My grandfather served with the 23rd Forestry Engineers in France. His unit made the wood boards for trench shoring, duckboards and bundled scrap for use in the Army kitchens.
After listening to him as a youth, I have zero desire to walk around in a reproduction WWI trench!
See also https://foresthistory.org/digital-collections/world-war-10th-20th-forestry-engineers/
many photos and the real history of that part of the war machine.
Didn’t know that, thanks for the info.
One story from your grandfather would be nice.