I quite like playing in the mud. But I’d probably feel different if I was a soldier in the trenches during World War One. WW1 SOLDIER JACK: Mud? Oh, we know all about mud here on the Western Front.
But I was afraid. I was afraid of myself. I wondered if I would live long enough to get out of the trench and, if I did, would I have enough puff left in me to cover that 400 yards or so in one ...
The trenches were rediscovered at the Ministry of Defence's Browndown site in 2011 First World War practice trenches that were lost beneath heathland for decades have been granted heritage ...
The Yorkshire Trench, near Ypres, was built and occupied in 1915 by soldiers from the county. It was rediscovered in the 1990s when amateur archaeologists found the bodies of about 200 soldiers there.
Infiltration trenches are linear ditches that collect rain water from adjacent surfaces, and their highly permeable soils allow the water to quickly seep into the ground. As mentioned, infiltration ...
READ MORE: The Leicestershire beauty spot named one of the UK's best for seeing autumnal leaves She said: “WW1 nurses encouraged ... the turnip field to our trench we were held spellbound.
Aerial view of a practice trench from the south-east, with figures digitally superimposed to show its line Credit: Historic England/PA Practice trenches from the First World War are among the ...
She said: “WW1 nurses encouraged patients to write about ... our mood may have helped but as the sound floated over the turnip field to our trench we were held spellbound. Going into the auction ...
READ MORE: The Leicestershire beauty spot named one of the UK's best for seeing autumnal leaves She said: “WW1 nurses encouraged patients to write about their experiences ... The stillness of the ...