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Welcome to The Western Front Association

The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed with the aim of furthering interest in The Great War of 1914-1918. We also aim to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those on all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries during The Great War.

Established in 1980 by noted military historian John ...

Front Forum - Join Up!

Have you got something to say about the Great War? Do you need some help on an item of Great War research? Want to chat online with like-minded people?

If so, the WFA's Online Forum - the "Front Forum" is for you.

You can find it here: Front Forum . You can also find a link to the Forum via the Resources menu on the home page of the WFA website.

The For...

Bulletin No 84 June/July 2009

The Bulletin is the in-house magazine of the WFA. It is published three times a year in February/March, June/July and October/November.

As a subscribed member of the WFA, you will be sent your copy by post as soon as it is published. This publication, together with your copies of Stand To! which is also sent to you three times a year, form one of the...

Contribute to the WFA Website

Would you like to contribute to the WFA website?

The Editor welcomes your contributions to the WFA website for the following:

Your photographs of:

• contemporary shots of battlefields and memorials;
• then and now photographic comparisons;
• Great War artefacts and their stories;
• individuals in the Great War and their stories.

Your videos - visits to the battlefields...

Stand To! No 85 April/May 2009

Stand To! No 85, the journal of the Western Front Association, is now being distributed to current subscribed members of the WFA.

Stand To! is published three times a year in Dec/Jan, April/May and Aug/Sept.

The Editor is always prepared to consider original articles for publication.

Below you will find the contents list and an example article from the cu...

Photography Competition 2009

The Western Front Association (WFA) is pleased to announce the start of an Annual Photographic competition. The WFA is challenging photographers of all ages to send in their photographs that illustrate the theme of " Remembrance ".

The competition has two categories:

• WFA Photograph of the Year
• WFA Junior Photograph of the Year

Whether you're a WFA member...

Mapping the Front: Great War Trench Map DVD Collection

in partnership with

The Imperial War Museum

Join the WFA Online or by Post

Some 6,000 WFA members throughout the world are involved in the many different aspects of 'Remembering' The Great War. These include our members' own research into family, military or social history, the maintenance of memorials, visiting battlefield and remembrance sites, participating in local Branch activities and writing or giving talks about T...