Pte. Albert Nicholls was wounded in battle but now faces an even greater battle when Maj. Gerard Yelland, a newly arrived surgeon, insists that the wound was self-inflicted. Yelland is a snob and a not very competent surgeon who is disliked by pretty well all of the other surgeons at the hospital. Meanwhile a young Irish soldier, Enda Peach, is having trouble reconciling fighting for the British, who he sees as Ireland's oppressors. His family back home has actually received threats about him being in the army. His good friend, the older Sgt. Aloysius McCafferty - also an Irishman - has no such trouble but is unable to convince Peach who stages his own unique protest. Rosalie begins to tell people Joan is engaged without knowing the entire story.
—garykmcd