Rarely have I been so moved and affected by a presentation. I am ashamed to admit that when I first saw the title of this, I was only peripherally interested, and watched it more in a sense of completionism rather than genuine interest. How wrong I was!
This must have felt like a real kick in the teeth for a lot of people. Tens of thousands of sons, fathers and brothers being left buried over in Flanders and Northern France. No graves for the grieving back home, to visit. And when you think about it, this was the culmination of a nightmarish four year conflict and one which still to this day, triggers heated debate about its actual root causes, and of the actual merits - if there are any-for fighting in it. Indeed, as the verterans begun returning to these shores, many of them mo doubt suffering from psychological and health problems caused by the hardships of everyday life inbm0
You must remember that there are 559,000 men with no known grave. No grave for their families to visit. Hence the grave of the unknown warrior, he represents them all.
My mother was a War widow and it too till 1994 before Govt to support widows to visit WW2 graves in Normandy its all well and good not repatriating the lost but The families should have been supported to visit there loved ones I often think war widows from both wars did not get a great deal I saw my fathers grave before my mother when i worked in Germany History is good but the reality of what really happens is easy forgotten My mother struggled to bring up two children because no body was there for he offering help she was too proud to ask for help as she thought it was charity
DNA. There are a lot of soldiers with no known grave but a lot of graves that have soldiers with no name. How about trainee forensic scientists taking DNA samples from our fallen in graves with no name and a database created so that they can eventually be traced. It is not going to hurt the fallen, all of them deserve the right to be given their names back
What a fascinating and incredibly moving lecture. A story that deserves a far wider audience. Thank you.
How perfectly said....
I was at the Somme last month. When I told our French battlefield guide that Fabian Ware is unknown in Britain today he was astonished.
Rarely have I been so moved and affected by a presentation. I am ashamed to admit that when I first saw the title of this, I was only peripherally interested, and watched it more in a sense of completionism rather than genuine interest. How wrong I was!
This must have felt like a real kick in the teeth for a lot of people. Tens of thousands of sons, fathers and brothers being left buried over in Flanders and Northern France. No graves for the grieving back home, to visit.
And when you think about it, this was the culmination of a nightmarish four year conflict and one which still to this day, triggers heated debate about its actual root causes, and of the actual merits - if there are any-for fighting in it.
Indeed, as the verterans begun returning to these shores, many of them mo doubt suffering from psychological and health problems caused by the hardships of everyday life inbm0
You must remember that there are 559,000 men with no known grave. No grave for their families to visit. Hence the grave of the unknown warrior, he represents them all.
Fascinating and sad presentation,
My mother was a War widow and it too till 1994 before Govt to support widows to visit WW2 graves in Normandy its all well and good not repatriating the lost but The families should have been supported to visit there loved ones I often think war widows from both wars did not get a great deal I saw my fathers grave before my mother when i worked in Germany History is good but the reality of what really happens is easy forgotten My mother struggled to bring up two children because no body was there for he offering help she was too proud to ask for help as she thought it was charity
DNA. There are a lot of soldiers with no known grave but a lot of graves that have soldiers with no name. How about trainee forensic scientists taking DNA samples from our fallen in graves with no name and a database created so that they can eventually be traced. It is not going to hurt the fallen, all of them deserve the right to be given their names back
Broadly a very good lecture. Didnt't need the woke 'Presentism' history slant that slipped in from time to time though I'm afraid
What a daft comment . Is a really good lecture and correct to put in some moral context