Food
The food that was given to the soldiers in trenches were not great and they had to ration the foods so that the food they had would be things like
1 1/4 lb fresh or frozen meat, or 1 lb preserved or salt meat
1 1/4 lb bread, or 1 lb biscuit or flour
4 oz. bacon
3 oz. cheese
5-8 oz. tea
4 oz. jam
3 oz. sugar
1/2 oz salt
1/36 oz. pepper
1/20 oz. mustard
8 oz. fresh or 2 oz. dried vegetables
1/10 gill lime juice (if fresh vegetables not issued);
1/2 gill rum (at discretion of commanding general)
up to 2 oz. tobacco per week (at discretion of commanding general)
This is what the British forces would have as a daily ration and the Germans had very similar amounts.
As you would already know the lack of fresh food or meat was a contributing factor to many vitamin deficiency diseases.
1 1/4 lb fresh or frozen meat, or 1 lb preserved or salt meat
1 1/4 lb bread, or 1 lb biscuit or flour
4 oz. bacon
3 oz. cheese
5-8 oz. tea
4 oz. jam
3 oz. sugar
1/2 oz salt
1/36 oz. pepper
1/20 oz. mustard
8 oz. fresh or 2 oz. dried vegetables
1/10 gill lime juice (if fresh vegetables not issued);
1/2 gill rum (at discretion of commanding general)
up to 2 oz. tobacco per week (at discretion of commanding general)
This is what the British forces would have as a daily ration and the Germans had very similar amounts.
As you would already know the lack of fresh food or meat was a contributing factor to many vitamin deficiency diseases.
diseases
There were many diseases that could not only make people sick but kill them. the most common disease that got soldiers feet and legs get cut off was trench foot. trench foot was a disease that happens when your feet get soggy from wet shoes and socks. there were also many more including: shell shock
blindness or burns from mustard gas
There was also trench fever, that was found to be cause by lice, and in the last year of the war, the "Spanish Flu" hit the world, including the trenches of Europe.
blindness or burns from mustard gas
There was also trench fever, that was found to be cause by lice, and in the last year of the war, the "Spanish Flu" hit the world, including the trenches of Europe.