World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some 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 Irish Struggle for Home Rule by Dr Graham Mayhew

The Irish struggle for home rule and subsequently independence can be traced back to the Act of...

Stereoscope images from the Western Front and elsewhere

Having just published the initial batch of stereoscopic images on The Western Front Association's...

Pension Record Card Project 'Hometown' and The French Connection

While working on The Western Front Association's ‘Big Push’ project, my wife (Management) was add...

A Suitable Woman for the Job

It's rare to find any reference to the background of women who served as military nurses during t...

British Military Nurses and the Great War: a Guide to the Services

Little has been written about British military nurses during the Great War, and few primary sourc...

Blacks v. Whites 29 April 1919 Winchester, Hampshire

Blacks v. Whites Fight at Winchester Camp. A dozen men wounded. This shocking headline appeared i...

The Forgotten Front: East Africa 1914-1918

In Britain, most of the commemorative anniversaries held to mark events or battles or the First W...

'A Grant to Buy a Drum' what Acting-Sergeant Jesse Byford's Pension Card...

Acting-Sergeant Jesse Byford was given a pension when he was discharged on the 31st October 1917,...

The Story of the 62nd (West Riding) Division by Everard Wyrall

Depending on how one would define a Divisional History, approximately forty British Divisional Hi...

William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse – the first aviator VC

One of the original ‘magnificent men’, the story of William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse is truly fas...

The Landings at Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli

One of the most difficult military operations that can be undertaken is that of an opposed amphib...

St George’s Day at Zeebrugge

One of the reasons for Britain and her Empire going to war in 1914 was because of the perceived d...