Application Deadline: Tuesday 1st December 2020 The Western Front Association PhD Grant Scheme is offered to provide research scholars the opportunity to enrich their research so that it makes a new and definitive contribution to the knowledge of the First World War. The Western Front

Here is the July 2020 issue of Mars & Clio. Many thanks to all our contributors who have written about their experiences at this time, whether about plague or not.

Having just returned from a Tour of the First Battle of the Marne I am writing a brief note about the works of the French soldier and historian, Michel Goya https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Goya . I am most grateful to Tim Gale (French Tanks of the Great War) https://www.waterston

Imperial War Museums are re-opening. https://www.iwm.org.uk/

William Philpott explores the complex range of soldiers’ representations of the war, which were much more varied than suggested by the hitherto predominant narrative of disenchantment, disillusionment and tragedy. In fact there were ‘myriad attempts to find meaning’: the war remains a

A one day conference about the legacies of the Great War will be held at the National Army Museum on Saturday 6 July. “Ends and Beginnings: Legacies of the Great War” will explore aspects of the conflict following the Armistice on 11 November 1918.  Organised jointly by the British Co

A one day conference about the legacies of the Great War was held at the National Army Museum on Saturday 6 July. BCMH, Western Front Association (WFA) and the National Army Museum (NAM) had collaborated to launch it.    Justin Maciejeski, Director of the NAM, welcomed us to the Museu

This  is a remarkable project and website documenting the geographical distribution of UK citizens who died in the Great War. The map is here: A Street Near You When searching, insert the relevant postcode and then press the Enter key. Clicking on the search icon (the magnifying glass

Tickets are now running short.  If you wish to attend - BOOK NOW! The British Commission for Military History (BCMH) and the Western Front Association (WFA) are organizing a two day conference on the final campaigns of the First World War  to be held at the Army & Navy Club, (know

  Link to Programme    ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) is delighted to present its annual International Conference of Dress Historians on Friday, 26 October 2018. The conference theme and title are: Dress and War: Clothing and Textiles at Home and Abro