Does Stanhope need a rest?

Stanhope has been out on the front a long long time. He insists that he doesn't need a rest and is always on the go, getting as little sleep as possible. He has had is original squad wiped out completely and obviously seen some horrific things.

He conquers this with alcohol  and he used to have his greatest friend Osborne to help him forgot and carry on. It shows that he drinks alcohol because he is a very short tempered man and he drinks whenever he can.

I personally think he need some time away from the war to recover.

Why were the English called the tommies

Its a very simple reason why, it is because the gun they used was called the thompson gun of known as the tommy gun. The british earned the knickname because most of their soldiors carried either tommy guns or lee enfield rifles.

This is a picture of a tommy gun

And this is a picture of the enfield rifle

Gas

Many people suffered Gas attacks while in the trenches. The soldiers would try and use their gas masks to protect them but many masks were faulty and not great at working.

this man has been hit by mustard gas and is in a serious condition.

These soldiors are going through the gas

This is a picture of the gas masks