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Describe A Typical Day In The Trenches

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A normal day where they were not fighting on the front/in the trenches where soldiers lived started off at 5am where the soldiers “stand-to.” They did it half an hour before and after their rum ration at 5:30am. Breakfast which typically consisted of bacon and tea was at 7am. At 8am, the soldiers cleaned themselves, weapons and maintained the trench by tidying it up, taking the war debris and dead bodies out. Officers would inspect it after they finished. Dinner was served at noon and after dinner came their rest time with some soldiers on duty. They had tea at 5pm following stand-to half an hour before and after dusk. From 6:30pm, the soldiers worked all night such as digging the trenches, putting barbed wire and patrolling, leaving them very

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