Beautiful show tonight Lucy and Megan. I just wanted to share this special story about the Dellville Wood Memorial: Flanked by two double rows of oaks, a wide avenue lead solemnly to the Memorial. These venerables oaks are a colourful story. Approached in 1920, the South African Department of Forestry took on the immense replant work. M. Hockvelden, stationed at La Motte in Franschoek, asked 9-year-old Koos Hugo, who lived on the farm La Cotte to collect a bag full of acorns from the same tree that had germinated from one of the six acorns which French Huguenot Jean Gardiol had brought to South Africa in 1688. These symbolic acorns, when germinated were sent across to France where they were used to replant Delville Wood
Lovely. Thank you. It's always nice to say hello and thanks to the guys buried in corners of local cemeteries - usually aircrew and soldiers who died in training. CWGC does great work. 🌟
Dr Megan did an outstanding job there. A difficult, potentially morbid or depressing subject covered with tact and taste, that does the work of the CWGC proud. Well done Lucy @ww1TV for bring Megan and that topic to our notice.
At approx 40mins a dog grave was mentioned. Yes there is a dog commemorated in Normandy. Glen and his handler jumped in with the 9th Para Bn, 6th Airborne Div but were killed on their way to attack Merville Bty I believe. Both buried at Ranville.
Check out Tasman Millington (1896 -1963) who fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. In 1918 he was wounded and after recuperation in the UK enrolled in a radio course. The war ended and the Australian Government were looking for volunteers to dig up war dead for indentifcation and reburial. He went back to Gallipoli and eventually was in charge of the Commonwealth War Graves there. Between the wars and during WW2 his exploits make "James Bond" look like a school boy. A book, which I believe could be out of print, was called Millington's Mission. A great read.
Just to add, I can not find this book in the UK, the shipping is £34.00 So, if you know some one travelling from Oz to UK and would bring it, i will pay for the book.
From watching this excellent presentation, I learned that the CWGC did a very fine job overall considering the many different countries involved where their dead, numbering in the millions really, were initially interred. I am reminded of the care that the United States took with the creation of National Cemeteries on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Of course many Confederate dead were interred in mass graves, but some effort was made by the individual families to repatriate their loved ones into official or private memorials, as Meagan has pointed out in the UK. I hope that WW1TV will address the American WW1 Cemeteries in future. Considering the immense task, I praise the overall work done by the CWGC. Thanks for a compelling and poignant episode, beautifully done.
For me? I have a very good mic actually - no one mentioned sound quality problem during this show? otherwise I’d have adjusted it for sure. I can’t do anything about our guests mics though and unfortunately we had some technical problems on other shows but that’s just how the cookie crumbles.
Ok, well.. thanks for the feedback - I don’t watch the shows back myself and as I said, no one else has mentioned it. I have a degree in audio engineering so you would hope I can make the necessary adjustments to improve the sound quality !
I wanted to email, but there is nothing posted on the about section. I have studded the Great War with some enthusiasm for about 20 years now. This video is very interesting and I feel could be expanded in to another video easily. I have a question, and I have never seen a book on the subject. The clearing up after the war, returning the land back to farming. Making safe the ground. I know that some Chinese labourers were involved but I have not read much more. Also the rebuilding of the villages, this would be highly interesting and not covered by anyone else that I know of. Also, and some will know this who have visited Albert on the Somme, that after the great war, Albert was "adopted" by the English city of Birmingham, whose citizens funded a new almshouse building, and the main street is named Rue de Birmingham. After a socialist government took over, this was abandoned and the town was twined with another. My understanding is that Albert is now twinned with Ulverston in Lancashire in Cumbria.
There are a few good books on the subject - I’d recommend ‘the unending vigil’ by Philip longworth, ‘empires of the dead’ by David crane, ‘the silent cities’ Sidney hurst, ‘the missing of the Somme’ Geoff dyer. CWGC also have some literature, so do check out their website!
In an odd way the men who died were lucky today there names are written in stone and cared for the men who were wounded and had life changing injury have been forgotten there is no memorial stone My Grandfather return from war a very different person he was angry short tempered and was a monster to live with he did not have a kind bone in his body he fought at gallipolie and was in milatery hospital till discharge in 1919 he made his family life hell until he died in 1971 he had shell shock his liveing hell is not remembered anywhere and i think its very very sad to have lived for 52 years of horror in his own world RIP Gran dad you were not understood and Govt who sent you there did not give a dam from what i could see
Beautiful show tonight Lucy and Megan.
I just wanted to share this special story about the Dellville Wood Memorial:
Flanked by two double rows of oaks, a wide avenue lead solemnly to the Memorial. These venerables oaks are a colourful story. Approached in 1920, the South African Department of Forestry took on the immense replant work. M. Hockvelden, stationed at La Motte in Franschoek, asked 9-year-old Koos Hugo, who lived on the farm La Cotte to collect a bag full of acorns from the same tree that had germinated from one of the six acorns which French Huguenot Jean Gardiol had brought to South Africa in 1688. These symbolic acorns, when germinated were sent across to France where they were used to replant Delville Wood
Never knew of the French Huguenot connection to South Africa. How very moving.
Lovely. Thank you. It's always nice to say hello and thanks to the guys buried in corners of local cemeteries - usually aircrew and soldiers who died in training. CWGC does great work. 🌟
Great presentation from Dr. Kelleher. The CWGC do a fantastic job of commemorating the fallen.
Dr Megan did an outstanding job there. A difficult, potentially morbid or depressing subject covered with tact and taste, that does the work of the CWGC proud. Well done Lucy @ww1TV for bring Megan and that topic to our notice.
Wonderfull talk on the work of the CWGC. 👍
Brilliant talk! Looking forward to more! Thank you ladies
At approx 40mins a dog grave was mentioned. Yes there is a dog commemorated in Normandy. Glen and his handler jumped in with the 9th Para Bn, 6th Airborne Div but were killed on their way to attack Merville Bty I believe. Both buried at Ranville.
What would mankind do without his best friend the canine?
another great show. so interesting and well presented by both of you
Excellent presentation on the CWGC.
Howdy Lucy and Megan! Fantastic presentation. 👊🏼🤠
Incredibly touching and informative presentation, thank you.
Check out Tasman Millington (1896 -1963) who fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. In 1918 he was wounded and after recuperation in the UK enrolled in a radio course. The war ended and the Australian Government were looking for volunteers to dig up war dead for indentifcation and reburial. He went back to Gallipoli and eventually was in charge of the Commonwealth War Graves there. Between the wars and during WW2 his exploits make "James Bond" look like a school boy. A book, which I believe could be out of print, was called Millington's Mission. A great read.
Just to add, I can not find this book in the UK, the shipping is £34.00 So, if you know some one travelling from Oz to UK and would bring it, i will pay for the book.
From watching this excellent presentation, I learned that the CWGC did a very fine job overall considering the many different countries involved where their dead, numbering in the millions really, were initially interred. I am reminded of the care that the United States took with the creation of National Cemeteries on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Of course many Confederate dead were interred in mass graves, but some effort was made by the individual families to repatriate their loved ones into official or private memorials, as Meagan has pointed out in the UK. I hope that WW1TV will address the American WW1 Cemeteries in future. Considering the immense task, I praise the overall work done by the CWGC. Thanks for a compelling and poignant episode, beautifully done.
Yes, would love to do a show on ABMC work for sure! So glad you enjoyed this one.
Good topic.. Looking forward to it..
Thanks Lucy and Megan, Lucy, please no 1 on our wish a better mike!!!!! (RØDE)?
For me? I have a very good mic actually - no one mentioned sound quality problem during this show? otherwise I’d have adjusted it for sure.
I can’t do anything about our guests mics though and unfortunately we had some technical problems on other shows but that’s just how the cookie crumbles.
Sorry, but it sounded like a big empty room!!! @@WW1TVchannel
Ok, well.. thanks for the feedback - I don’t watch the shows back myself and as I said, no one else has mentioned it. I have a degree in audio engineering so you would hope I can make the necessary adjustments to improve the sound quality !
@@WW1TVchannelReading comments while watching. Sound is perfectly fine.
I know here in the U.S.A. that you definitely have to have served in the Military during a war.
I wanted to email, but there is nothing posted on the about section.
I have studded the Great War with some enthusiasm for about 20 years now.
This video is very interesting and I feel could be expanded in to another video easily.
I have a question, and I have never seen a book on the subject.
The clearing up after the war, returning the land back to farming.
Making safe the ground.
I know that some Chinese labourers were involved but I have not read much more.
Also the rebuilding of the villages, this would be highly interesting and not covered by anyone else that I know of.
Also, and some will know this who have visited Albert on the Somme, that
after the great war, Albert was "adopted" by the English city of Birmingham, whose citizens funded a new almshouse building, and the main street is named Rue de Birmingham.
After a socialist government took over, this was abandoned and the town was twined with another.
My understanding is that Albert is now twinned with Ulverston in Lancashire in Cumbria.
There are a few good books on the subject - I’d recommend ‘the unending vigil’ by Philip longworth, ‘empires of the dead’ by David crane, ‘the silent cities’ Sidney hurst, ‘the missing of the Somme’ Geoff dyer. CWGC also have some literature, so do check out their website!
In an odd way the men who died were lucky today there names are written in stone and cared for the men who were wounded and had life changing injury have been forgotten there is no memorial stone My Grandfather return from war a very different person he was angry short tempered and was a monster to live with he did not have a kind bone in his body he fought at gallipolie and was in milatery hospital till discharge in 1919 he made his family life hell until he died in 1971 he had shell shock his liveing hell is not remembered anywhere and i think its very very sad to have lived for 52 years of horror in his own world RIP Gran dad you were not understood and Govt who sent you there did not give a dam from what i could see