World War I Articles | The Western Front Association

Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.

Malaria in the Great War

A 1946 map by kind permission of the World Health Organisation) Malaria in the Great War by Dr D...

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 1:...

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 1: Dealing with Wound Relat...

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front : Wound Induced Trauma R...

British Medical Casualties on the Western Front in the Great War Part 2: Wound Induced Trauma Rel...

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...

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918

The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Dr. David Payne, PhD EurProBiol CBiol MIBiol History records se...

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...

Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills : The Clifftop Amazon

Following the early death of her father, Janet Stancomb and her sister were adopted by their uncl...

The Thing Called 'Armistice' by A S Taylor

(This article first appears in Stand To! No. 74 September 2005 pp 51-52) Stand To! 72 had just ar...

The Armistice at Home and Abroad : 11 November 1918

The Armistice at Home and Abroad Armistice Day’s rejoicing spread throughout Britain at remarkabl...

The Armistice and Afterwards: Extracts from the Diaries of QMS Edgar Wig...

The Armistice and Afterwards: Extracts from the Diaries of QMS Edgar Wignall RAMC by Clive R Harr...

A Memoir of the Final Advance 1918

A Memoir of the Final Advance 1918 by Sergeant W G Sweet, 2nd Monmouthshire edited by Barry Johns...

Captain Horace Coomber

Captain Horace Coomber By Gareth Morgan This article first appeared in the Australian Society...