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.
Field Artillery and Infantry on the Western Front during the FIrst World...
In August 1914, and again in November 1918, the Royal Field Artillery of the British army was fig...
Read MoreHarry Lauder: The World's First Musical Superstar and Broken Parent of t...
“Have you news of my boy Jack?" Not this tide. "When d'you think that he'll come back?" Not with...
Read MoreDaring to be different to help the disabled
At the time of writing this item, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich finds himself in the headline...
Read MoreFrontline or Field ambulance? Where were Chaplains best placed to help?
On 25th April 1915 Father William Joseph Finn became the first British military chaplain to be ki...
Read MoreThe Centenary of the lone English oak at Gallipoli
In the Spring of 1922, as part of a unique act of commemoration, the parents of a teenager killed...
Read MoreFletching Church: Where Soldiers of the Great War Sleep
St. Andrew and St. Mary the Virgin is the parish church of Fletching, a charming little village i...
Read MoreSwanky Syd and the Bunny Girl
Last summer [2021] a friend gave me a copy of Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn M...
Read MoreEverard Wyrall (1878-1932): Military Historian
Last April [2021] I was asked to supervise a Wolverhampton University MA dissertation on 1/7th No...
Read MoreTrenchMapper by The Western Front Association
Here we have a series of articles that detail aspects of The Western Front Association's 'TrenchM...
Read MoreA Lonely Island War Memorial: Stroma in the Pentland Firth
Two miles north-west of John O’Groats lies the island of Stroma. The name translates from Old No...
Read MoreHorses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone
Horses on the Western Front by Elspeth Johnstone (This article first appeared in Gun Fire pp38-52...
Read MoreHooge in the the ‘Wipers Times’
The Wipers Times was published by soldiers fighting in the front line. It was produced by British...
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