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God punishes England - German slogan 1918

God punishes England - German slogan 1918
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Ian Campbell's mother's family - Clague - lived in Lowestoft

Ian Campbell's mother's family  - Clague  - lived in Lowestoft
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Postcards showing bomb damage in 1916
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Morthoe lighthouse where Ian's grandfather worked

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80,000 Shell Shock cases were reported during the conflict. Symptons included facial tics, stomach cramps, nightmares and diarrhoea. Shell Shock was never recognised as a medical condition. The difficulty was there was no sign of physical trauma in those afflicted, so those men who suffered were given a few days rest then sent back into the line.

By 1918 around 126,000 women from mainly the upper and middle classes had volunteered as Voluntary Aid Detached Nurses and Auxiliaries, including the Testament of Youth author Vera Brittain

PLASTIC SURGERY

Harold Gillies, a New Zealand doctor pioneered facial reconstruction at a special plastic Surgery unit in Sidcup Kent, treating 2,000 wounded patients after the Battle of the Somme.

Ambulance Train 1914 -18

Ambulance Train 1914 -18

1918 The wounded at Roehampton Hospital

1918 The wounded at Roehampton Hospital

Rehab of blind soldiers

Rehab of blind soldiers

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Lloyd George

Lloyd George

Embroidered cards

Embroidered cards
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