Death in the trenches

Death was the constant companion of the troops who were serving in trench warfare. The constant random shellfire by the enemy forces lead to several random death amongst the soldiers. The main problem of being in trenches was that their were not many places to hide from shellfire brought down by the enemies. Weather soldiers were crouching, standing or lying in the trenches, the threat from above was always probable.

It had been estimated that more than one third of allied casualties were sustained while the troops were in the trenches. Of course aside from enemy injuries, disease brought the death tole high up.