World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some 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.

New Year's Day 1915: The unknown 'Battle of Broken Hill'

Whilst the vast majority of First World War actions took place in France and Belgium, there were...

Drunk as a Lord? The dismissal and redemption of Lord Edward Seymour

Cambrai - Attack and stalemate The British attack at Cambrai on 20 November 1917 is well known fo...

The Battle of Cambrai - why did it succeed and what went wrong? November...

The Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 turned out, for both Britain and Germany, to be a major si...

The Loss of the Britannic : 21 November 1916

Some years ago there was much publicity around the 100th anniversary of the loss of the RMS Titan...

Discipline in the BEF: An analysis of executions in British Divisions 19...

It is well recorded that despite a dubious disciplinary record, Australian troops were amongst th...

Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow: soldier, jockey and one of the first British...

Arthur Hughes-Onslow was born in 1862. He joined the 10th Hussars at Lucknow, India and stayed in...

'The Lost Raiders Found': The Tyneside Scottish at Armentières

During the Great War trench raids were perceived as an operational necessity in order to dominate...

Finding Great Uncle George

The following message from David Jenkins relates to the way the Pension Records can help find 'mi...

'One Hell of a Row': A War widow's pension

Grandfather was killed 7 weeks before the end of the First World War. His immediate family, that...

'In the event of my death': An analysis of what can be gleaned from sold...

During 2013, David Tattersfield, a trustee of The Western Front Association, provided First World...

Biggles’ Last Flight: the flying career of Captain WE Johns

This piece originally appeared in the 100th edition of the WFA's landmark print journal 'Stand To...

Pension Records: Famous, Infamous, Extraordinary and Ordinary

The Western Front Association's Pension Record Card and Ledger archive which has been published o...