Shell shock. Mike Peters, Galloway’s resident military historian, looks at one the most emotive and misunderstood aspects of the First World War. Among the phrases guaranteed to trigger discussion ...
The First World War devastated the lives of a generation of young men. But the trauma of war didn't end when the guns stopped firing... Thousands of soldiers returned from the battlefield shell ...
Little was known about shell shock at the start of the First World War and, as a new book reveals, it led to some horrific treatments for patients. Chris Bond reports. Did you know with a Digital ...
The little understood condition affected thousands of troops during the horrific battles in Flanders and the Somme SHELL shock was a condition that afflicted many soldiers on all sides during the ...
Mike Peters, Galloway’s resident military historian, continues his look at shell shock. By the summer of 1916, the numbers were staggering. During the Somme campaign they peaked at 40% of the soldiers ...