Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson 1917 Trench

This unique set was designed for a First World War public event in 2007 at the Royal Armouries museum, Fort Nelson, near Portsmouth, when it was viewed by several thousand visitors on guided, scripted tours. The film was shot from the viewpoint of a public tour and gives an idea of this amazing and innovative audience experience.

You can see the WWI trench in action again for yourself at Fort Nelson during the 90th anniversary "Over the Top 1918" event on Sun 25th & Mon 26th May 2008 and the Veteran's Day comemorations on Sat 5th & Sun 6th July 2008.

It will be redressed as a 1943 Stalingrad bunker for the "Achtung Panzer" WWII event on Sun 23rd & Mon 24th March and as an 1864 Petersburg American Civil War fortification (complete with Victorian mortar firing) for the "Stars & Stripes" through the ages event on Sun 4th & Mon 5th May. For further details go to www.royalarmouries.org/whatson and click on Fort Nelson

The trench set was constructed by Stephen Wisdom of Ancient Wisdom, manned by The Great War Society and filmed by Rob Thrush of Chard House Media
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[ScreamingEagle29]

@xyvvz This is a museum due to health and safety pretty sure they couldn't fill the trench with water and mudd

[CreeperFaceGaming]

Cool.

[xyvvz]

Trenches wouldn't Be that clean. In flandres they would Be muddy and Full of water, at Somme destroyed by Arty and the Whole trench would just Be a crater

[bugna1968]

stronzata

[fp470]

@corius737 Thank you for your insightful and I am quiet sure, well researched answer.

[corius737]

@fp470 NOOPE Dumbass



[fp470]

@Airman450123 That was only true in certain circumstances. By 1916 the Anglo-French trenchlines were increasing in complexity for much of the front. The Allies as the main attackers from late 1916 to 1917 launched a series of successful attacks which did see their line moving more with less time to consolidate- that said their trenches did benefit and were actually this deep (I have stood in them). From late 1917 to end of the war with the rapid allied advances trenches became less important

[Airman450123]

The British Trenches rarely were that deep, a German trench was more likely because the trenches marked the German Borders... but the British and French were convinced that they would retake all of the lost ground and so they're trenches were shallow! the Germans had large elaborate trenches while the British didn't waste much time on they're trenches

[BallsInYourJawsBitch]

Sir yes Sir.  Even though you probably have the toughness of one skin flake of the men who really fought in the trenches.

[tony1234872]

Many trenches had machinegun redoubts and pits. Trenches were often supported with corrugated steel, but mostly wood.