Joshua Levine

And then you might get some leave, you know, every year, 18 months, you might get to go home.

And that's another story again, because you were living such a different life.

to anyone at home, that it could be a great relief to be home or it could be a massive culture shock and a disappointment.

It's not even a city because it's over such a wide... It's way bigger than the city.

And yes, so they had to keep that absolutely going.

You had massive...

you know, bakery behind the lines that would be delivered.

Railway.

Well, light railway and then, you know, heavy railway, you know, going back to the ports.

And so you had a... So let's give examples of this.

You had a system, you had a kind of a medical system

and a postal system working in reverse of each other.

So essentially, if you were wounded, you have the stretcher bearers picking you up.

They would take you back to the regimental aid post.

You would then go back to a whole series of further medical posts, advanced posts, main posts, then back to a spot where you could actually have surgery.

and then back to a main hospital, and then back to the port where you'd be taken back to England.

All of this was so carefully worked out.

Now, it didn't always work, a bit like the health service.

It didn't always work, but it was there for you.

And so, you know, you would only get, you know, the preliminary spots, you'd get triage, basically.