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WW1 sketches show soldier's life in trenches

Revealing sketches and drawings of life in the trenches have been discovered in a First World War soldier's diary after lying hidden
for 90 years.

Lieutenant Kenneth Wootton's diary give an astonishing insight into the horror of major WWI battles and includes ink drawings of tanks and battle movements.

Lt Wootton, who was awarded the MC for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, kept a diary for most of the war - from 1915 until 1917, when he was sent home to England after being injured in an explosion....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)