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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.

Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Carter DSO and Bar, MC and Bar

This article is the story of a man from a working class background who joined the British Army as...

'The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme 1916' reflections by Rev. Dr R...

‘A slightly amended version of this article first appeared in the Church Times'. I once met an ol...

How a Stockton man won the VC

Ted Cooper writes how his granda won the VC. Edward Cooper was born in Stockton on the 4th May 1...

An Irish Soldier in the British Army

Survivors of 47 Brigade going back to rest area after the Battle of Guillemont-Ginchy, September...

Romania

By Harald Heppner and Rudolf Gräf World War I afforded the first opportunity for modern Romania t...

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...

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...