Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. All are examples of the kind of work featured in Stand To!
After Amiens – 38th (Welsh) Division
It happened in the barber’s where my mother had taken me when I was a young child. ‘Mummy, why is that man making funny…
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Arthur Boyle Private and Pensioner
Painting by Diane Lavery 1998 from a photograph of Arthur Boyle taken in 1917 Arthur Boyle, born in 1894, from …
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Divisional Concert Troupes
This item appeared first appeared in Communication Lines (letters to the editor) in the Stand To ! No. 31 Winter…
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The Final One Hundred Days of the Western Front
Introduction The British involvement in war on the Western Front lasted for 1,294 days: from the 12th of August 1914 - …
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Tom Cormie’s War Diary 1917-18
'Thomas Cormie, born 16th September 1893 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland was my father', writes Andrew Cormie, featured in …
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Malaria in the Great War
A 1946 map by kind permission of the World Health Organisation) Malaria in the Great War by Dr David Payne (This …
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British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 1: Dealing with…
British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 1: Dealing with Wound Related Trauma by Dr David P…
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British Medical Casualties on the Western Front : Wound Induced Trauma Related to Tec…
British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 2: Wound Induced Trauma Related to Technological …
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The Battle Against Venereal Disease in Wartime Britain (1914-1918)
The Battle Against Venereal Disease in Wartime Britain (1914-1918) by Emily Payne (This articles first appears in Stand…
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The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Dr. David Payne, PhD EurProBiol CBiol MIBiol History records several great pandemics …
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Corporal. F. G. Head - A Lion and a Lamb
A few years ago I undertook to research some family history with regard to my grandfather and his role in The Great War.…
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Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills : The Clifftop Amazon
Following the early death of her father, Janet Stancomb and her sister were adopted by their uncle, Sir William Henry Wi…
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