Life in Combat

Image of soldiers taking German prisoners of war on the battlefield. (DUL ref: Lowe papers File B1)

When we think of the life of the men serving in the First World War we probably always think of them actually fighting. You may have some idea of what it was like at the Front from reading accounts of battles or some of the many First World War poems. We’re going to use some accounts written at the time to see if we can find out some more about what life was like in combat. Find out how the army tried to prevent the men suffering from frostbite, what a bombing raid could be like, what conditions in the trenches were like and what it was like to go over the top and attack the enemy.