The British sector of the Western Front

History

The historical context of medicine in the early 20th century

Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front

The Chain of Evacuation on the Western Front

Medical treatment in Casualty Clearing Stations and Base Hospitals

The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine

In this unit, pupils study a specific historical environment. They learn about the local context of this area and the way in which it interacted with national issues and the themes they have studied in their thematic study.

Historic environments

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

{{}} are people who are injured or killed during a war.

Many soldiers drowned in mud during which battle?

How many casualties were there on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1916)?

Bacteria in the soil in Flanders and northern France caused which types of infection?

In good conditions, how many stretcher bearers were needed to evacuate a wounded soldier?

British success at First Battle of Ypres protected its control over ports

Chlorine gas used by German forces for the first time

British forces suffered 400 000 casualties at the Somme

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Medical treatments which involve cutting into the body are described as {{}}.

to sterilise surgical environments before operations begin

to destroy harmful microbes in wounds during an operation

to ensure patients don't go into shock during surgery

to prevent patients feeling too much pain during surgery

At the start of the 20th century, the inability to prevent {{}} made it impossible to store blood.

Which blood group can be transfused to any patient without complications?

Match each of the following developments to the century in which they occurred.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The British sector of the Western Front

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.