On a wet and windy autumn evening in 1916, a little way behind the lines, a Sub-Lieutenant of the Royal Naval Division attempts to light his pipe.

A young subaltern of 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, a copy of C.A. Johns’ ‘Flowers of the Field’ clutched in his hand, gets a lesson in wildflowers of the trenches by a friendly Captain in his company.

The morning of 31st July, 1917 dawns with dull grey cloud, mist and a light drizzle. Men of the Australian 42nd Battalion from Queensland are gathered in a communication trench before the Belgian village of Warneton. In the commotion two mates say their farewells. The Third Battle of Ypres is about to begin.

In a chilly communication trench during the winter of 1916, a subaltern surprises two of his men with a gift sent from home.

The Battle of the Somme still rages on and in a few days time these men will be thrust into a famous action at Courcelette. But, for now, in the midst of a September shower, two pals of the Nova Scotia Rifles take a break from carrying parties and brew up.

Just in front of Plugstreet Wood two soldiers of the London Rifle Brigade contemplate their first Christmas in the trenches.

On a moonlit night in the winter of 1914 an officer of the Scots Guards wades his way down the trench with a box of comforts from home.

On a wintery day in Flanders, assisted by an IWGC gardener, a young woman and her son visit the grave of a fallen Tommy.