Images show how soldiers seriously injured in WWI had faces

One soldier, Sergeant Sidney Beldam (pictured), had a large portion of his nose torn off by a piece of shrapnel - so that his upper lip was permanently lifted in a snarl. But Gillies rescued his appearance.

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