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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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HD Harvey Kelly BE2
29 July 2014

Hubert Dunsterville 'Bay' Harvey-Kelly DSO: the first RFC pilot to land in France in 1914

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Snaffles Print (1)
24 July 2014

Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow: soldier, jockey and one of the first British deaths in the Great War

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Cambridge Barracks, Woolwich 1917
21 July 2014

Here come the girls! The women volunteers at the Army Pay Office Woolwich from August to October 1914

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Book Of Soldiers Wounded In The Great War
21 July 2014

The Western Front Association helps St Paul's Cathedral identify a piece of its Great War History

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HK&SRA Shoulder Badge
11 July 2014

The Hong Kong and Singapore Mountain Battery in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine

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Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sarajevo
28 June 2014

The July crisis, 1914 - what went wrong – 19 steps to disaster

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Wills Woodbines Advertisement
27 June 2014

Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills: The Clifftop Amazon

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Peter Simkins
5 April 2014

President’s Address - Living and Learning

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The Gyme At Morton, Near Gainsborough
18 February 2014

A training exercise goes horribly wrong: The tragedy at Gainsborough, 19 February 1915

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Canadian WW1 Graffiti In 'Maison Blanche'
14 February 2014

Canadian WW1 Graffiti in 'Maison Blanche'

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Leslie Henson In Tonight's The Night
30 January 2014

Leslie Lincoln Henson - Great War Entertainer

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Aftermath Of The Explosions In The Village Square
24 January 2014

‘A Holocaust of Flame and Death’ The Explosions at Achicourt

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Major George Campbell Wheeler VC
19 January 2014

Major George Campbell Wheeler VC

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Sergeant Thomas Steele VC
19 January 2014

Sergeant Thomas Steele VC

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F And Nf
4 January 2014

Filmed and Not Forgotten: Yorkshire in WW1

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15 Carat Gold Memorial Locket
22 December 2013

The golden locket, the hidden grave and the forgotten soldier : Ireland April 1916

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Thbn Bornfighters
21 December 2013

Born fighters: Who were the tunnellers of WW1?

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A Deadly Rhythm Military Mining In WW1
20 December 2013

A Deadly Rhythm: Military Mining in WW1

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185 Tunnelling Coy Welch Miners (1) (1)
20 December 2013

Welsh miners on the Western Front

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The Home Army In 1913
8 December 2013

The Home Army in 1913

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