Also hand washing practices in the trenches weren't great, typically the second chorus of happy birthday was interrupted by an incoming shell.
Interesting, I'd heard that it was by the second round the sniper had got their eye on you.
Edit: But then they'd be killed by a shell. And not flu. Though, the spread of the virus may have been helped by bullets and bombs.
My grandad was killed at Ypres. He wasn't in the army, he was camping in the field next door and went over to complain about the noise.
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Also hand washing practices in the trenches weren't great, typically the second chorus of happy birthday was interrupted by an incoming shell.