[Margaret Pilkington]

I think the MOD didn't want to do too much digging in case thay found things that were unpalatable. Yes, most commanding officers were the landed gentry and thought themselves above the enlisted men......well, most of them were just boys really...and brave boys at that. My grandfather was at the battle of Ypes and he survived, but suffered very bad health for the rest of his life and died relatively young......he suffered nightmares and would not tell my grand mother half of the things that they had to endure in the trenches.