The WFA aims to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who fought on all sides and who served their countries during the Great War.

It was in this context, over the following years, that John Giles developed the idea for an association on the First World War with its emphasis on the Western Front.

It would be, John Giles was clear, 'The Western Front' and not, in his words about 'Salonica or Naval battles; - the definitive article 'The' was also stipulated.

The website of The Western Front Association is a hub for this educational charity: content and resources included many hundreds of articles, book reviews and podcasts, as well as member login access to 8.4 million digitised Pension Records, archived journals and magazines, including the entire 40+ year archive of the WFA's own journal 'Stand To!'

This contains articles on the military and social history of The Great War on all fronts globally: at sea, in the air, on land and at home.

In addition there are over 250 podcasts 'Mentioned in Dispatches' and on the WFA YouTube channel many hundreds of videos - often carefully produced recordings of webinars and in-person lectures.

[3] In November 2012, the WFA announced that it has secured over six million Pension Index Cards and Ledgers from the UK's Ministry of Defence, which would otherwise have been destroyed.

These are an extremely valuable primary source for family and military historians as they provide information on men (and some women) who served in the Great War and who subsequently applied for a pension.

This consists of the largest oral history collection of its type in the world, with contributions from both service personnel and non-combatants as well as significant holdings of speeches, sound effects, broadcasts, poetry and music.

The Western Front Association funded digitisation of the majority of IWM's First World War sound recordings, thereby widening public access to this important historical resource.

Past Presidents: John Terraine FRHist.SCorrelli Barnett CBE, DSc, MA, FRSI, FRHistS, FRSA Past Vice Presidents: The Earl Kitchener TD, DL Tony Noyes CEng MICE John TolandThe Prince Albrecht, Duke of BavariaGeneral Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, GBE, KCB, DSO, MCThe Earl Haig, OBE, KStJ, DLCol Terry Cave CBE Leonard G. Shurtleff André Coillot.