How much do today's teenagers know about World War I?
One man took his two grandsons on a personal journey to the Western Front, for a history lesson they are unlikely to forget.
Before coming here from their home in Somerset, James White and his younger brother Simon weren't sure when the Great War happened.
They didn't know what the Armistice was about - and they didn't understand why we wear poppies.
Now, their bright white trainers are caked in mud as they step gingerly through the trenches at a military museum near the Belgian city of Ypres.
"Ugh. It's disgusting," squeals James, 17, as the chocolate-brown soup seeps through the soles of his shoes.
"My feet are freezing. I don't know how those soldiers put up with it. I couldn't."
Robin, the boys' grandfather, laughs as he watches the teenage pair struggling in the mud.
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Before coming here from their home in Somerset, James White and his younger brother Simon weren't sure when the Great War happened.
They didn't know what the Armistice was about - and they didn't understand why we wear poppies.
Now, their bright white trainers are caked in mud as they step gingerly through the trenches at a military museum near the Belgian city of Ypres.
"Ugh. It's disgusting," squeals James, 17, as the chocolate-brown soup seeps through the soles of his shoes.
"My feet are freezing. I don't know how those soldiers put up with it. I couldn't."
Robin, the boys' grandfather, laughs as he watches the teenage pair struggling in the mud.