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.

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...

'Passchendaele' The 1992 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary...

(This article first appears in Stand To! 37 Spring 1993 pp6 - 10 This year, 8 November was Remem...

‘The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945’ The Presidential Address delivered by the H...

(This article first appeared in Stand To! 28 Spring 1990 pp7-11) As some of you will know, but ot...

Germany 1917. The 1987 Presidential Address 'Germany 1917' delivered by...

Germany 1917. The 1987 Presidential Address delivered by the Honorary President John Terraine...

Relearning the Lessons. John Terraine’s 1984 WFA Address

Relearning the Lessons. John Terraine’s 1984 WFA Address John Alfred Terraine, FRHistS (15 Janu...

The Generals. John Terraine's 1982 Address to The Western Front Association

[This piece, a transcript of John Terraine's 1982 address, first appeared in Stand To! No. 7 Spr...

After Amiens – 38th (Welsh) Division

It happened in the barber’s where my mother had taken me when I was a young child. ‘Mummy, why is...

Arthur Boyle Private and Pensioner

Painting by Diane Lavery 1998 from a photograph of Arthur Boyle taken in 1917 Arthur Boyle, b...