Sorry folks.
I've just realised that I indicated footnotes and didn't put them in.
<1> Great War:-
Puck,
"...The term Great War is a bit of a contradiction in terms..."
Great, as in size, rather than quality. It was (nominally) the largest war the world had seen to date (some would disagree, I'm sure).

<2>"...in order to avoid punishment went around the corner and re-enlisted in the local infantry battalion..."
It would be difficult to bring major charges to bear on a man who left a moderately safe posting to join a unit likely to engage in more hazardous service (if the artillery unit is not under orders to move and the Army is crying out for infantrymen).

W