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.
An Irish Soldier in the British Army
Survivors of 47 Brigade going back to rest area after the Battle of Guillemont-Ginchy, September 1…
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Romania
By Harald Heppner and Rudolf Gräf World War I afforded the first opportunity for modern Romania to …
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Victoria Crosses Won on the Western Front 1914-1918
The Victoria Cross (VC) is awarded for 'conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy'. For a …
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Harold Mugford VC
Harold Mugford was born at 149 Keetons Road, Bermondsey, London on 31 August 1894, the second son of…
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Henry May VC : October 1914
Henry May VC was one of five servicemen to win a VC on the Western Front in October 1914 and will ha…
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The most successful British Bomber Aircraft of The First World War
An introduction to British Aircraft of the First World War If one were asked to choose a paradigm t…
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Charles Kuentz - Germany's last surviving veteran of the Great War
Ninety years after he was conscripted, Germany's only surviving veteran of the Great War talks to To…
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Mapping The Front
The Great War has left a colossal legacy of grief. Almost all those who survived the war have now pa…
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Some Prominent British Generals and their Fortunes in the Great War
[This article first appeared on The Western Front Association's old website and was published in S…
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Vera Brittain - The Militant Pacifist: Misconceptions of her Importance in …
By Dr. Phylomena H. Badsey Originally published by the Journal of the Centre for First World S…
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Field Marshal Haig assessed by John Terraine
Field Marshall Haig Essay on Leadership and War (John Terraine. First published in Stand To! Num…
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Tackling the six biggest classroom clichés of the First World War
Teaching the Great War and tackling the classroom clichés Teaching History at School Image from …
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