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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 Camera Returns No.26 by Bob Grundy and Steve Wall

[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.44 in September 1995. Members receive the magazine t...

David Cohen Former Chairman of The Western Front Association, Gallery Ow...

War Art (David Cohen) Introduction Deputy Chairman: [Stand To 14 Summer 1985] Chairman: [Stand T...

‘The care of the wounded horse in Northern France' by Fortunino Mantania...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! No. 44 September 1995]. Fortunino Matania R.I. was bo...

The Tragic Story of 2/Lt Stewart Ridley

'He spent his dear boy’s life for England' Engine failure was a persistent hazard for fliers duri...

Britain's Most Decorated Soldier in the First World War

There are many categories and definitions of ‘hero’, but the main thread is associated with physi...

The Raid on Yarmouth : 3 November 1914

The raid took place on 3 November 1914, and was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the Brit...

Man Alive! The case of Stoker Joseph Brown

On 26 July 1917 the obsolete cruiser HMS Ariadne was minelaying in the English Channel, a role fo...

How to use The Western Front Association's Pension Records to locate nav...

In October 2018 the first of the WFA's Pension Records were published by our partners Ancestry. S...

The Battle of Jutland: A Boy Telegraphist : 31 May 1916

On 31 May 1916 the largest naval battle of the First World War took place off the coast Denmark....

Divisional Memorials on the Western Front

It all started with a conversation. Clive Harris, on one of the excellent battlefield tours run b...

Colour patches in the Australian forces

It is often difficult to identify the units men served in from the photographs that are available...

For the Fallen - the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in many lands

Whilst it is unimaginable for any battlefield tour not to include at least one cemetery, the sad...