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 Soldier who never was: An example of a Change of Name in the Late-Vi...
Every student who undertakes research into the personal histories of soldiers who served in the V...
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The Man with Two Aliases - the explanation
I read with great interest the recent 'Trench Lines', especially the articles on hard-to-decipher...
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Blair Swannell - Lion at War
Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several...
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Bernard Vann VC: Christian Soldier
Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several...
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One of the ‘Forty Thieves’ Identified - Percy Fussell MM – Northampton S...
It’s a photograph we had seen before, without perhaps looking at it properly. An extraordinary i...
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Olympian and Composer: Frederick Septimus Kelly
Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several...
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German Memorials on the Western Front
One of the consequences of the German occupation of France during the First World War was that th...
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The loss of HMT Dane
Like most youngsters growing up in the 60s and 70s The Great War was a long time ago, and althoug...
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Oddities in the Pension Records
Within the Pension Records that The Western Front Association have saved are hundreds of thousand...
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Stewart McVey: The soldier with TWO aliases
One of the many names listed on Le Touret Memorial to the Missing is that of Corporal Stewart McV...
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Memories of Verdun by Francois Wikart
The following article is based on the recollections of General Caloni and recollections of the au...
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John Shirley - the soldier with two commemorations
The 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles was a regular battalion, which for most of the war was part...
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