QUESTIONS

Q : During the world wars, were battlefield ambulances and medics respected by all of the combatants? Peter Lewin, Kings Langley, Herts.

Q : On the corner of Bowden Hill in Ashburton, Devon, is a house with a small statue of a man on a horse. It is said to be a sign of a safe house for Cavaliers during the Civil War. Are there statues on other buildings signifying Royalist safe houses? Vernon Reeve, Cranbrook, Kent.

Q : Was it once illegal for women to smoke in public? Mrs Sara Hunter, Banbury, Oxon.