Incidentally no-one was named by the soldier on the BBC website so there could be no cause for evidence of names etc. No-one was in court before a judge and jury.

Why should someone with first hand experience of life in the trenches make up such a story. He fought alongside other men, many of whom were killed maimed and simply told of one of his recollections before he too passed on.

Whether he was correct or not I would suggest he had far more experience of gunshot wounds and could possibly tell whether a shot had come from close quarters for from across no-mans land.

So my dilemma is do:- I trust his words or those of a rabid jingoist.