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We meet at the Trinity with Palm Grove United Reformed and Methodist Church

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Who are the Merseyside Branch?

The Merseyside Branch of The Western Front Association (WFA) was formed more than thirty years ago and meets at 7pm on the first Friday of each month, at the Trinity and Palm Grove United Reformed and Methodist Church,
​ Alton Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, Wirral,
​ CH43 1UZ.

As well as meeting once a month, the branch also has days out visiting places with a Great War interest. Every two years we have a Battlefield Tour to France and Belgium and we also have an excellent social evening in December, affectionately known as the Christmas Bash.

Want to learn more about the branch? Click here, or you can: -

Email us: [email protected]

​Visit our Facebook Page: Merseyside Branch Western Front Association

Some of the Branches many Events.

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Branch Meetings

​The Last Branch Meeting was on Friday
3rd July 2026, the Speaker was
Ross Beadle and the talk was entitled
"More to it than Tanks - The Battle of Cambrai-November-December 1917 "

The next meeting is on Friday 7th August 2026 and the talk is entitled
​ "The Battle of Nonne Bosschen 11th  November 1914" and the speaker will be Vern Littley.

​Details of our talks for 2026 can be found here.
Everyone is welcome to attend so please come along and enjoy a friendly atmosphere with great company.  

Judith Beastall standing in and giving an excellent presentation on the Royal Naval Division 

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Grave Commemoration Project

The Grave Commemoration Project was setup to remember the men & women who fell during the Great War.  The names of those who lost their lives during the Great War can be found on Memorials to the Missing, a War Grave maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, local War Memorials or on a plaque in their local Church or place of work.

However, they are also remembered on family gravestones or memorials in  local churchyards or cemeteries.  Our aim is to visit churchyards and cemeteries in the Merseyside & Cheshire areas and take photographs of these memorials and add the details of these men & women to a database.  So far we have collected details and photographs of over 2000 gravestones.

For details of some of the gravestones we have taken pictures of click here.

One of the many gravestones photographed for our Grave Commemoration Project.

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Cheerio

Cheerio

If you would like to receive a copy of the branch newsletter, Cheerio, get in touch on the email address above. It only costs £12 per year.

The newsletter is published every two months and is filled full of articles from the knowledgeable members of the Merseyside Branch Western Front Association.  It is available in PDF format.

To read previous articles from Cheerio, which are available to download, click here.

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Members' Pages

Members of the Merseyside Branch of the Western Front  Association have a page where they can contribute Articles & photographs to the website. 

To view the Articles & Photographs please ​click here.

The Brooding Soldier Canadian Memorial at St Juliaan, Vancouver Corner, near Ypres.

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The Western Front Association was formed in 1980 to maintain interest in the period 1914-1918, to perpetuate the courage, comradeship, sacrifice and memory of those on all sides who served their country in France and Flanders and their own countries during the Great War. It does not seek to glorify war and is non-political. For a modest annual subscription, our members receive a wide range of benefits. In particular, belonging to the WFA provides you with the opportunity of meeting like-minded people to learn, share, explore and exchange information and knowledge in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. You will also receive our regular, high-quality publications Stand To! and Bulletin six times a year.
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Further information and details of membership can be found on the WFA website. 

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