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WW1 Veterans Recall Executions Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 198 seconds During WWl, over 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed for desertion or cowardice - some as young as 14. Ahead of Armistice Day, Charles Wheeler spoke to some veterans of the Great War about the executions. 10th November 2005 Related: at, dawn, desertion, executions, first, great, harry, patch, poperinghe, shell, shock, shot, underage, veteran, war, world, ww1 |
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Passchendaele Newton-le-Willows Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 516 seconds A tribute to the men of Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown who fell in the Great War to the music of Iron Maiden. Further info at www.nlwmemorial.org Related: earlestown, first, iron, maiden, newton-le-willows, one, paschendaele, paschendale, passchendaele, passchendale, war, world, ww1 |
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Last Scottish Veteran of WW1 Dies Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 123 seconds Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last link to the Great War and the country's oldest man, has died at the age of 109. The Black Watch veteran was one of the first soldiers to be sent to France in 1914. Sally McNair reports. 21st November 2005 Related: 1914, alfred, anderson, black, christmas, first, last, one, scot, scotland, scottish, soldier, truce, veteran, war, watch, world, ww1 |
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Harry Patch, 109, at Passchendaele Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 76 seconds The last known surviving British soldier to have fought in the World War I trenches, Harry Patch, has returned to the site of the Battle of Passchendaele. "War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings" 30th July 2007 Related: first, harry, ieper, langemark, last, one, passchendaele, passchendale, patch, remembrance, tommy, veteran, war, world, ww1, ypres |
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Corporal William Clark - Somme 1916 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 149 seconds Relatives of those who fought in the battle of the Somme during the First World War are marking its 90th anniversary. Robert Hall joined one man searching for a great-uncle who was killed in the battle, in northern France. 28th June 2006 Related: 90th, anniversary, clark, durham, first, infantry, light, memorial, missing, one, remembrance, somme, thiepval, war, william, world, ww1 |
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WW1 Remains Found Near Ypres Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 103 seconds The remains of three British soldiers who died at Ypres in 1914 have been recovered by amateur archaeologists. One body from the World War I battlefield has been provisionally identified as Pte Richard Lancaster. Alix Kroeger reports. 14th April 2006 Related: 1914, first, fusiliers, gate, ieper, lancashire, lancaster, menin, missing, ploegsteert, private, prows, richard, war, world, ww1, ypres |
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Alfred Anderson 109 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 116 seconds A bust of the last surviving Scottish First World War veteran has been presented to the Black Watch museum by his family. Alfred Anderson died last year at the age of 109. The Black Watch was his old regiment. 8th Feb 2006 Related: alfred, anderson, black, bust, first, great, last, medals, one, scot, scotland, scottish, sculpture, veteran, war, watch, world, ww1 |
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Frederick Dancox VC Remembered Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 141 seconds A war hero from Worcestershire has been remembered at a ceremony in Belgium, nearly 90 years after his death. The family of Frederick Dancox, who won the Victoria Cross during the Great War, attended the event. Cath Mackie reports. 11th September 2006 Related: belgium, cross, dancox, first, flanders, frederick, hero, ieper, passchendaele, remembrance, vc, victoria, war, world, ww1, ypres |
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Veterans Visit Passchendaele 1987 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 95 seconds Veterans return to scenes of one of the bloodiest battle of World War I to commemorate its 70th anniversary. 11th July 1987 Related: 1987, 70th, anniversary, first, ieper, paschendale, passchendaele, passchendale, soldiers, veterans, war, world, ww1, ypres |
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Wilfred Owen Remembered Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 138 seconds The anniversary of the death of one of our greatest war poets born and raised in Shropshire takes place this month. Wilfred Owen's life and works will be commemorated on Radio Three after Remembrance Day. Joanne Writtle reports. 7th November 2006 Related: first, oswestry, owen, poet, poetry, remembrance, shropshire, somme, war, wilfred, world, ww1 |
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Remembrance Day Explained Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 182 seconds Nick Higham explains how Remembrance Day - which marks the end of WW1 - originated. 14th November 2004 Related: 1914, 1918, armistice, british, cenotaph, day, first, legion, minute, poppy, remembrance, silence, two, war, world, ww1 |
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Gallipoli Remembrance 2 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 153 seconds Australian, New Zealand and British leaders have remembered the soldiers who died at Gallipoli during the First World War. Britain's Prince Charles was among those attending a solemn dawn ceremony at Gallipoli. Keith Doyle reports. 25th April 2005 Related: 1915, 90th, anniversary, anzac, australia, dardanelles, gallipoli, new, remembrance, turks, zealand |
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Welsh Poet Hedd Wynn Death At Passchendaele Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 98 seconds Ninety years since he died at Passchendaele in World War I, bard Hedd Wyn is still remembered. 30th July 2007 Related: 1917, bard, eisteddfod, ellis, evans, first, hedd, one, passchendaele, passchendale, pilkem, poet, wales, war, welsh, world, ww1, wyn |
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Harry Patch at 109 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 28 seconds Harry Patch is the last British Tommy to see action in the treches of the Western Front. He was wounded at Passchendaele on September 22nd 1917. He celebrated his birthday on June 17th 2007. Related: first, front, harry, ieper, last, passchendaele, passchendale, patch, tommy, trenches, veteran, war, western, world, ww1, ypres |
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Relatives Remember Somme Veterans Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 86 seconds The 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme during the First World War is being marked by commemorative events. Viewers have sent the BBC hundreds of stories of how families were affected by the events. Robert Hall reports from France. 29th June 2006 Related: blighty, first, gamble, scottish, somme, thomas, tyneside, veteran, war, world, wound, ww1 |
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WW1 Derby Man Remembered Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 106 seconds A Derbyshire man has uncovered the story of an uncle who died in action three days before WWl ended. Jack Harrison died on 8th November 1918, leaving a wife and eighteen-month-old son. James Roberson reports. 6th November 2006 Related: 1918, armistice, casualty, derby, derbyshire, first, one, railway, remembrance, war, world, ww1 |
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Gallipoli Remembrance 1 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 79 seconds Australian, New Zealand and British leaders have remembered the soldiers who died at Gallipoli during the First World War. Britain's Prince Charles was among those attending a dawn ceremony at Gallipoli. Jonny Dymond reports from Gallipoli. 25th April 2005 Related: 1915, 90th, anniversary, anzac, australia, dardanelles, gallipoli, new, remembrance, zealand |
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WW1 London Blitz 1917 Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 122 seconds In June 1917, 18 pupils from a school in Poplar died when Zeppelin bombers hit their school, in the first ever aerial bombardment of civilians. 2nd Feb 2007 Related: blitz, children, first, london, memorial, one, poplar, remembrance, school, war, world, ww1, zeppelin |
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Ypres Remembers Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 148 seconds The city of Ypres saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the First World War, with more than 500,000 soldiers dying there. As the last survivors pass away, the city continues to keep their memories alive. Jonny Dymond reports from Ypres. 24th June 2006 Related: 60, first, gate, great, hill, hill60, ieper, last, menin, one, passchendaele, remembrance, tynecot, war, witness, world, ww1, ypres |
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WW1 Memorial Discovered In Ayr Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 94 seconds Builders in Ayr have discovered a touching memento of World War One in a derelict granary. 15th March 2007 Related: ayr, first, fusiliers, gallipoli, harbour, helles, james, memorial, one, reid, remembrance, royal, scots, scroll, war, world, ww1 |
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War Veterans Remember Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 99 seconds The Queen has met war veterans at Westminster Abbey to commemorate past and recent conflicts. They each laid a cross at the Field of Remembrance, on the eve of Armistice Day. Duncan Kennedy reports. 10th November 2005 Related: abbey, armistice, day, field, of, remembrance, veterans, war, westminster |
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Pilgrimage to Passchendaele Posted by: johnpindar
Video duration: 122 seconds A former soldier returns from a pilgrimage to discover where his relative died during World War I. 16 Jul 2007 BBC Related: awsworth, first, forresters, girling, hunt, ieper, one, paschendale, passchendaele, passchendale, sherwood, war, world, ww1, ypres |
