Memory and Valour

7 - Life in the Trenches: In Their Own Words


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In this episode, we step inside the trenches of the Western Front, where soldiers lived every day with mud at their boots, fear in their lungs, and the constant thunder of artillery overhead. Through their routines, their hardships, and the rare moments of fragile humanity, we explore what life was truly like for the men who endured one of the harshest environments of the First World War.

From stand‑to at dawn to long nights of labour, from lice and rats to letters from home, this episode brings you into the world in which they survived, one day at a time.

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Memory and ValourBy Samantha L.G. McCrea