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Trench Warfare in WWI For Soldiers in World War one life was terrible, especially if they lived in the Trenches. They suffered emotional and physical distress to win the war. In the trenches soldiers walked on mud, 'sumps' (earth dug from the ground to make a drain) were made to collect any excess water and the 'duckboards' (planks of wood) were placed on top of the sumps for soldiers to walk on, unfortunately this didn't always work and soldiers were forced to wade in mud. In the Somme weather was changeable but it tended to be rainy rather than sunny. When it did rain it flooded the trenches and made the mud worse. If it did rain a lot then trench walls could be worn down or could collapse, even though they had a timber structure it sometimes wasn't enough to support the walls. If the height of walls was...

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