The trench is 8ft deep and only wide enough to allow a person to
pass along it behind the firers. Have a look through the home made
periscope to see what 'no mans land' looked like. Take a
peep at an officer having a camp bath.
Find out about the exploits of the Cheshire Regiment's 38
Battalions and the Cheshire Yeomanry in places as far flung as
France and Flanders, Gallipoli, Salonika, Palestine, Mesopotamia
and Italy.
Another display case tells the stories of the 2 men,
Private 'Todger' Jones and Lieutenant Hugh Colvin who were
each to win a Victoria Cross during the conflict. Both were lucky
men to survive the war.
A Maxim gun mounted on its carriage is also on display. Machine
guns and ever more accurate artillery fire were the deadliest
weapons of the war.
Leaving the trench is an area dedicated to remembrance. Stop to
consider the sacrifice involved to give us who are still here a new
chance. Over 8000 men from the Cheshire Regiment were killed in the
Great War and another 715 in World War II, a very different kind of
war.
Just imagine the squalid conditions living in the trenches.