Western Front Association
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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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Joined April 2009
@Gallipoli100 Conference bookings now closed. It's a sell-out!
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Tickets for our joint conference with @gallipoli100, ‘Courage without Glory,’ on 1 November are nearly sold out. Email events@gallipoli-association.org to secure your place. https://t.co/2Ha5WseXUM
#WWI #FirstWorldWar #Gallipoli #WesternFront #MilitaryHistory #History
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You may not have heard of Alfred Buckham, but this First World War aerial photographer’s extraordinary images deserve to be better known. Nine crashes couldn’t stop him. Major retrospective opens next month @NatGalleriesSco Edinburgh. https://t.co/k05p8ltze0
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HMHS Britannic artefacts see daylight after 109 years on seabed. Ship’s bell, lantern & tiles from the largest vessel lost in WWI now heading to Greek museum. Read the full story: https://t.co/vMc3eHbjv6
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🎬 NEW playlist launching: ‘Gallipoli - The Last Days’ (8 videos planned). Already live: Compton Mackenzie’s Suvla landings, Trooper Potts’ VC story on Hill 70, and ‘I Had to Shoot my Friends’. More first-hand accounts coming soon 👉
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On August 6, 1915, a new landing was made on the Gallipoli Peninsula, this time at Suvla Bay, north of Anzac. A footing was gained at tremendous cost. Some o...
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The WFA supported this choir’s moving visit to Ypres for the centenary of Field Marshal Sir John French’s death. Young voices honouring the fallen at St George’s Memorial Church & the Menin Gate—ensuring remembrance continues across generations. https://t.co/XazcBlCCFT
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📚 The Western Front Association PhD Grant Scheme 2025 is now open! Up to £2,500 available for doctoral researchers studying ANY First World War topic. Support your archival research & share cutting-edge findings with our members. Apply by 1 Dec 2025. https://t.co/i5sKvdJiFD
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Update: Artist Bruce McNally has refurbished his WWI memorial gates, replacing an anonymous Tommy with his great uncle – Private Alexander Kirkpatrick, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who died near Ypres in 1915: https://t.co/xeQeqx1wQa Kudos to Rob Kirk for the research.
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Can you help identify the artist? The WFA helping trace unknown #WWI painter. 8 watercolours from Western Front locations: https://t.co/XGfWwfe809
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Families of the fallen in WWI often sought to keep their loved ones close. Captain Reginald Percy Loyd MC, killed at Cambrai in 1917, lies in France, but his memorial in Hertfordshire, opposite his family home, brings him symbolically home. https://t.co/KsT97PSTP8
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Seeking relatives of Stoke’s WWI Victoria Cross heroes: L-Sgt John Harold Rhodes & Cpl Ernest Albert Egerton. Both earned the VC in 1917 battles. November commemorations planned. Contact: sot100@stoke.gov.uk Read more: https://t.co/REBkKTLvIL
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Step aboard a #WWI veteran. RRS ‘Discovery’ carried vital supplies to France & munitions to Russia 1915-18. She’s the stunning backdrop to our Scottish Conference, 20 Sept, Dundee 👉 https://t.co/KQ04eAs5Qr
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The official trailer for #TheChoral is here. Set in Yorkshire during WW1, a choral society recruits young boys after losing its men to the war. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, written by Alan Bennett, and starring Ralph Fiennes. In cinemas this Christmas.
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Keep updated with news related to #WW1. Our website reports on the recent discovery of the lost wreck of HMS Nottingham and the granting of Grade II listed status to eight First World War pillboxes in Norfolk. https://t.co/7lpRdgDckK
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Canadian Nursing Sisters Mowat, McNicholl, and Guilbride after receiving the Royal Red Cross at Buckingham Palace. Original image: LAC. Colourized version: The Vimy Foundation. https://t.co/lLw4uIgzEe
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Canadian nurses and their patients, No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Le Treport. Library and Archives Canada. https://t.co/lLw4uIgzEe
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‘From Lemnos to the Western Front...’ At our Nov 1st conference with @Gallipoli_Assoc, Dr Andrea McKenzie will illuminate the vital role of Canadian nurses in the Great War. Read more 👉 https://t.co/lLw4uIgzEe
#WW1 #Gallipoli
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This morning, soldiers of the 11th Essex & 8th Bedfordshire Regiments, killed in action in April 1917, were laid to rest at the CWGC Loos British Cemetery Extension. After 108 years, they have a final, honoured resting place. https://t.co/cYnJj1SebB
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🚪 Unique #WWI memorial: Artist Bruce McNally painted his garden gates with a Tommy, German soldier & Bairnsfatherʼs “Old Bill” to honor his great-uncle killed at Ypres 1915. “Those poor souls were in the same situation.” 📖 Article by Rob Kirk https://t.co/MPMDhg8x68
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