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Chuck wrote:
Whilst grandads trunk does not have a happy ending it is a fascinating bit of REAL history that many can identify with. It should be made compulsive reading in schools instead of bloomin Harry Potter!
Agreed wholeheartedly. Chuck, we look forward to seeing it.
I have an Aunt who chucked most of my Grandad's stuff away! He was in the Andrew and told very few stories. He told one about being sunk, twice on the same voyage, his rescue ship was torpedoed!
:cheers:
Gun rhymes with fun.
We are constrained only by the rules of safety and our own imagination.
Had an uncle and his brother who fought in WW2, both joined up in the early days and never saw each other again till Normandy when one was on a stretcher after being hit by mortar shrapnel...As he was being carred to a medic tent some troops filed by, one of whom was his brother. In true Scottish style they just looked at each other and exchanged "Y'Aw right then? / Aye, Ahm Aw right", and carried on. They never saw each other again till after the war.
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CHUCK "Whilst grandads trunk does not have a happy ending it is a fascinating bit of REAL history that many can identify with. It should be made compulsive reading in schools instead of bloomin Harry Potter!"
Good call mate.
Regarding the "story", one word describes it for me, simply fascinating.
Phil*
Calm or unflinching in face of trouble, defeat, or loss. May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies. If you can read this then thank a teacher. If you can read this in English then thank a soldier!.
I am looking forward to the programme as I was the one who contacted the BBC about it. I contacted Egbert and he was grateful that I had sent the information to them. He called me the "secret recommender".
Since he told the story many people have gone to Gottfried's grave and it has become a huge talking point on the Great War Forum.
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Well done bobbob clapclap clapclap clapclap. I watched the programme last evening and enjoyed it very much. The chap who collected the death pennies (was I think) Paul Quilliam who was, and may still be the Secretary of The Lee Enfield Rifle Association. The first time we visited Lutyens Thiepval memorial there was a petrol shortage in France and the farmers were blockading the roads around the Ferries etc. consequently not many people ere travelling We had many of the historical locations completely to ourselves, including the memorial at Theipval.
I followed the Twitter feed after the programme. Most of the comments were positive and many said they had shed tears over some of the stories. There is a follow up in November.
I'm surprised Bnz didn't recognise the man with the death pennies as he was a member of LERA for a short time.
Makes me want to visit the battlefields even more now.
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