Trench Warfare Flashcards
What are 4 features of the trench?
- Barbed wire
- parapet
- parados
- firing steps
Explain how barbed wire is useful?
barbed wire are right in front of trenches making it hard for the enemies to attack
Explain how firing steps are useful?
they are used to get height when in the trenches in order to aim at their enemy
Explain how parapets are useful?
They help one from getting shot as they are bullet proof
Explain how parados are useful?
They raise the height of the back of the trench and protect soldiers from shell explosion.
What is the job of stretcher bearers?
stretcher bearers would carry the wounded soldiers away from the frontline.
What does RAMC stand for?
Royal Army Medical Corpse
What is the role of RAMC
The RAMC provided medical care for the injured soldiers and ran field ambulances
What are field ambulances?
Field ambulances are units of medical stations.
What is the RAP for?
To treat wounded soldiers
Where would wounded soldiers be taken?
To the dressing station
Where would seriously injured men be taken after the dressing station?
Casualty Clearing station
What are the features of the dressing station?
- set up in tents and bunkers for protection
from enemy attacks. - 10 medical officers, stretcher bearers and
nurses - took car of 150 men
What does FANY stand for ?
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps
What was the role of the FANY?
The woman’s of FANY were trained not only in first-aiding but also driving which was very useful in moving supplies, men’s, and rations between the frontline and coastal ports.
