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Great 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...

'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...

Pension 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...

British 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...

Mons 1914 by John Terraine

Mons 1914 (Lecture given to The Western Front Association in 1990 by the then Honorary President...

Britain 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...

1914-1918 Essays on Leadership & War by John Terraine : Introduction by...

The articles that made up 'Leadership & War' were edited by Ann Clayton, in 1998 the Honorary...

To Cross the Rubicon You Need… Life-Jackets! The 46th (North Midland ) D...

One of the most remarkable ‘tactical incidents’ (as the official battle nomenclature describes i...

‘General Joffre’ The 1994 Presidential Address, delivered by the Hono...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! 42 January 1995 pp6-12] The more you study the Great Wa...

‘Understanding’ The 1991 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! 34 Spring 1992 pp7-12] I think I have to begin with an...

The Annual General Meeting Address delivered by Mr John Terraine at the...

[This article first appeared in Stand To ! 20 Summer 1987] pp 7 - 8 First let me say a word of...

The Final Offensive : The 1993 Presidential Address delivered by the Hon...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! 40 pp 5-11] When the Armistice came on 11 November, sev...