My Father a medical student at Guys Hospital volunteered for the 6th City of London Rifles in 1915 and survived Passchendaele and the battle of the Somme and was wounded out with gas burns in 1918 . He was mentioned in dispatches. and recovered at Long Leat. He was always erratic for the rest of his life.

I was born March 1945 and grew up knowing many veterans from both World Wars and consider myself fortunate to have known these men and women of that generation,these heroes. Respect and gratitude. Their service prompted me to go into military service. Never forgotten.

@mitchelldawson4228

4 жыл бұрын

Respect always never forgotten.

@robertchubb1518

4 жыл бұрын

Myself also...My Grandfather was captured at El Alemein...he spoke freely of his exploits..(warts an all!)....that is why I served 23 years in the British Army...

Rest in peace. .. Respect.. All those brave men.. Their likes will never be seen again.. I salute all of you.. None but the brave....

@idleonlooker1078

3 жыл бұрын

IMHO, every CWGC headstone - not just the VC winners - marks the grave of a brave service man or woman. Respect. Lest we forget!!

For every brave man mentioned here , many more gave theirs lives and are not mentioned but are still heros

Noel Chavasse won the VC twice. I believe only three people achieved this feat.

My husband's uncle was killed fighting there, ( Pte Arthur Moore, 23/2nd Infantry Battalion, A.I.F 23Yrs old ) who was Australian at Passchendaele, they were all very brave men on both sides. R.I.P

Pine street in Winnipeg Manitoba was renamed in 1925 to Valor Road. Three soldiers who lived on that street were awarded the Victoria Cross.

Can you imagine a 19 year old nowadays doing what these brave young men did, all in the name of adventure. These were the bravest generation along with those FROM WWII. I served in Afghanistan with Australia and I can just about guarantee I wouldn't have had the plums to fight in WWI or II. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Lest we forget.

@nautifella

3 жыл бұрын

You served in Afghanistan... I assure you, Sir, *_You've got the Plums._*

@TINCANsquid

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, you would have, never sell yourself short

@chuckhainsworth4801

3 жыл бұрын

Not just 19, much younger. Boys as young as 14 could enlist in the army and navy. A lad named Cornwall should fire your memory. Facta non verba.

@graham2631

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckhainsworth4801 what he went through is beyond words. He stayed at his position l actually use that when l must endure.

@anthonyeaton5153

2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckhainsworth4801 Boy Cornwall did nothing to earn a Victoria Cross.

Proud to be a Canadian !

They are but a few of those who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice for our TODAY(including the one thumbs down) .... Lest we Forget.

It was the Canadian Corps that was called upon to finish the job at Passchendaele Ridge - which neither the British nor Australians could accomplish. Thanks for mentioning only one Canadian. The Canadians were awarded the most VC’s of any Corps in WW1!!

@kylehutchinson2729

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that information I actually had no idea and that is really interesting

@jager453

4 жыл бұрын

my great-great uncle was one of them

@JohnCampbell-rn8rz

4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather & great-uncle were both there. 2 immigrants to Toronto from Northern Ireland aged 33 & 31, one with a wife & 2 daughters, both went back to fight for King & Country. My great-uncle volunteered in 1915 & grandfather a year later. Both were there to the end, through the last Hundred Days when the Canadians & Australians broke the Hindenburg Line. Both "survived" the war although both were wounded. I never knew my grandfather. He was gassed & died in 1932, aged 50, of a heart attack, they said. My great-uncle lived with us for a few years in the early 1950s. Much to my mother's dismay, he used to delight in sitting me on his bed to watch as he tweezed another piece of shrapnel out of his horny old foot. I still have the brass bowl he kept the slivers in.

@chuckhainsworth4801

3 жыл бұрын

And the only place in the world where you can find three Victoria Cross's awarded to three men who grew up on the same street. I don't recall what it used to be, it has always been Valour Road to me. Strangely enough, Valour Road leads to the local Militia HQ, Minto Armouries.

@kenhibbert5562

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuckhainsworth4801 having grown up in Winnipeg myself, it was “pounded into our heads that Hall, Clark and Shankland who all resided on Pine Street before WW1, were the bravest of the brave. That’s why it was renamed Valour Road. All 3 were awarded the VC. Shankland enlisted in WW2 but since he was in his mid fifties, served as a quartermaster behind the lines

My late father fought in Angola (Nov.1961-Feb.1964)in the portuguese african campaigns. Now, all the veterans and all who gave their lives for the are completely forgotten by the rotten political power in my country. Fortunate those whose memories are kept alive. Thanks for sharing

I regard Captain Noel Chavasse, VC & Bar, MC, as my hero. He repeatedly went out into no-mans-land to rescue & treat wounded soldiers whilst under heavy fire. He was quite badly wounded himself and refused treatment so he could continue to look after his soldiers. When his dug-out was hit by a shell during the early stages of the 3rd Battle of Passchendaele, he suffered 6 further wounds and he crawled back to the British lines to get help for his colleagues in the dug-out.

So young. We will remember them.

There has just been three men buried today at Tyne Cot, lest we forget every man and woman who fought and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom

@sixsixteensevens297

4 жыл бұрын

'for our freedom?' Garbage. They did it for financiers and out of touch royalty.

@kylehutchinson2729

4 жыл бұрын

@@sixsixteensevens297 they did it as a patriotic duty for their country and if it wasn't for them and every other soldier, airmen and sailor who have died in other conflicts then you wouldn't have the rights you have today. Let me ask you question mate have you ever been to a CWGC war cemetery or memorial? Did you get a tear in your eye when you saw the sheer number of lives lost in the war? The number of headstones with unknown soldiers on them and families never knowing where their loved one is buried? Just consider that

@nautifella

3 жыл бұрын

My Great-Grand Father's name is on a wall in Tyne Cot. He was a Gunner in the British Army Artillery. His battery took a direct hit and all that is left is a crater and their names. I bought his Poppy from _The Tower Of London memorial_ and gave it to my father. Until then, we never knew what happened to him. I found a picture online. He looked like my father's twin brother.... down to the pipe.

@anonymousforever

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylehutchinson2729 Ignore this individual who calls themselves SixSixteen Sevens. There is always at least one like them who skulks around comment sections on videos like this one. These are the sort of people who go through life blaming the so-called 'elites' of this world for the fact that their own lives are pathetic and meaningless. So much easier to blame others than to take personal responsibility. As for the unselfish sacrifice and bravery shown by these men in WW1, well that is beyond the understanding of people like this as they view the world through their blinkered misery.

@kylehutchinson2729

3 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousforever thank you for your reply. Your right their sacrifice was unselfish and their bravery will never die as they fought in conditions that no one can ever imagine and countless numbers of men who will never be known to their families as they lie 'known unto god' that is the heart breaking part.

It always annoys me to see Dislikes on purely factual programs, here without any commentary. The perpetrators obviously oppose war, and I do not dispute their right to do co, but those whose graves we have just visted were probably not fans either. By choosing to denigrate the individual who displayed extreme valour and died to ensure that everyone has a right to an opinion, rather than conflict itself, they show a great meanness of spirit.

@idleonlooker1078

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said! 👍

@bokvarv1926

3 жыл бұрын

Well we live in a world where feelings have become more important than any fact. and this is a deggenrateion of the humaan mind it is sad, but this is the result og "not offending those who want to be offended" while I say, lets not at all care that anyone are offended, lets mock it in the name f fact, that and only will make us learn and move on to a better time and make the world better.....not y feelings but by facts and facts alone.

@sirmeowthelibrarycat

3 жыл бұрын

@@bokvarv1926 🤔 I fully agree with your comment. None of these men should be forgotten, or their memory denigrated. Reading a biography of Noel Chavasse reduced me to tears. Such. humanity, service and sacrifice is beyond the understanding of many today. I, for one, will Never Forget.

@anthonyeaton5153

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirmeowthelibrarycat one might question why Chavasse was in no man’s land looking for the wounded when there were trained stretcher bearers to do the job. As a medical officer, Chavasse should have been behind the lines tending the wounded. This is a very moot point. It has been mentioned that Chavasse was a ‘medal hunter’. These are just other points of view.

@sirmeowthelibrarycat

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyeaton5153 😡 I cannot find any words other than expletives to describe your comment. Have you absolutely no idea of war conditions faced by medical staff? Or that stretcher bearers were not protected from assault and death? Or that the number of casualties was often in the thousands across a wide area? Or that the cries of the wounded could be heard for hours? Or that ideals of morality and responsibility were very different in Edwardian England than now? That the Chavasse family were deeply religious and committed to social reforms? As for the near libellous reference to Noel Chavasse acting as a ‘medal hunter’ nothing is more offensive than that. I have a challenge for you. Post another nasty comment but about Captain Charles Upham VC VC New Zealand and send it to the government of that country. I doubt you would be permitted entrance to New Zealand for the rest of your worthless existence. Vile person!

Very moving. Thank you for your great work

At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember them.

My Great, Great Uncle, Private A J Steadman, 15th (Service)(2nd Birmingham) Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment, is one of 35,000 names on the Memorial To The Missing at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele. He was killed on 5th October 1917 at Polderhoek.

Both my grandfathers fought on the Somme. One in tanks, the other in the Cardiff Pals. He lost his arm, and his brother.

rest in peace

They haven't left the Salient, they are still there...

The bug at 3:18 freaked me out....thought it was on my laptop!

Tommy Holmes won the VC and lived to tell about it.

@jager453

4 жыл бұрын

he's my great-great-uncle

@anthonyeaton5153

2 жыл бұрын

A hell of a lot of VC winners survived.

@kellybreen5526

2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyeaton5153 I think more didn't. I will see I I can find the statistics. Stay tuned. Well, 75% of the recipients did survive. The VC has been handed out 1358 times, but until 1920 it could not be awarded posthumously. Although apparently 12 were given to family. The award has been rescinded 8 times. It was awarded 628 times in the Great War with 2 men winning it twice, 182 times in the Second World War with one man winning it twice, and 15 times since 1945. VCs issued by Commonwealth countries rather than by the British authorities are not included in the total. Far more complex that I thought!

@anthonyeaton5153

Жыл бұрын

@@kellybreen5526 it is true more survived the action than died. In WW2 it was the other way round.

Idi Amin wore a VC that had at one time been stolen from the Byrne family . Short of volunteers to go to Uganda to ask for it back , the family petitioned the Home Office , Royal Family , the Government and anyone else who would listen . Eventually a new VC was struck . Only about 3 have ever been reissued due to the ever decreasing metal sourced from one cannon . Shortly after the medal was handed over , they sold it !

This should be titled The posthumous winners of the Victoria Cross as all are shown to have died. More Victoria Cross winners survived WW1 than died but it was opposite in WW2.

Ik zal ze nooit vergeten ik rij door heel europa en als ik een kerkhof tegen kom van onze bevrijders stop ik en niemand die mij tegen zal houden . ja ik huil er zo ma ook bij ik doe mijn ding . voor altijd zijn zij mijn helden . R.I.P GOD IS NU BIJ JULLIE. RUST ZACHT

You do not mention the surviving VCs in that campaign such as my late friend Sgt Edward Cooper of the 12th KRRC who won the VC at Langamarck.

Pine st.

Without denigrating the selfless valour these Commonwealth soldiers demonstrated what did Germany have as an equivalent highest honour ? Some detail on that would be welcome

@septiccalling8341

4 жыл бұрын

Jabba .....This being the Commonwealth War Graves Commission channel, that’s probably not their subject. There is a German War Graves Commission and they have a website (and maybe even a channel on KZread?) .

@llamamanism

4 жыл бұрын

Septic Calling thank you for your reply, heroes come in all nationalities. I’m a Brit but I signed both axis and allied commemorative books when I visited the war graves in France

@idleonlooker1078

3 жыл бұрын

The German equivalent until the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm was the Pour le Merite - unusually a French name for a German award!! It was commonly known as "the Blue Max". Then, unfortunately, Hitler came along and instituted the Ritterkreuz (the Knight's Cross), until he committed suicide when trapped like a rat in a clogged sewer.

Stop this petty point scoring in what was a combined effort.