They Shall not grow old

Before the battlefield

1. When did UK declare on Germany? _______
2. How many Germans was one Englishman believed to match? _______
3. Haw long did they believe the war to last? _______
4. What was the minimum age to join the army? _______
5. How old were the youngest volunteers? _______

6. Which of these items did the soldiers have in their kit?

slippers boots uniform puttees pyjamas overcoat raincoat needle fork pot

spoon glasses knife axe razor brush comb mug kilt vax

toothpaste toothbrush spare shirt underwear spare socks shaving brush

7. Put the activities in the correct order as the soldiers did them every day from morning till afternoon:

lunch breakfast wash parade pack kit shave march physical training pack bed lecture on guns

8. What did they usually have for breakfast? __________________________________________________

9. How long was their first march? _______
10. How much did the march increase every day? _______
11. How much did their kit weight? _______
12. What did they usually have for lunch? __________________________________________________
13. How many battalions and how many men were in one division? ______________
14. What did they do on Saturdays? _____________________
15. What did they do on Sundays? _____________________
16. How much did they change during the training in weight and height? ____________________________
17. How long was the training? _______
On the battlefield
1. How far from the trenches was the main camp and store? _______
2. How many lines of trenches were there? _______
3. What 2 items did they carry to the trenches in addition to their kit? _____________________
4. How many men were in one platoon? _______
5. What length of the trenches was one platoon operating on? _______
6. Where did they keep drinking water? _______
7. What 4 natural dangers threatened their lives? __________________________________________
8. How many men fed on one loaf of bread? _______
9. How many men fed on one chunk of bacon? _______
10. What else did they eat in the trenches? _________________________________________________
11. How much time was between a bomb was fired and hit the ground? _______
12. What was the effect of the mustard gas? __________________________________________
13. How did they protect from the gas? _________________________________________________
14. Which Germans were the worst? _____________________
15. Which of these were their time-off activities?

sport watching TV songs brothels training helping in the store repairing stuff

games sightseeing visiting home gambling growing crops building a railway

16. How far from the trenches was the artillery? _______
17. How did they transport the machine guns? _____________________
18. How much were the soldiers paid for two weeks in the trenches? _______
19. How many tanks were in the attack? _______
20. How long was the “Zero Hour” attack after they crossed to the German side? _______
21. How many men were in the attack at the beginning and at the end? _____________________
22. How did they treat the captives? ________________________________________________________
23. How did they feel after they returned home after the war? ___________________________________