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Dear David ... Pension Record Cards Feedback
Here's some feedback about the Pension Records lookups we have conducted for a wide range of indi...
Read MoreUnderstanding the Ledger Indexing
This article aims to set out some of the technical aspects of the indexing of - and subcategories...
Read MoreA Further Release of First World War Pension Records by Ancestry
Western Front Association members will already know that the Naval Records were released a few we...
Read MoreAn Amusing Tale from Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO : 'A King Returns...
Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO was the inspirational first Commandant of the 3rd Army School...
Read More'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Bart: GCB, KCVO, DSO (Part II)
(Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at Aberga...
Read MoreFurther sets of Pension Records saved by The Western Front Association a...
The Western Front Association are pleased to share the excellent news that Ancestry will be makin...
Read MoreGreat War Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: deeper understanding
The history of the Great War is not just about generals and statesmen. In examining the Great Wa...
Read More'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Bart : GCB, KCVO, (Part I)
Part 1 (Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at...
Read MorePension Record Cards and Ledgers: some examples of dependents' cards
Just part of one load of the records being transferred to the WFA's storage facility. Three HGVs...
Read MoreBritish Military Leadership in the First World War by John Terraine
(This lecture was given by John Terraine , the then Honorary President of The Western Front Assoc...
Read MoreMons 1914 by John Terraine
Mons 1914 (Lecture given to The Western Front Association in 1990 by the then Honorary President...
Read MoreBritain in the First World War : Lecture given by John Terraine in 1988
(Lecture given by John Terraine in 1988) The 1914-1918 War was, for Britain, a traumatic experien...
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