almost be taken from a 'Boy's Own' story of Great War adventures. It features...

The VC that never was: Colonel Souter's gallantry against the Senussi, 1916

Colonel Hugh Maurice Wellesley Souter was born in India in 1872. Originally commissioned into the...

One of the last true cavalry charges: The Charge of The Dorset Yeomanry...

Britain's declaration of war on Turkey on 5 November 1914 created a threat to the Suez Canal, a v...

'Rikki' Little: Australia's Greatest Ace

As the ‘Camel’ pilot approached dark shape in the gloom of the late May evening, he recognised it...

The British Route to War

Britain's entry into the Great War is far more complex than the reason for the country embarking...

A training exercise goes horribly wrong: The tragedy at Gainsborough, 19...

At the turn of the last century the Heavy Woollen area of the West Riding of Yorkshire, centred a...

The discovery and identification of the Beaucamps Ligny Fifteen : Octobe...

In the autumn of 2009, during excavation work for a building project, human remains were discover...