Remembrance, continued.

"The Communication Trench.

Problem—Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this."

The trenches in the first world war provided the troops with cover and some measure of safety from enemy fire. Conditions n the trenches, however, were filthy in the best of times, and there were few moments during the war that could be referred to as 'the best of times.' They were also prone to flooding in the rainy season, which is a frequent theme of the comic strips of the time.

A communication trench was a trench that ran perpendicular to the main trench lines, thus running from the first to the second, or second to the third lines of trenches, allowing movement, or communication, between them