To what extent do you believe that R.C Sherriff successfully presents the experience of the life in the trenches and of how class attitudes persisted through it?

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To what extent do you believe that R.C Sherriff successfully presents the experience of the life in the trenches and of how class attitudes persisted through it?

R.C Sherriff was born in the 1896 to a middle class family. He went to Kingston Grammar School and then went to university at the New College in Oxford, where upon leaving university he joined his father's insurance business. But shortly after the start of the war he joined the army, he applied for a commission but because of him going to a school that was not on a list of very well known public schools he was rejected. He joined the East Surrey regiment as a private. During the war he got his wish to become an officer due to the fact that many of the original officers were killed and they had to be replaced. When the war was over he rejoined his father's business and spent the next ten years working as a claims adjuster. Due to his interest in amateur theatrics and the need to raise money for his rowing club, he decided to write "Journeys End". After much rejection firstly due to the fact his rowing club