11. William De Morgan died in London in 1917, of trench fever , and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery. 12. During World War I, he served on the Western Front until trench fever forced him to return home. 13. He then followed Koch's postulates, infecting volunteers with the bacterium, showing consistent symptoms and clinical manifestations of trench fever . 14. Shortly afterwards he was evacuated from the front with a case of trench fever ( 17 April 1918 ). 15. Along with enemy action, many soldiers had to contend with new diseases : trench foot, trench fever and wounded. 16. Trench fever was a major cause of illness amongst soldiers during the war and the method of transmission was uncertain.17. Whilst in France in 1918, Kennington was admitted to a Casualty Clearing Station at Tincourt-Boucly to be treated for trench fever . 18. Trench fever , produced by " Bartonella quintana " infection, is transmitted by the human body louse " Pediculus humanus corporis ".19. Trench fever , a scourge of soldiers in both world wars, has reappeared among homeless alcoholics in France and the United States.20. He was invalided out of the army in October 1916 with'trench fever 'but served as president of ex-servicemen's associations after the war.
