Life in the Trenches

Question 1

Rats

Answer 1

Rats were prominent due to damp conditions and feasting on corpses, would bite soldiers leading in outbreaks of TB

Question 2

Lice

Answer 2

Often burrowed in Scottish soldiers kilts, caused outbreaks in trench fever making soldiers unfit to fight

Question 3

Trench foot

Answer 3

Muddy, wet conditions caused large amounts of water to deteriorate soldiers’ foot muscles, often caused amputation

Question 4

PTSD

Answer 4

Many soldiers couldn’t cope physiologically with the stress of the war, causing them to act erratic, dandering themselves, plus others

Question 5

Snipers

Answer 5

Constant threat to soldiers had to be weary of their every move or they could get a bullet through their head

Question 6

Boredom

Answer 6

Routine was repetitive, everyday was the same, same chores caused to soldiers to become fed up and demoralised