THE ground-breaking work of neurologist and physician Sir Arthur Hurst is being remembered during a weekend of events commemorating the First World War at Hannahs at Seale-Hayne.

Wartime re-enactments and the opening of a historic exhibition are to mark the centenary of the opening of the Seale-Hayne Military Hospital.

Martin Hurst, grandson of Sir Arthur Hurst, will be opening the Healing of the Mind exhibition which runs from April 21 until April 28.

Sir Arthur Hurst was in charge of Seale-Hayne Neurological Military Hospital during the First World War.

He used completely innovative and ground-breaking methods to cure shell-shock patients.

His work is the focus of the exhibition which will feature old photos, films and documents from that time showing the remarkable work by Hurst and his colleagues.

It will tell the stories of the 11 men whose descendants have recently been discovered.

The morning of Saturday, April 21, sees the start of a spectacular History in Action weekend.

This will be an action-packed weekend with a variety of First World War re-enactments when visitors can experience living history in the quad at Seale-Hayne.

A dedicated group of re-enactors dressed as soldiers will create a mock trench, complete with sandbags, guns and barbed wire.

Visitors will also get to see life behind the trench with a mock first aid post, kitchen and living area.

Entry is free and events will run from 10am to 4pm.