Cheryl Traces Her War Hero History | Who Do You Think You Are

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  • @lawrencethompson8996
    @lawrencethompson8996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    PTSD is a strange thing. My granddad was a very quiet man to the point of strangeness. He died when I was about 7 and my only memories of him are of his gnarly worn hands, smoking like a chimney and constantly doing things around the house - I don't remember him ever saying anything. Even my grandmother (who I knew better) joked about him being "the silent type". He was briefly hospitalised "for his nerves" when my mum was a child. Later we found out he was in some very close fighting in the battle of Kohima - neither my mother nor grandmother had a clue. I have a commemorative card from his funeral in which somebody had written "known by his deeds not his words". And I'm quite happy to have that small thing even if I never really knew him.

    • @AndySaenz
      @AndySaenz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, wow, I hope people say good things about me after I pass away. I’m a quiet man too but I always smile and try to strike up a conversation with everyone I meet.

  • @SilverStrumer
    @SilverStrumer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Every family history had their own ups and down but their greatest achievements should never be forgotten. Thanks again for sharing your story Cheryl.

  • @deanna1589
    @deanna1589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My great grandfather was mustered gassed during WWI. He was told never to drink alcohol. Grandma, said her dad was a sweet man until he would start drinking. It was something about the combination of alcohol and mustard gas that caused such a change in mood.

  • @coopsevy5664
    @coopsevy5664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow I really had no idea. This is very historic.

  • @etherealtb6021
    @etherealtb6021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So sad. Doesn't excuse his bad behavior, but what those men went through was atrocious and only the most extreme shell shocked (PTSD) soldiers got any treatment.

  • @stephallan2543
    @stephallan2543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As a human being no one can really know for certain ALL the Traumas, circumstances and Trials our ancestors went through...God Bless this Strong 💪🏽 Woman who chose to research “Publicly for All Others to Observe”. We really can’t fully comprehend the PAST as TIMES are significantly different in ALL Present areas of LIFE. 🤔🔍🙏🏽🔑🧐⏳

  • @menufrog
    @menufrog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Pops had PTSD, no doubt about it.

  • @bethW_
    @bethW_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Love Cheryl. Can't wait for her new song "love made me do it". Which will be out this month.

  • @darrenk920
    @darrenk920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this series

  • @ritaking8827
    @ritaking8827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God bless the Miners! Where would we be without them.

  • @emily4
    @emily4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've been to them trenches in Belgium. Went last year with my school!!

  • @rastra1321
    @rastra1321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My great grandfather was in the Durham Light Infantry 1/6 Battalion he was also a miner...his name is at the memorial in Ypres, Missing assumed Dead 26/4/1915. He was only 22 years old, had to babies (one was my grandad, I never met him as he also died young) I have have been attempting to research him...I wish I could meet up with that lady so she could help me...x ❤️ I want the lockdown to end so I can go up to Durham records office. I have never been to Durham...I’m really excited to find out about my Northern Eastern England ancestors. X

    • @nutcracker2916
      @nutcracker2916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Google Wikitree it's free and enter some family surnames. Something might come up.

  • @32446
    @32446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Poor guy being in Ypres and on the Somme. No wonder he drank.

    • @jimbodjango8900
      @jimbodjango8900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You'd need more than a drinking problem to forget that

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh, wow, in the thumbnail she looks so much like her ancestor!

  • @ellenjennings9406
    @ellenjennings9406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ellen Jennings very interesting I never knew some of the stuff that Cheryl was learning about

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke1108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Stunning looking woman

    • @Spudchucker92
      @Spudchucker92 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She’s reasonably easy on the eyes yes. Not what the video is about though. 😉

  • @themasterofdisguise
    @themasterofdisguise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Expert: “Here is a badge”
    Cheryl: “Wow!!!!!……………what is it?” 🤣😂😝😆

    • @Thiago_Alves_Souza
      @Thiago_Alves_Souza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "What does it actually mean?"
      Misrepresenting her quote only makes you look like the dummy in this joke ironically

    • @Spudchucker92
      @Spudchucker92 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously it’s a badge. 🙄 She meant what does it symbolise or stand for.
      Don’t know where this thing about Cheryl being a bit thick comes from, no she’s not MENSA or NASA smart, but she’s quite sharp and analytical for a woman frequently dismissed as a bimbo. Again, snobbery towards northerners and the working class. 🙄 Oldest one in the book.

  • @melanieviselli9706
    @melanieviselli9706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    He could have very well started out life with a different sort of personality...and whatever experiences he had during WWI may have changed something in him. It doesn't excuse his violent temper etc, but it does at least give some idea as to who the whole person was.

  • @BUHNANUHBREAD
    @BUHNANUHBREAD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So are we gonna skip over the part where she found out the housekeeper is her grandma or nah?

  • @1966Graham
    @1966Graham ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow

  • @dragonfly686868
    @dragonfly686868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you imagine digging those trenches at night rainy, wet and cold n bullets flying everywhere -- id be angry as hell. 1st day 60k ppl died!!!
    politicians NEVER learn n continue to start war even in year 2023. Everyone of them need to go dig those trenches themselves n watch their sons go to war but we kn thatd never happen.

  • @btuesday
    @btuesday 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You must see "They Shall Not Grow Old"

  • @LeChatonAvecUnFouet
    @LeChatonAvecUnFouet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Wow. A hard drinking, violent man with a sex drive that already netted him 9 living children, and a young housekeeper hired to watch the kids. This doesn't sound like a happy story, it sounds like a rapey story, and the fact that she never spoke of him later doesn't help.

    • @OntologySlays
      @OntologySlays 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LeChatonAvecUnFouet you forgot that he fought in WW1!

    • @LeChatonAvecUnFouet
      @LeChatonAvecUnFouet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@OntologySlays And your point is...? What, exactly?

    • @jaybinks5989
      @jaybinks5989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The world didn't see things in those terms back then. What people wanted they got, it was normal in that time.

    • @LeChatonAvecUnFouet
      @LeChatonAvecUnFouet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jaybinks5989 And what is it exactly that she wanted and got, "back in the day"?

    • @GlobetrotterBR
      @GlobetrotterBR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My
      great-grandfather was exactly in the same situation as him, widow with lots of kids, hired a housekeeper, made her pregnant and in the end had 8 more children with her. In total he had 22 children with 3 women. That was not uncommon in those times.

  • @bobapbob5812
    @bobapbob5812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Interesting accent.

    • @darrenk920
      @darrenk920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a Geordie accent from the north east

    • @bobapbob5812
      @bobapbob5812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darrenk920 Thanks

  • @Lady.AnnAmavi
    @Lady.AnnAmavi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Anyone else who thought her grandfather looked like that creep captain / General from Outlander 😱

  • @mikeshaffer5844
    @mikeshaffer5844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Scary…looking I had no idea who she was…until she started talking.

  • @Snarkapotamus
    @Snarkapotamus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven't a clue who "Cheryl" is...anyone?

    • @johnceragioli9671
      @johnceragioli9671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cheryl is a British singer, songwriter and show host. She’s a former judge on Britain’s X Factor.

    • @tinkeringforfun
      @tinkeringforfun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was a member of a British female pop band called Girls Aloud. They were originally put together as a band by Simon Cowell when all the girls were contestants in the UK's X Factor show. They went on to win and had a very successful career. Just google them.

    • @Snarkapotamus
      @Snarkapotamus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tinkeringforfun - Never heard of them or her. Must be a UK thing...

    • @Sgt.chickens
      @Sgt.chickens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Snarkapotamus yeah unsurprisingly british celebrities who focus on work in the UK exist.

  • @jamesdavis7492
    @jamesdavis7492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen my cat make that face........in her litter box

  • @theemurman1
    @theemurman1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry im a Yank. WHO IS CHERYLE

    • @themizzzzle
      @themizzzzle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joe Murray British pop star , she won a British talent show owned by Simon cowell as a member of a girl band called girls aloud. She became a solo artist and a judge on the U.K. xfactor with Simon cowell after.

  • @ChezzaAU
    @ChezzaAU 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why post only 8.47 mins? Not worth watching

    • @GreenBananaz
      @GreenBananaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There’s more videos, I’ve watched 5 so far

    • @WhoDoYouThinkYouAre
      @WhoDoYouThinkYouAre  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don't worry you can catch up on all of Cheryl's journey with this playlist - th-cam.com/play/PLZsy4Rj7uAiRDN0YC0v4c2VT-zKQvGo_1.html

    • @sunflower9481
      @sunflower9481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ya that's why they posted a few videos and not just one.

    • @niahnrichards182
      @niahnrichards182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre p

  • @williamsmith3926
    @williamsmith3926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone else always got the vibe of being two faced and spiteful from cheryl ??

    • @Alwpiano
      @Alwpiano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She sounds like she's tired and uninterested when she talks. No personality. Little change in tone of voice and facial expression.

    • @jessmayh
      @jessmayh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Alwpiano Shes not going to be full of joy and happiness when this documentary isn’t about humour.

    • @Alwpiano
      @Alwpiano 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jessmayh well I'd have more than just one face and tone of voice if I was finding out this type of information about myself.

    • @Sgt.chickens
      @Sgt.chickens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alwpiano just how a lot of geordies sound mate. Ive met a few of em who sound like her and are dumb as a brick. Some that sound tge same and are sharp as an arrowhead.
      Its just a very monotone way of speaking that some of them happen to have

  • @itaomahony502
    @itaomahony502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please spare us any more of this vapid woman.