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.

Private Alfred Berry and the Zeebrugge Raid 1918

The Zeebrugge Raid of St. George’s Day 1918 was an audacious attempt by the Royal Navy to neutral...

'Health in returning veterans of the First World War: The impact of woun...

Introduction – disability and impairment In 2021 some 24 volunteers from The Western Front Associ...

Football in the First World War

For the the 2021/2022 season, Saturday 14 May marks the playing of the FA Cup final, 150 years on...

How Reference numbers were used in WW1 Pension claims at Chelsea and in...

In this article the author looks at those pension reference systems used by the Ministry of Pensi...

The Controversy of Commemoration in Ramsbottom after the First World War

War memorials are contentious: the commissioning of large public sculptures has often divided com...

Brothers in Arms: Three Died and Three Survived the First World War

The First World War resulted in terrible suffering for many families, but the Willis family was a...

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...

Harry 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...

Daring to be different to help the disabled

At the time of writing this item, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich finds himself in the headline...

Frontline 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...

The 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...

Fletching 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...