Journey's End- Context

Question 1

When was Journey’s End first performed?

Answer 1

1928

Question 2

Was Sherriff initially an officer?

Answer 2

Sherriff applied during the outbreak of the war, but they didn’t approve of his Grammar School education.
As war progressed, many officers were lost, accepted Sherriff as officer in 1915.

Question 3

Where did Sherriff start as an officer?

Answer 3

Vimy Ridge

Question 4

What happened to Sherriff during the war?

Answer 4

1917, severely wounded and sent home.
Demobbed in 1919.

Question 5

What days is Journey’s End set?

Answer 5

Doesn’t say, but can infer 19th-21st March (three days before the Spring Offensive).

Question 6

What is the Spring Offensive nicknamed?

Answer 6

Operation Michael.

Question 7

Why might Trotter be so obsessed with food?

Answer 7

Hot food not provided on the front line until 1915.
Sense of normality, domesticity. Sit down to eat. Only link to past life.

Question 8

What did R.C. Sherriff suffer with?

Answer 8

Neuralgia, like Hibbert.