How did soldiers of the Great War cope with the omnipresence of death? Were they inevitably traumatised by the experience or did they simply become inured to death?
Dr Peter Hodgkinson explores this issue in relation to whether the prevalent attitudes of the period to emotional expression helped or hindered any process of adaption.
Peter is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist specialising in psychological trauma, with an MA in First World War Studies and a PhD in Infantry Battalion Commanders.
He has written several books relating to the First World War.
Main image: The grave of 24 men of the 2nd East Lancs Regiment, who were killed by a single shell on 14 March 1915, during a rifle inspection at the Rouge Croix Cross Roads, on the La Bassee Road (IWM Q56181).