Western Front Association

@TheWFA

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

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Western Front Association
@TheWFA
Oct 17
In Admiral Nelson’s Norfolk village, four of the nine names on the war memorial are Futter. None were brothers or cousins. Dr Alan Hawkins and Rob Kirk show how the pension records saved by the WFA helped unpick the puzzle. westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-ar…
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Western Front Association
@TheWFA
Oct 12
Useless cavalry, blundering generals? Prof Stephen Badsey takes on some of the most persistent myths of the Western Front and makes the case for British cavalry as a valuable, if controversial, arm. youtu.be/yHxkpnPe9b8
Western Front Association
@TheWFA
Oct 4
The WFA Calendar 2027 is now available. It features twelve members’ photographs of First World War battlefields, on the Western Front and beyond, each with a commentary that sets the scene. Sales support the work of the WFA. Order online: westernfrontassociation.com/about-the-wfa/…
Western Front Association
@TheWFA
Oct 1
A British trench map drawn in April 1917 has helped a French government service investigate ground movement at Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais. The map, found in the WFA’s TrenchMapper, records the ground before a century of rebuilding. Pierre Rouvillois reports: westernfrontassociation.com/news/2026/sept…
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Western Front Association
@TheWFA
Sep 29
Who are the MOD’s ‘War Detectives’? Rosie Barron of the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre explains how her small Gloucester team identifies First World War soldiers recovered from old battlefields and gives them a named grave at last. youtu.be/5pzewQzATqE @wardetectives