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 Iron 12 : The inauguration of the Iron Memorial and Commemorative Pl...

This article first appeared in Bulletin No.91 October/November 2011. Bulletin and Stand To! are t...

Further Hints and Tips to assist with finding Pension Records

The following may assist WFA members in the search for pension records 1) If using a regimental n...

Iris Hotblack and Alan ‘Balmy’ Morton : love letters from the Front

At the outbreak of war in 1914, 20-year-old Miss Iris Mary Hotblack was at home with her family....

Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: how they fitted in to the bigger pictu...

In an earlier article we looked at some cases of Pension records and compared the WFA's pension c...

The Camera Returns No.56 by Steve Wall and Bob Grundy

This item first appeared in Stand To! No. 74 September 2005 p.54. All these articles can be enjoy...

Pension Claims: Same Man, Different Claim

The following article, by Craig Suddick, looks at a fairly uncommon scenario: the pension claim f...

Iron Clad. The Service of 202081 Pte Frank Reece Beresford, H Bn Tank Co...

[This article first appeared in Stand To! No.40 Spring 1994 (pp13-14) The entire archive of Stand...

Unindexed Pension Cards. The 'Missing 22 drawers'

In recent days an issue has come to light that affects approximately 2 percent of the Pension Car...

Articles on Tanks in Stand To 1 to 116 (1981 to 2019)

There are no fewer than 25 articles on tanks featured in Stand To! A popular subject, it has been...

The Camera Returns No. 10 at the Central Tank Workshops at Erin, near St...

'Camera Returns' No. 10 appeared in Stand To! No. 28 Spring 1990. Some 30 years later the 100th '...

Project ALIAS: A major scheme to locate men who served using a 'differen...

There are many fascinating quirks within the Pension Record Cards which have been saved by The We...

The Disabled First World War Soldier : how his pension was calculated

A man who was discharged as medically unfit where that unfitness was certified as being either ca...