Welcome to the London (East) branch of The Western Front Association.
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Upcoming Branch Events
Members' Christmas Night including the Annual Quiz
The Annual Branch Christmas Night complete with Chris Daughter's Bumper Quiz, seasonal refreshments and a Special Guest Speaker.
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'Meeting in No Man's Land' with Martin Spafford
Martin Spafford will be giving a talk on an Age Exchange project that brought British and German descendants together to share their family history of the Great War and its legacy across the generations. Martin spent more than twenty years as a history teacher in Leyton, working with young people on a variety of oral history projects. Since retiri…
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‘Nursing and medical care during the First World War and developments since’ with Emily Mayhew
Emily Mayhew will be giving a talk on ‘Nursing and medical care during the First World War and developments since.' Dr Emily Mayhew is a military medical historian specialising in the study of severe casualty, its infliction, treatment and long-term outcomes in 20th and 21st century warfare. She is historian in residence in the Department of Bioe…
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