This crucifix was given to my grandmother by a wounded soldier she looked after as a ... the Germans were bombarding the town heavily. A shell went through a house, and wrecked the back portion ...

Early medical opinion took the common-sense view that the damage was “commotional,” or related to the severe concussive motion of the shaken brain in the soldier’s skull. Shell shock ...

Trunk full of Jean Thomson's possessions was found during a house clearance The Glasgow nurse helped tend to shell-shocked soldiers ... depicts a badly injured soldier telling a nurse: ‘I ...