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.

Understanding the Ledger Indexing

This article aims to set out some of the technical aspects of the indexing of - and subcategories...

A Further Release of First World War Pension Records by Ancestry

Western Front Association members will already know that the Naval Records were released a few we...

An Amusing Tale from Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO : 'A King Returns...

Brigadier General R J Kentish DSO was the inspirational first Commandant of the 3rd Army School...

'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Bart: GCB, KCVO, DSO (Part II)

(Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at Aberga...

Further sets of Pension Records saved by The Western Front Association a...

The Western Front Association are pleased to share the excellent news that Ancestry will be makin...

Great War Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: deeper understanding

The history of the Great War is not just about generals and statesmen. In examining the Great Wa...

'Wully' Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Bart : GCB, KCVO, (Part I)

Part 1 (Lecture delivered by John Terraine at the Western Front Association's Annual Seminar at...

Pension Record Cards and Ledgers: some examples of dependents' cards

Just part of one load of the records being transferred to the WFA's storage facility. Three HGVs...

British Military Leadership in the First World War by John Terraine

(This lecture was given by John Terraine , the then Honorary President of The Western Front Assoc...

Mons 1914 by John Terraine

Mons 1914 (Lecture given to The Western Front Association in 1990 by the then Honorary President...

Britain in the First World War : Lecture given by John Terraine in 1988

(Lecture given by John Terraine in 1988) The 1914-1918 War was, for Britain, a traumatic experien...

1914-1918 Essays on Leadership & War by John Terraine : Introduction by...

The articles that made up 'Leadership & War' were edited by Ann Clayton, in 1998 the Honorary...