Experience night in Staffordshire trenches
History enthusiasts are being invited to experience life on the front line during World War One with a special event happening in Staffordshire this month.
Staffordshire Regiment Museum will hold Night in the Trenches on November 14.
It will take place under the cover of darkness, giving a feel of what the trenches were really like during the war.
Visitors will be taken down into the British and German trench system, to stand by the man on sentry duty, to watch the gas attack and the treatment of the wounded and to experience the crack, flash and boom of riffles and detonating munitions.
Night in the Trenches is an experience of walking through time.
Visitors can chat with serving men who are singing songs, carrying out duties and taking orders from their officers, before getting ready to go 'over the top' to assault the German pillbox and trench. Standing in the open air at night and surrounded by these dedicated re-enactors, visitors will truly experience a taste of WW1 life and combat.
There will be 6 tours during the event - each taking up to 45 minutes and running from 3pm until 8pm.
Tickets are £10 for adults and £7 for children over five years and senior citizens.
It tells the story of the Staffordshire Regiment and all its antecedents from its formation in Lichfield in 1705. The Museum is situated alongside Whittington Barracks near Lichfield, the historical home of the Regiment, and houses a collection of around 11,000 items.
The collection now includes items from the new Mercian Regiment. The Museum's Royal Patron is His Royal Higness The Duke of York.
For more information go to staffordshireregimentmuseum.com
