The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War | Robert Sackville-West
By the end of the First World War, the whereabouts of more than half a million British soldiers were unknown. Most were presumed dead, lost forever under the battlefields of northern France and Flanders.
In this presentation, Robert Sackville-West brings together the extraordinary, moving accounts of those who dedicated their lives to the search for the missing. These stories reveal the remarkable lengths to which people will go to give meaning to their loss and the exhumation and reburial in military cemeteries of hundreds of thousands of bodies.
It was a search that would span a century: from the department set up to investigate the fate of missing comrades in the war's aftermath, to the present day, when DNA profiling continues to aid efforts to recover, identify and honour these men. As the rest of the country found ways to repair and move on, countless families were consumed by this mission, undertaking arduous, often hopeless, journeys to discover what happened to their husbands, brothers and sons.
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thank you for continuing the effort of finding the fallen of the great war a very noble cause they must never to be forgotten
I had a first cousin (twice removed) who wanted to help give the Kaiser a bloody nose and left Iowa to join the Canadian Army in 1916, a year before the US joined the fight. Garfield Slauson died near Vimy, France, in September, 1918. His resting place is unknown and his name is enshrined on the Vimy memorial.
@boxwoodgreen
6 ай бұрын
You might find a duo of books by Herbert W.McBride interesting. He was an American Colonel, and Scout who resigned his Commission and volunteered likewise in the Canadian Army. He fought as a Scout Sniper, and a machine gunner in the 21st, then the 31st Canadian Battalions. His books " The Emma Gees" (short for machine gunners), and "A Rifleman goes to War" are still easily available. In one of two books is the most incredible coincidences I've ever seen. He reported being in the crest of "The Dump" next to Hill 60 on June 13, 1916, and watching a minenwerfer (a garbage can sized mortar round ) drop right into the front line Canadian Trench killing a dozen soldiers including ... my great uncle James Howard Allan. Who today lies resting side by side with his comrades at Railway Dugouts (Transport Farm) Commonwealth Cemetery just south of the Lille Gate of Ypres.
Great presentation, thank you. It warms my canadian heart to be able to see the dedication and care put into this work.
A sensitive subject presented with such dignity and respect. Well done to the presenter and channel
I was rather moved. Eloquence and perfect delivery…
Currently reading this book and it's fantastic.
Excellent.
Fascinating but saddening and then uplifting. Excellent talk thank you.
Excellent, thorough presentation. I learned some nuggets and enjoyed the anecdotes. The thought of a grieving woman meeting her boyfriend's adversary is incredible. Many thanks.
Extremely interesting, thank you. 👍
Excellent presentation.
All WFA lectures are interesting but this one stands out as absolutely top-notch.
A very moving and informative presentation. Luckily both of my grandfathers survived WW1, one avoided the trenches on the Western Front as he served with the British Army in East Africa, the other was a driver with the newly formed RFC.
Thank you for a very informative and moving presentation.
The book is a superb read which answers so many questions. An essential ww1 read. I'd be very interested in how Germany coped.
Thanks very much. Informative and interesting.
Tragic.
A good Man
Wow.
Battle of Arras, WW1+2
The tumble dryer gets everything all, so why bother growing new bones in such a garden 😕
@johnhannigan8265
Жыл бұрын
What are you talking about it’s gibberish.