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We are delighted to share nearly a thousand articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in the WFA's publications Stand To! or Bulletin, but the majority have been specially researched and written for the WFA's website.

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The Memorial In St Anne's Church, Brown Edge.
26 February 2021

Grandad’s War

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A Horrid Nightmare 28Th Division And The Battle For The Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1915
23 February 2021

A Horrid Nightmare 28th Division and the Battle for the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1915

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Vincent Riley
22 February 2021

‘A Worthless Scamp’: The Great War of Vincent Riley

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Downloadable PDF
20 February 2021

Project Alias - the results and a searchable database

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‘Mental Case’ For Basil James Whatley
20 February 2021

Cases of 'insanity' revealed in the Pension Records

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A Month In The Life Of The Chief Douglas Haig In September 1917
19 February 2021

A Month in the Life of the Chief: Douglas Haig in September 1917

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Bucy Le Long
18 February 2021

Gott Strafe England

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ANZAC
17 February 2021

How to research Australian and New Zealand Soldiers from the First World War

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Thrilling Stories Of The Great War On Land And Sea, In The Air, Under The Water (1915) (14761576186) Aboukir Sinking (1) (1)
16 February 2021

The Live Bait Squadron: the sinking of the HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy 22 September 1914

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Cane Hill Hospital
12 February 2021

‘And Bert’s gone syphilitic’– The Real Tragedies Behind the Cane Hill Hospital Memorial at Croydon

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The Chinese Labour Corps On The Western Front
12 February 2021

The Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front

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Thbn Theyshootspies
10 February 2021

They Shoot Spies: the untold story of the first female agents

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Cambrai Dawn Of An Era Now Ending
7 February 2021

Cambrai: dawn of an era now ending?

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The Centre Cannot Hold Arras 1918 & The Failure Of German Counterattack Doctrine
3 February 2021

The Centre Cannot Hold: Arras 1918 & the Failure of German Counterattack Doctrine

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Four Lads From Buckie (Cropped)
31 January 2021

The tale of four lads from Buckie, Banffshire

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Lessons From The Mud
30 January 2021

Lessons from the mud

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Galle War Memorial
25 January 2021

First World War Memorial at Galle, Sri Lanka

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One Of The K Class Submarines. This Being The K15 (IWM SP2506)
24 January 2021

The ‘Battle' of May Island January 1917 and K-Class Submarines of the First World War

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Eton Street Shrine Hull
24 January 2021

Eton Street Shrine in Hull and the loss of the Earl

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Haig And His Dominion Commanders
24 January 2021

Haig and his Dominion Commanders

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