World War I Articles

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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Private Luke Leadbeater
22 November 2020

Luke Leadbeater - remembered by the fiancée he never married 100 years on

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Tea Pots To Tin Lids The Sheffield Steel Industry In Ww1
21 November 2020

Tea Pots to Tin Lids: The Sheffield Steel Industry in WW1

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General Sir John Monash As A Military Commander
18 November 2020

General Sir John Monash as a Military Commander

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Simon Charles
14 November 2020

Death of a Spy: Charles Simon, 7 June 1915

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The Frocks And The Brass Hats
14 November 2020

The Frocks and the Brass Hats

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Neil Primrose
14 November 2020

Capt The Hon Neil Primrose: son of a Prime Minister

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SS Laurentic
14 November 2020

SS Laurentic: A story of Gold Bullion, Crime and Intrigue and loss of life that helped change the course of WW1.

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The Secret History Of Soldiers
12 November 2020

The Secret History of Soldiers: How Canadians Survived the Great War

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Turkish Machine Gun Corps
12 November 2020

The Battle of Mughar Ridge: One soldier's story

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Unknown Warrior Snip
11 November 2020

The Centenary of the Unknown Warrior 1920-2020

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2020 Guards Chapel
11 November 2020

The Western Front Association's commemoration service at the Guards' Chapel 2020

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2020
11 November 2020

The Western Front Association's Armistice Day 2020 ceremony at the Cenotaph filmed under Covid lockdown rules

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An Obituary To Leon
9 November 2020

Two brothers, but in different armies

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HMS M 15
8 November 2020

The loss of Royal Navy monitor 'M-15'

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Tom Squad, Christ Church College, Oxford
8 November 2020

Died one day, buried two days later by his father

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Sassoon 1380B
8 November 2020

Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon

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Wilfred Owen.
8 November 2020

Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

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Harold Fleming
7 November 2020

Billy Brewer, the Wiltshire footballer: 13 November 1914

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John Hardyman
4 November 2020

The Youngest Colonel?

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The Siege Of Fortress Przemyśl
3 November 2020

The Siege of Fortress Przemyśl, 1914: Decisive Battle of the Eastern Front

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