did soldiers have much spare times fighting in the trenches in ww1?

Answer 1

x. no. x

Answer 2

Do you mean, When they weren't fighting? Not exactly "spare" time, but not fighting time.

A soldier's life is and was made up of hours and hours of boredom, followed by minutes of absolute terror.

There were always orders to comply with and trenches to be extended or shored up from damage by rain and artillery.

Answer 3

yes. the life of a soldier in ww1 included 3 things. hiding during shelling, going "over the top" to make a suicide run into the enemy trenches, and trying to survive in a body infested trench filled with stagnant water, while digging more trench . they only really fought once or twice a month

Answer 4

Start with today as a visitor to the War Graves in France / Belgium , See Essex Farm Cemetery , there is a 15 year old British Soldier buried there , Essex Farm was a casualty clearing station , The author of `Flanders Fields ` was a doctor there . You could then regress back to 1914 . Men of the times were accustomed to discipline , duty and deference to their `Betters ` as they were called in those days . Men formed bonds between their comrades , they were all in the same mess and saw it as a duty to stand by one another , they stayed more out of loyalty to their comrades and the social stigma of staying at home where women would give any man they thought was shirking his duty a `White Feather ` , even men who were on home leave , and dressed in civilian dress often received them

Answer 5

It would all depend on where they were and during which season.

During the winter months they would have had a lot of waiting to do as each side would be happy to sit in their trenches.

I would assume they didn't have much "spare time" (not like they're gonna play cricket or get drunk) but at times there'd be a lot of waiting.

Answer 6

They weren't in the trenches all the time. It was something like one-third of the time was spent out in rear areas. Though even there, they were drilling exercising, etc.

Answer 7

Check out the movie and the documentary 'Gallipoli'... This is trench warfare at its worst without the use of chemicals.

Answer 8

No. They had too much time to spare in the mud and watching their friends drown - that was one of the real problems.

Answer 9

Yes while the shelling was on, and meal times

Answer 10

yeah. they had a lot of spare time but had to do chores (set up barbed wire, sand bags, get supplies) a lot. they killed time by writing & reading letters. it was rare that they actually did any shooting.

Answer 11

Yeah, ofcourse. They used to knock off at five thirty and then go down the pub!