Lives Changed Forever by the Great War

In this episode we discover what happened to the veterans after the guns had stopped firing. We find out that their suffering continued for decades, and, in some cases, caused their death years later. We hear the words of Joseph Pickard of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was left for dead on the battlefield and he describes what happened when he went home without his nose, and how some children laughed at him. How did he react? Did he regret enlisting? We find out how some men turned to crime to feed themselves, and an Officer who left a legacy in his will to a soldier who had helped him when he was wounded at Ypres, and another Officer who gave a Christmas hamper to the Great War’s first wounded man. Who was he? And much more too...