The WFA promotes an interest in the people, campaigns, events and aftermath on all fronts of the #WW1. Friendly and constructive discussion is encouraged.
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By November 1918 the British Army alone numbered 5,336,943 men. The War Office’s 1922 report ‘Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire’ set it all down – casualties, munitions, even the millions of horses, mules and camels. Free to read: westernfrontassociation.com/…
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The WFA President’s Conference: SOMME 110 has nearly sold out. Four historians – Badsey, Prime, Parker and Doyle – mark the battle’s 110th anniversary at the Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall, on 4 July 2026. Book before the last tickets go:
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One for your diary in October: The WFA’s Milton Keynes branch hosts a full day of Great War talks – Q-Ships, the Bantam battalions and war photographer Ariel Varges among them. Details: westernfrontassociation.com/…
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WFA branches run talks, seminars and study days throughout the year. Worth a regular look at what’s on near you:
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Ace in a day: instances of WW1 airmen shooting down multiple opponents in a single day. westernfrontassociation.com/… → featured in the excellent (and free!) newsletter of the @GWAS1914_1918
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Jack Tar: Churchill’s Little Army at Gallipoli → now on our YouTube channel. Steve Chambers’ excellent presentation on the RND. youtu.be/m3pZnvrESmw
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A petrol-engined narrow gauge locomotive built for service on the Western Front has been purchased by the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) at Skegness, joining nine other Simplex machines already in the care of the railway’s Historic Vehicles Trust. westernfrontassociation.com/…
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The WFA’s education grants support schools and colleges in running First World War learning activities that might otherwise be out of reach. Teachers can find details on our website. Warwickshire students were a recent beneficiary. westernfrontassociation.com/…
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After 20 years, the private First World War museum Romagne 14-18 is set to close later this year. The decision follows the seizure of 25,000 artifacts by French customs, enforcing national heritage laws regarding battlefield finds. Read the full story: westernfrontassociation.com/…
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Have you seen the trailer for Landship? youtu.be/eyAesKPdDCM
The film hits cinemas in just over a month.
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Sign up for Trench Lines, the regular email newsletter from The Western Front Association. News, events, articles and videos on the Great War, straight to your inbox. westernfrontassociation.com/… #FirstWorldWar
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The ‘Bond of Sacrifice’ set out to record every British officer killed in the Great War. Planned across 10 volumes, it collapsed after just two. David Tattersfield on what went wrong – with a downloadable index to both volumes by WFA volunteers.
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Rob Kirk remembers Sergeant Thomas Hunter, 10th Bn, Australian Imperial Force – ‘The Lonely Anzac.’ westernfrontassociation.com/…
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The complete run of ‘The Illustrated War News’ – 192 weekly editions from August 1914 to April 1918 – has been scanned, digitised and added to the WFA’s Searchable Magazine Archive. Now available to members. westernfrontassociation.com/…
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A chalk kiwi carved by New Zealand soldiers in 1919 has been restored with help from an RAF Chinook – ten tonnes of chalk dropped on to Beacon Hill, Wiltshire. westernfrontassociation.com/… #FirstWorldWar
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Western Front Association retweeted
The free Orient Line Heritage Trail is once again being held on 26 April and covers a distance of 8 miles led by @Sommeboysteve
Find out more @ bit.ly/4bYLXGf
The Trail is being supported by @Armyfa1888, @footballandwar and @TheWFA
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How well do you know French Flanders? Help us ID pictures taken in 1921 by Ronald Massey and his wife. Ronald’s brother was KIA serving with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps at Passchendaele. westernfrontassociation.com/…
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W.E. Johns – creator of Biggles – was never officially posted to 55 Squadron. He hitched lifts on bombers, survived two crashes, and talked his way in. His own account of how he got there – and what he found ↓
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Johns also described a long-distance bombing raid with 55 Squadron – five hours over enemy territory in a DH4, fighting Fokkers the whole way home ↓
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The RAF was formed on this day in 1918. Five months later, W.E. Johns – future creator of Biggles – was shot down flying with 55 Squadron. His observer was killed. Johns was taken prisoner. His own account of that flight ↓
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