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 Accrington Pals’ ‘Dug-Out’ of Distinction – Lieutenant-Colonel Arthu...

On 16 October 1925, 51 year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Wilmot Rickman had alighted from his ca...

Devils in Skirts: The Story of George Findlater VC

The tradition of pipers leading soldiers into battle was not a Great War phenomenon. It had devel...

The Sinking of the RMS Falaba, 28 March 1915.

The RMS Falaba was sunk by a German submarine on 28 March 1915. This incident, and that of the si...

A Family at War

One of the most persistent and annoying heresies about the past is that it was much simpler than...

Tom Roberts’ Letters Home 1915

Tom Roberts was born in Llanelli in South Wales, attended Park Street School, the Higher Grade Sc...

Brothers Buried Together during the First World War

The Western Front Association’s Pension Record Cards have been very useful in numerous ways – one...

Census 1841 to 2021

Anyone researching a person who served during the First World War will have some methods in commo...

Sergeant Alexander Edwards VC : 24 March 1918

Alexander Edwards was born in Lossiemouth on 4 November 1885, the son of Alexander and Jessie Edw...

Stereoscope: The Jordan/Ference Collection’s partnership with The Wester...

The Jordan/Ference Collection had its genesis in the mid-1990s. Bob Boyd and Doug Jordan were ind...

What got you interested in the First World War?

Tom Thorpe's opening question on the ‘Mentioned in Dispatches’ podcast series - at least for the...

The 2nd Northants at Neuve Chapelle

The initial impetus behind this article was research on Lieutenant George Duff Gordon, who hailed...

The Kinmel Park Riot of Canadian Servicemen March 1919

The events at Kinmel Park in North Wales in March 1919 were the most serious instance of a number...