Inside
a Trench
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Trenches
like this were extremely hard to live in. Click
here to listen to the memories of Charles
Quinnell, who fought in the trenches on the
Western Front. (Sound file hosted on the Imperial
War Museum's web site). |
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Diagram
of a World War one trench. This illustrates
how harsh the conditions must have been. Water
has nowhere to go, conditions in the sleeping
quarters must be damp, cramped and noisy to
say the least. |
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"Everyone
carried a field dressing ..."
Excellent sound file from the Imperial War Museum's
site. Looking at images such as the one to the
right it is clar why people would need to carry
such dressings. Trenches often were not high
enough to conceal someone stood upright, after
barrages the soldier may have used craters to
gain more protection. In conditions such as
these it is obvious that illness and disease,
along with mental illnesses caused by the strain
of the war would be rife. |
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