World war 1 veteran | Sidney Williams | Stories from the front | This Week | 1970
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- Some extracts from an interview with 73 year old World war 1 veteran and resident of The Royal Star and Garter home in Richmond, London about about his experiences in the trenches.
First shown: 05/11/1970
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An accent now practically lost.
This is a real hero boys and girls not your celebrities and athletes that people seem to be so obsessed with these days
Sidney Williams. WW1 1914-1918. Served in the Home Guard during WW2 1939-1945. Gave his war medal to the Imperial War Musuem (still on display) in 1972. He passed away in 1976. Truly remarkable man.
its funny how now days we get "depressed" due to failing an exam or not getting a job, or GOD FORBID a relationship breaking down with a boyfriend or girlfriend, but this guy went to hell and back and still finds the positives in life
Its really sad that no WW1 veteran is still alive
Footballers and "celebrities" are not heroes. This Fine old chap is a
I knew a number of Great War veterans. There was one big difference between them and the Second World War veterans, and that was they rarely spoke about their experiences. My neighbour in London recalled how the family had to hold down their father at night when he was “back in the trenches” in his dreams. I heard a radio programme about Salford where a man couldn’t sleep due to the memories so he went out for a walk and saw other men doing the same. We are so lucky not to have witnessed the horror of the Great War. Arnold Ridley of Dad’s Army was another victim of his experiences of that appalling waste of life, brought about, as always, by the ruling elite.
And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell; One more soldier reporting sir, I've served my time in hell.
The True Hero is a guy in a wheelchair,not celebrities.
When I was a kid in the late 60’s, I remember so many ex servicemen walking about with shell shock. It was a common sight back then - Bristol, 1969
“ how many people have you killed in the war?”
I remember asking my dad in the sixties. He was in dunkirk.
The wisest words ever said by an ex soldier.
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I remember talking to WW1 veterans through out the 70s and 80s, now there all gone these film are important.
There were a few of these old boys around still when i was a kid, they had something about them, each and every one that i met God Bless all of them..
This man himself is telling you he is not a hero! He would never do it again and it wasn't worth it. His life was marked by horrors he saw and committed. That is the veteran's truth, not the fairytale and myths that the jingoistic armchair warriors would have you believe.
This is why we should never forget
To survive WW1 as a machine gunner was very hard since both sides made it a point to call in artillery on strongpoints.
Sad to know that all ww1 veterans are now dead at least they get to rest in an better place re unite with there friends and family and lost comrades