A soldier who was blinded and lost both his arms during the war

A soldier who was blinded and lost both his arms during the war.

Many servicemen returned from the trenches blinded by gas attacks, bullet or shrapnel wounds, or trauma. Women were also blinded during war service or accidents in munitions factories.  Sir Arthur Pearson, the founder of the Daily Express newspaper, understood the situation these blind servicemen were facing. He was losing his sight due to glaucoma, but when advised to give up his business, he had vowed, ‘I shall soon be blind but I will never be a blind man, I am going to be the blind man.’  On 29 January 1915, Pearson founded The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee (later renamed St Dunstan's and now known as Blind Veterans UK). Its goal, radical for the time, was to provide vocational training rather than charity, so that blinded servicemen and women could lead independent and productive live

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