The British Sector of the Western Front: Injuries
1. Study Source A. If the historian had used Source A to investigate the issue of trench foot, what other source would be the best to use to help in their enquiry?
Source A: From an account written after the First World War by Captain Impey. Captain Impey was an officer in the Royal Sussex Regiment, which served on the Western Front. Here he is describing the conditions in the trenches and the problem of trench foot.
'The trenches were wet and cold and some of them did not have duckboards covering the mud on the floor of the trench. Many trenches also did not have dug-outs where soldiers could shelter while they slept. The battalion lived in mud and water. These conditions caused many men to develop trench foot. Altogether about 200 men with trench foot had to be evacuated from our section of the trenches. Trench foot was a new illness and it was virtually important to provide dry socks for the troops. Rubber boots were provided for the troops in the worst positions in the trenches. One section of the trench was kept as an area where men were sent, two at a time, to rub each other's feet with grease. They would do this at least once a day.' |
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