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In Downton Abbey, there's a scene during a WW1 trench fight where a character sparks a cigarette lighter and holds his hand above the trench as a target to purposely sustain an injury and be sent home. Was this common practice, and would the enemy know what they were doing?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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