World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are 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 Envelope in the Attic : Items pertaining to Private Arthur W. Holtby...

[This article first appeared in the June/July 2007 Edition of Bulletin No.78] Whilst looking for...

Boy Soldiers of the Great War Revisited by Richard van Emden

[This wonderful article first appeared in the April 2022 edition of Stand To! It is shared here b...

Hang on a Minute! Near escapes by RFC/RAF Pilots during the First World War

During the Great War pilots and observers of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Servic...

The 'Dead Enigma': Hedd Wyn and Francis Ledwidge and the Welsh National...

In September 1917, the Welsh National Eisteddfod was held at Birkenhead Park, on the Wirral, only...

Blessed be St Enodoc : The Great War Story of a Cornish Church and those...

There can be few churches that sit in so picturesque a setting as that which frames St Enodoc on...

The Loss of HMS Pathfinder

Within 24 hours of the declaration of war, on the 5th August HMS Lance, a Royal Navy destroyer, f...

The Unknowns Continue to Appear – the Work of the War Graves Adjudicatio...

[This article first appeared in the November 2020 Special Edition of Stand To! The Unknown Warrio...

‘Unfading Memories’: The Hot Lane and Elder Road Street Shrine

When the British government chose to go to war in August 1914 it had no understanding of what wou...

Five Sons Lost in the First World War

For many years, it was thought that only one British family had suffered the loss of five sons du...

The Disappearing Gunner

There are, of course, thousands of men who were killed in the Great War who have no known grave....

Albert Perkins - Who Do We Think He Is?

Many members of The Western Front Association will no doubt enjoy watching the BBC’s long-running...

An ‘Enthusiastic’ Response to War? British social responses to the outbr...

This is an MA Dissertation submitted to the University of Wolverhampton as part of their 'History...