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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The British West Indies Regiment On The Western Front
3 May 2024

The British West Indies Regiment on the Western Front

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It’S All A Bit Heath Robinson
30 April 2024

It’s All a Bit Heath Robinson

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55 Squadron
23 April 2024

A raid on Stuttgart by 55 Squadron

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Absent Bodies And Broken Hearts The IWGC And The Repatriation Debate
23 April 2024

Absent bodies and broken hearts: the IWGC and the repatriation debate

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The Most Successful Women’S Team Of That Era – Dick Kerr’S Ladies From Preston
22 April 2024

The First Lionesses! The Army Pay Office Preston Ladies Football Team During The Great War

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Ivar Campbell
11 April 2024

Blankety Hell: Ivar Campbell, A Life

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The War On The Wire Signalling During The Gallipoli Campaign
10 April 2024

The War on the Wire: Signalling during the Gallipoli Campaign

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Pictured History Parts 10 And 12
9 April 2024

World War 1914-1918 A Pictured History

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Photos And Medals, Including At The Right The Order Of Mejidie (4Th Class)
25 March 2024

The First World War story of Captain A.D. Blair

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Stormtroopers Practising The Attack From A Trench Supported By Flamethrowers. Near Sedan, May 1917
15 March 2024

Tanks and Storm Troopers: British and German Solutions to the Deadlock on the Western Front

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A Game Of Two Halves 21St Division
8 March 2024

A Game of Two Halves: The 21st Division in 1918

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The Graves Of 1St Air Mechanic Cook, Flight Sergeant Costigan And 2Nd Air Mechanic Cuff
2 March 2024

Disaster at Chocques Airfield, 12 March 1915

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From 1938, The Photograph Shows General Sir Henry George Chavel, A Gallipoli Veteran, And Lady Chavel, Passing The Guard Of Honour At A New Branch In Port Melbourne.
2 March 2024

The Shortest Man in the British Army?

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The Coffin Of Lieutenant Abner Sage, American Medical Reserve Corps
27 February 2024

Death From the Skies: Doullens Citadel, 30 May 1918

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Duke Of Wellington’S (West Riding) Regiment’S Depot, Halifax
27 February 2024

From Bradford to Boulogne via Suvla Bay: The Great War Journey of Pte Harold Wood

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The Road To 11 November War And Politics In 1918
14 February 2024

The Road to 11 November: War and Politics in 1918

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Twenty Years After
1 February 2024

Twenty Years After

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Frank Downes
27 January 2024

Friendly Fire: The Life and Death of Frank Downes

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The Congregational Church (Now United Reformed Church), Moorland Road, Burslem
27 January 2024

Just because it’s official doesn’t mean it’s right

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Allenby's Checkmate Jerusalem To Victory In The Middle East, 1918
26 January 2024

Allenby's Checkmate: Jerusalem to Victory in the Middle East, 1918

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