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.
Lily Wedge – A Portsmouth War Widow
This investigation began during the ‘Big Push’ project, with the discovery of a pension card for...
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An American in the British Forces: The story of Owen Cobb Holleran and h...
Born in 1892 in Atlanta Georgia in the United States, Owen’s father, was Irish and his mother Ame...
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Friday the 13th in the 13th month of the war: The sinking of the Royal E...
It was a Friday morning in August – the 13th month of the war - and perhaps some of the more supe...
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A unique headstone detailing two men, but only one of which is buried here
La Clytte Military Cemetery is a concentration cemetery located eight kilometres to the south wes...
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Private memorials (non standard CWGC headstones) in cemeteries in France...
The fundamental principle underpinning the work of the newly formed Imperial War Graves Commissio...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Profiles of the Officers of the 36th (Ulst...
Until the beginning of this century it has been very difficult for historians to analyse the prof...
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Summoned by Bells: Duke Niall and the Inveraray Bell Tower
Nial Diarmid Campbell, (1872-1949) the 10th Duke of Argyll and MacCalein Mor was, to say the leas...
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A brief history of IR 63
The 63rd Silesian Regiment was a unit of the German Imperial Army during the First World War. It...
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William Walshaw – a man of many talents?
Introduction & Pension Cards The following saga originated from the discovery of a pension ca...
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Passing the torch of remembrance: From the Old Contemptibles to the WFA
On 11 November 2024, the Western Front Association marks the thirtieth anniversary of a tradition...
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The blueprint for the design of cemeteries after the war was set out in the Kenyon Report ‘War Gr...
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Private Arthur Gurr and the Battle of Boars Head
The sparse beauty of the rolling chalk grassland that is the South Downs has long been celebrated...
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