They were pathetic, these shell-shocked boys, and a lot of them were very sensitive about the fact that they were incontinent. The'd say 'I'm terribly sorry about it, Sister, it's shaken me all over and I can't control it. Just imagine, to wet the bed at my age!

Sister Mary Stollard, Becket's Park Military Hospital, Leeds

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