The clean comfortable condition of the trench would suggest the Germans were planning to stay a long time; in contrast with the British trench system, where soldiers were discouraged from getting too comfortable and reluctant to get out of the trench and attack. Alan Burgess asks: “I came across your website while researching a name – William Sanderson- of Loftus, who served in the RAMC in world war one. He served with my grandfather, Robert Thornton; while they were serving together my grandfather kept a couple of sheets of handwritten notes and mentioned that ‘Sandy’ had won a military Medal for ‘..rescuing officers in the field’. I was wondering if anyone had any further information and possibly a photograph, I have a selection of photographs (from my grandfather) one of these may be of William Sanderson and my Grandfather but I’m not sure. I would appreciate any information.”
Many thanks to Alan Burgess for the update, can anyone assist in his researches?
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