By Jonathan Wynne-Jones and Julie Henry

Life in the trenches of the Western Front was tough enough without worrying about remembering to shave every day or taking the rubbish out at night. But a new book has now revealed in extraordinary detail the standards expected of Britain's soldiers fighting on the front line in the First World War.

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# Posted by Michelle Moran @ | Sunday, November 02, 2008