• Pension Records

    Pension Records

    As members of The Western Front Association will know, in 2012 the WFA stepped in to save from destruction over six million pension records of men who served in the Great War. Below are various articles...

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  • TrenchMapper (Public)

    TrenchMapper

    This portal enables users to study thousands of trench maps from the First World War. To benefit from the full capabilities of this, members can use the full version in the members area of the website...

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  • Stereoscope

    Stereoscope

    Stereoscopic, or 3D, photography was very popular at the time of the Great War. Use the Filter function to select your area of interest from the thousands of images from the conflict that are available here...

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  • MOD War Detectives: future services

    MOD War Detectives: future services

    The Ministry of Defence's 'War Detectives' team (more formally the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemoration…

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  • Bolton Wanderers footballer killed in WW1 buried with military honours

    Bolton Wanderers footballer killed in WW1 buried with military honours

    A young officer who once played for Bolton Wanderers Football Club has recently been laid to rest 110 years after his de…

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  • American military hospital uncovered by archaeologists in France

    American military hospital uncovered by archaeologists in France

    On the Brest peninsula, close to the port of St Nazaire, has recently been discovered a Great War military hospital used…

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  • Great War Royal Naval signals book located in an Oxfam shop

    Great War Royal Naval signals book located in an Oxfam shop

    A Royal Navy signals book from World War 1 has recently been located in an Oxfam book shop in Bath more than a century a…

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  • Calling All Young Historians Aged 16-19. The Colin Hardy Memorial Prize is now open for 2024

    Calling All Young Historians Aged 16-19. The Colin Hardy Memorial Prize is now open for 2024

    The Colin Hardy Memorial annual competition to foster interest and scholarship in the First World War among young peop…

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  • I Was There!: New chapter of videos commences: First Ypres

    I Was There!: New chapter of videos commences: First Ypres

    The volunteers who are working on the audio visual interpretations of 'I Was There!' have now moved on to a new chapter,…

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  • Opens Today : A Great War Exhibition of Prints for Sale by Abbot & Holder in Collaboration with the Imperial War Museum

    Opens Today : A Great War Exhibition of Prints for Sale by Abbot & Holder in Collaboration with the Imperial War Museum

    Explore original prints from renowned First World War artists at Abbot & Holder. Today marks the opening of an exce…

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  • Announcing the full line up of speakers for the London Pride Conference on 15 June

    Announcing the full line up of speakers for the London Pride Conference on 15 June

    The Western Front Association is delighted to be hosting the London Pride Conference on 15 June. The event aims to provi…

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Benefits of Membership

The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 with the purpose of furthering interest in the history of the First World War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who served, on all sides, across all theatres and fronts, on land, at sea and in the air and at home, during the Great War. The Western Front Association is non-political and does not seek to glorify war. For a modest annual subscription, our members receive a wide range of benefits including our regular, high-quality publications Stand To! and Bulletin six times a year, access to the Stand To! archive, Gun Fire Archive, Military Factsheets and Pension Records database. In particular, belonging to The Western Front Association provides you with the opportunity of meeting like-minded people to learn, share, explore and exchange information and knowledge of the First World War in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

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  • 'Lancaster Great War Walk'

    'Lancaster Great War Walk'

    03 Jun 2024 18:30 Lancashire (North)

    This month we are having a gentle stroll around Lancaster sites connected to the Great War. The intention is to take ou…

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  • A talk by Meghan Kelleher on ‘The Commonwealth War Graves Enquiries Files’.

    A talk by Meghan Kelleher on ‘The Commonwealth War Graves Enquiries Files’.

    04 Jun 2024 17:00 Kent (East)

    Meghan studied at the University of Kent for a Modern History MA and returned in 2019 to complete a PhD.  Her studies fo…

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  • 'Somme success: The RFC and the Battle of the Somme, 1916' by Peter Hart

    'Somme success: The RFC and the Battle of the Somme, 1916' by Peter Hart

    05 Jun 2024 19:30 Cambridgeshire

    Peter discusses one of the great aerial battles played out during the summer and autumn of 1916 above the Somme battlefi…

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  • 'Leaders: the British Infantry NCO in the Great War; a Reappraisal' a talk by Dr Tom Greenshields

    'Leaders: the British Infantry NCO in the Great War; a Reappraisal' a talk by Dr Tom Greenshields

    06 Jun 2024 19:15 Middlesex

    Based on the speaker's ongoing research, it is argued that studies of leadership and command in the Great War have conce…

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  • Two Battalions on the Somme by Alan Robinson

    Two Battalions on the Somme by Alan Robinson

    07 Jun 2024 19:00 Merseyside

    The public perception that has grown over the years of the British army's involvement in the Somme battle is of troops p…

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  • The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunnelling companies by Keith Jones

    The War Underground on the Western Front - Pontypridd miners in the RE Tunnelling companies by Keith Jones

    07 Jun 2024 19:30 Wales (South)

    Undermining the positions of one’s enemy is one of the most ancient of martial activities. For almost 3000 years before …

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  • My Family and their Great War Stories - Richard Bagshaw

    My Family and their Great War Stories - Richard Bagshaw

    08 Jun 2024 14:00 Wolverhampton

    A personal talk of family history given by Richard Bagshaw - great war stories give us a personal view of what war was l…

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  • Shaking General Monash’s Pedestal: the Battle of Hamel 4 July 1918 by Derek Clayton

    Shaking General Monash’s Pedestal: the Battle of Hamel 4 July 1918 by Derek Clayton

    08 Jun 2024 14:00 Yorkshire

    The Battle of Hamel on 4 July1918 is often heralded as the 'perfect battle', with all objectives taken, as planned, by t…

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  • Open Meeting

    Open Meeting

    08 Jun 2024 14:30 Wales (North)

    This is an open meeting which will allow members to present stories, research, books and artefacts that are of particula…

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  • 'The Battle of St Mihiel 1918' a talk by MIchael O'Brien

    'The Battle of St Mihiel 1918' a talk by MIchael O'Brien

    10 Jun 2024 19:00 Staffs (North) & Cheshire (South)

    'The Battle of St Mihiel 12th-15th September 1918' a talk by Michael O'Brien

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  • London Pride Conference: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921

    London Pride Conference: The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-1921

    15 Jun 2024 09:30

    Doors Open at 9.30 (conference starts at 10.00) to 16.30. The London Pride Conference in 2024 aims to offer a comprehen…

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  • The WFA National Tour - From Retreat to the Aisne

    The WFA National Tour - From Retreat to the Aisne

    21 Jun 2024 08:30

    Tour Dates: 21 June - 24 June 2024 Price Per Person: £750:00  Single Supplement: £125:00   Hotel: Hotel Ibis Soissons…

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  • The WFA National Tour - Artois 1915

    The WFA National Tour - Artois 1915

    27 Sep 2024 08:30

    Tour Dates: 27 - 30 September 2024    Price Per Person: £750:00 (£125:00 Single Supplement) Hotel: Holiday Inn, Centra…

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Hewson Street was born 14 September 1893 Osbournby, Lincolnshire His parents were George Street (the local blacksmith) and Eliza Dixon Street (née Thorpe)  Hewson was raised in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.  At the 1901 Census, age 7, Hewson was at home living on Witham Road, Woodhall Spa with his parents, older sister and two younger siblings Gwendoline and Br…

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1 June 1918 : Captain Hewson Street MC & Bar
Pension Records

Pension Records

As members of The Western Front Association will know, in 2012 the WFA stepped in to save from destruction over six million pension records of men who served in the Great War. Below are various articl…

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The Latest WWI Podcast

The Latest WWI Podcast

The Western Front Association's podcasts are an eclectic mix of themed interviews with experts in their particular fields which shine a light into areas of the first world war which are sometimes over…

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World War I Book Reviews

World War I Book Reviews

First World War book reviews by academics, amateur historians, Western Front Association members and keen readers.

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World War I Articles

World War I Articles

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you w…

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