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.

Harold Mugford VC

Harold Mugford was born at 149 Keetons Road, Bermondsey, London on 31 August 1894, the second son...

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...

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...

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...

Mapping The Front

The Great War has left a colossal legacy of grief. Almost all those who survived the war have now...

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...

Vera Brittain - The Militant Pacifist: Misconceptions of her Importance...

By Dr. Phylomena H. Badsey Originally published by the Journal of the Centre for First World S...

Field Marshal Haig assessed by John Terraine

Field Marshall Haig Essay on Leadership and War (John Terraine. First published in Stand To! Num...

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...

Why the British Army did not mutiny en masse on the Western Front during...

Why the British Army did not mutiny en masse on the Western Front during the First World War Man...

The Rationale for and the Deployment of Poisonous Gas on The Western Fro...

The rationale for and the deployment of poisonous gas on The Western Front in the Great War Intr...

The BEF, Human Diseases and Trench Warfare on The Western Front

Introduction The Great War was the first major conflict where the death rate due to the trauma o...