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.

The History of The 1/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment from...
The following article is by Micah Parsons The Battalion Battle Patch was a pair of red cotton ba...
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‘The 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood, July 1916. The Reasons for ad...
This article is derived from the research undertaken by Jon Williams' for his MA dissertation as...
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Discuss the Psychological Effects of the Great War on Soldiers, and How...
This essay by 17 year old Rose Halls of Brighton College was one of the 2023 Colin Hardy Memorial...
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Did World War One cause more tension or unity between ethnic components...
The following essay submitted to the 2023 Colin Hardy Memorial Prize was the first runner up. It...
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‘To What Extent was the First World War the Main Reason for the Enfranch...
The following essay by Lizzie Kenyon-Muir of Hockerill Anglo-European College in Bishops’ Stortfo...
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William Wells: A War at Sea and on Land
A friend has in recent years been researching his family history and knowing of my interest in Wo...
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German submarine UC-71: a brief history
The wreck of a German mine laying submarine has recently been located and a 3D recreation of the...
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Tom Thomas: a draper's assistant's war
Thomas Thomas was the oldest child of Evan Thomas, a carpenter, and his wife Ann, a shopkeeper. K...
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The Profitts…and Loss: A Cornish-Australian family at War.
Porthilly Cove is a small, unspoilt inlet situated on the east side of the Camel estuary that cut...
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An unusual Corps name: the Almeric Paget Massage Corps
Perhaps one of the more unusual Corps that served in WW1 is that of the Almeric Paget Massage Cor...
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Just another ordinary soldier?
A CWGC stone, of Welsh slate rather than the usual Portland stone, marks the final resting place...
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Finding Captain Brooke: The oldest Regimental Medical Officer to be kill...
On 27 May 1918 the Headquarters of the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment was surrounded during a d...
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