Questions From WW1 Cassette Tape Flashcards
Enlistment:
How old had you to be to go over seas
19
Enlistment:
How old was the guy in the cassette tape
18 and 1 month
Enlistment:
What was the popular view of the war
It would be over by Christmas
Enlistment:
When did opinion start to change
When they found out how thinly they were on the ground and how organised the Germans were and when the wounded began to come home.
Equipment:
Did recruits get all the uniform, equipment they needed
No it depended on what they had in the store room and whether it fitted you, clothing came PEACEMEAL. It took a fortnight for soldiers to get full uniform.
Equipment:
What phrase is used to describe their appearance
Ragtime lot and mottly crew
Trenches:
What was a fire-bay
A miniature fire place for tea and coffee
Trenches:
Why did sentries use a periscope
To look over the top of the trench
Trenches:
List 5 jobs done at night
Ration party, water party, wiring party, lifting post and patrols
Weather:
His deep was mud in winter
Up to someone’s knees
Weather:
What hazard faced men weighed down with equipment
They could fall into shell holes while carrying extra barb wire and pickets
Weather:
When was the coldest winter
1916-1917
Weather:
Describe trench foot
Feet used to get wrinkled as if you were in the bath, because of being in cold water and frost for too long
Weather:
What was used to combat trench foot
Take boots and socks off and rub feet with whale oil
Vermin:
How did they get rid of body lice
They took off their shirt and vest p, went through them and cracked the lice with their fingers and also run the seam of the trousers with a candle.
Vermin:
What size were the rats
As big as kittens
Vermin:
How did soldiers get rid of rats
They put a pole up and punched the rat when it walked along it.
Vermin:
What did rats eat
Anything they through away, garbage and dead bodies
Rations:
List 3 basic foods
Bread, cheese, corn beef (bully beef) (1 tin between 2 or sometimes 1 each
Rations:
What did water taste like
Chlorine, also petrol (had to boil water to get rid of bad taste)
Rations:
What extra rations did soldiers receive
Jam (plum and apple jam) and a tin of stew
Gas:
How were soldiers warned of gas
Shell cases were strung up with wire and banged if gas was near
Gas:
How could chlorine gas be detected
By smelling it
Gas:
List 3 effects of mustard gas
Blindness, burns and sores on the eyes
Shell-shock:
What was this
It is the olden day word for PTSD, it was where a soldiers life was impacted after war, for example when they heard a car door bang they would dive for cover as its their natural reflex
Shell-shock:
What effect did it have on soldier
Depression, anxiety, fear and relief of getting out
