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What is the Officers’ Association?

Introduction The Officers’ Association (OA) is a British charity supporting military ex-officers and their families, founded in 1920. Background It received a Royal Charter on 10 June 1921 and is closely associated with The Royal British Legion. The Officers’ Association has a history of supporting officers and their dependents. It has historically helped to address… Read More

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What was the Silver Badge Party?

Introduction The Silver Badge Party was an unofficial political movement which existed in the United Kingdom during and immediately after World War I. The Party consisted of several groups representing the political interests of former service personnel. It took its name from the Silver War Badge (SWB) that was issued to servicemen who had been… Read More

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What was the National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers?

Introduction The National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers (NADSS) was a British veterans’ organisation. Background The group was founded in early 1917 at a conference in Blackburn, drawing together various local groups representing working men who had served in World War I but had since been discharged. It campaigned for better pensions, and more… Read More

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What was the Comrades of the Great War?

Introduction The Comrades of The Great War were formed in 1917 as an association to represent the rights of ex-service men and women who had served or had been discharged from service during World War I. Background Comrades of The Great War was one of the original four ex-service associations that amalgamated on Sunday 15… Read More

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What was the Hands Off Russia Campaign (1919)?

Introduction The Hands Off Russia campaign was an international political initiative first launched by British Socialists in 1919 to organise opposition to the British intervention on the side of the White armies against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War (1917-1923), as well as to oppose support for Poland during the Polish-Soviet war (1918-1921). The… Read More

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What was the National Union of Ex-Service Men?

Introduction The National Union of Ex-Servicemen (NUX) was a socialist ex-servicemen’s organisation founded in London in early 1919 with close links with the Labour Party. Background Many of its members were formerly supporters of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers and the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Union (SSAU). Within six months… Read More

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What was the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers?

Introduction The National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers (NFDDSS) was a British veterans organisation. The organisation was founded in January 1917 by various London-based veterans groups opposed to the Military Service (Review of Exceptions) Act 1917, which made it possible for people invalided out of the armed forces to be re-conscripted. It… Read More