Cheryl Visits The Unmarked Graves | Who Do You Think You Are

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  • @harryedwards9391
    @harryedwards9391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Cheryl seems like a very genuine person hope she finds true happiness along the way

  • @stewartcameron1516
    @stewartcameron1516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A lovely touch from Cheryl to remember the fallen soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry

  • @billydeluca6776
    @billydeluca6776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Our great grandfathers and grandfathers who fought in both world wars, are considered, by me, to be the greatest generations that have ever lived. The bravery and sacrifices they made so that we all can live free, will never be equalled. By the way, Cheryl looks lovely... as usual.

    • @t.jackson1655
      @t.jackson1655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Billy DeLuca Wise words, I will take notes 😊❤️

    • @401rhody7
      @401rhody7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Could not agree more. London and Paris are minority white and the French and British are going to be minorities in their own homelands within 100 years.
      But hey, at least you’re not speaking German!

    • @mccombe25
      @mccombe25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bravery? They were lied to about the trenches, told bs that it wasn't that bad. No internet back then remember and a heartless government

    • @ritaking8827
      @ritaking8827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God Bless them! This is why freedom is so important. Once you lose it, this is how you get it back.

    • @Marcel_Audubon
      @Marcel_Audubon ปีที่แล้ว

      That kind of veteran worship is what leads to the next war
      Beautifying "greatest" generations is just stoopid. They were just boys forced into a stoopid, stoopid, bloody death machine. Stop trying to enoble war.

  • @WhispersFromTheDark
    @WhispersFromTheDark ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rest in peace all who are buried there, and rest in peace Lcp Ridley, you are not forgotten.

  • @katiedonnelly862
    @katiedonnelly862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm doing my ancestry and discovered my great grandfather died in this war also,same place on 9th April 1917,,my grandmother was 3 month old when he died so she never knew her dad,,sad really,but we are here because of these heroes.god bless them all,xxxx

  • @sounsure9108
    @sounsure9108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I was listening to a vet ( 99yr old) of world war 11 I was struck how much ptsd has shaped society and how different fathers and husband would of been over the last hundred years had war been avoided

    • @Gogs126
      @Gogs126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And then imagine how different the world would be if all those people hadn't died too. Entire generations of young men just wiped out. Imagine what they could have brought to the world? The loss is absolutely tremendous and we still bear the results.

    • @richardmullins1883
      @richardmullins1883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100%

  • @crazydave53
    @crazydave53 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My Grandfather was killed at The Somme, he was also in the DLIs, so thanks for this give me a better insighton what happened to my grandfather

  • @lewthrasher4194
    @lewthrasher4194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for doing this Cheryl. So many stories of war we know nothing about. Many People today have no idea what the true meaning of sacrifice.

  • @carltanner9065
    @carltanner9065 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An amazing family history! I hope Cheryl has continued researching her family history because it doesn't stop at what she's been able to find. How far back can she go and what will she find? My grandfather (Dad's dad), various cousins and grand uncles fought in WW1 and Dad, my uncles and various cousins in WW2. Cousins in Vietnam as well. My brother nearly ended up going there (Vietnam) only they abolished national service about 2 months before he was due to be called up! It's sad and amazing how war has touched the lives of so many families. I'm glad that Cheryl got the chance to find out about her past. I hope she passes it down to her children and tells them of the amazing story of her family😊

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My grandfather never spoke to my gran about Gallipoli ever, but spoke to me the oldest grandson of the horrors, he didn't want burden my Nan with such unspeakable horrors.

  • @MarijeK
    @MarijeK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love how good the voice-over is with the French names. Sounds really good.

  • @HumanLinkCenter
    @HumanLinkCenter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    my respect to all those who come before us

  • @kziel7811
    @kziel7811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I have seen Amanda and Cheryl's heritage and some of Emilia Fox so far. You know what I discovered apart from excitement and emotion while watching the episodes that WDYTYA does not only gave the information of family descendants but some world history as well. This is the reason why I love WDYTYA 👍👍

  • @kaystewart1220
    @kaystewart1220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What a lovely thing to do....always wanted to go to the Somme to pay respects

  • @deniseg-hill1730
    @deniseg-hill1730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My Fathers Father who I never knew died in 1925 when my Dad was 3 years old as a result of injuries sustained in the 1st WW. My Grandmother never got a War Widows Pension until she was 76 years old in 1969 and the Social Security Dept tried to oppose it at a Tribunal. Fortunately Lord Harlech the Presiding judge told the SSD rep to be quiet, he said you know nothing about how people suffered and he said if it was up to him he would have backdated it right back to 1925 but he was only allowed to backdate it 3 years.

    • @martasorangeberry
      @martasorangeberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting. You write a paragraph of the grandmother's struggle because she couldn't get the pension, but beyond merely mentioning the grandfather that was a veteran, you have nothing to say about him.

    • @deniseg-hill1730
      @deniseg-hill1730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@martasorangeberry
      I never knew him and my Gran never spoke about him much except to say he was hardworking and very strict. He was sick but pretended he was well so he could get a job to pay the bills his brothers and sister never talked much about him either. As he died when my Dad was 3 my Dad doesn't remember much about him, Only the struggles his Mother my Grandmother had.

    • @alkante2962
      @alkante2962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As I said before, an extremely touching and interesting episode as well as are the personal stories it reminds us. It is where our stories and simple people's history make the great History. Thank you so much for sharing yours. And thank to this program and this young lady.

    • @alkante2962
      @alkante2962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd like to add that we know that WW1 was a carnage, every village in France and every family touched and devastated. sometimes 2 or 3 sons killed during the Great War wasn't a rarety, no wonder that monuments to the Dead of the Great War were erected in the 20' and this particular war called the Great War and a butchery. The demography of a mostly rural country deeply affected, and people appaled when went the 2nd war wich was just the third war in 70 years and just 20 years after WW1 ...

  • @williamthomas7509
    @williamthomas7509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    She's mistaken PTSD was known during WW I - they called it shell shock. But yes over time we have learned more about treating it and what is needed long term.

    • @GenieGin13
      @GenieGin13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      there's still a distinction though. they're not quite the same.
      the guys with shell shock is more so describing their body's physical reaction from combat such as shaking/shivering, fearful demeanor, automatically preparing for impact of something explosive. almost quite literally, shock from the shells. if you think about being in a loud environment and constant shells landing for months on end and then these guys return home, just expected to behave normal with no understanding what's happening to them mentally. let alone the people around them who have no clue what war entails.
      now in modern day, we have an expanded definition leading to what's now known PTSD which delves into the emotional aftereffects and how stress and trauma leaves deep effects on their mental health. this is the part that is missing from the WWI era understanding of shell shock.

    • @mugsev
      @mugsev 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps she's referring to the full extent and impact PTSD had and the care required

    • @richardmullins1883
      @richardmullins1883 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shell shock isn't ptsd

  • @GenieGin13
    @GenieGin13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    i feel like she went into this intentionally ignoring the olga/rene maternal line. olga's name within this otherwise very english or british family would've been a great point of interest for any genealogist. they even had a surname burton to possibly look into. olga's mom, i would think, was definitely mixed heritage something

    • @sroy9789
      @sroy9789 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was Mrs. Burton, so already married I guess.

    • @mirabelmarisol
      @mirabelmarisol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “European” names are British names. So-called European names are within the top 200 names for boys and girls going back centuries. In 1690, 'Ursula' is the 46th most popular name for a girl in England. ‘Mahala’ was an extremely popular name in 19th century England, surprisingly. Sites like britishbabynames have written before about the truly bizarre names British parents have given their children throughout history. My family included lol. Olga and Rene is nothing. Anyway, Edith Burton's maiden name was Sanders.

    • @RB-747
      @RB-747 ปีที่แล้ว

      Olga is actually not a very un-British name though

  • @TheMarman57
    @TheMarman57 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A very good point raised is that it is only in past 10 years or so that attempts and protocols have been introduced to help front line soldiers transition from what they are faced with in theater, to life back home in some quiet suburb. Even transitioning from military life into civilian life can be really difficult. When your every working day is filled with the routine and discipline of military life, it runs through your veins. There is a part of training early on which deliberately seeks to "de-civilianise" new recruits, and indoctrinate a particular pattern of behavior and life codex. This becomes a blueprint for life, and it never leaves you. Post military, It can be advantageous, or equally destructive. You can't predict how it will affect each individual. It often depends on what that individual has experienced and how they cope with it psychologically.

  • @J_M_E_83
    @J_M_E_83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    She is a stunning woman

  • @elee1086
    @elee1086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well done Lass! My grandfather served in US Army 353 Inf 1917-1919 western front.

  • @maxwellmoore8424
    @maxwellmoore8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I ❤ this young Lady even more now ,and yes . You Northern English, are made of tough stuff , THE RIGHT STUFF ✅,

  • @gijsv8419
    @gijsv8419 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am stunned by her beauty

  • @neilfranklin5644
    @neilfranklin5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes that was a good family history , so sad about the marriners dying so early in life but glad the soldier came back,

  • @maramicaa123
    @maramicaa123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Cant wait for her to come back, always herself and unique 😍

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandfather fought at Gallipoli and later Iraq and Palestine.
    He never forgot his friends he lost in Gallipoli.

  • @jamesmcmurrough3811
    @jamesmcmurrough3811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My great-great uncles were also in DLI and died. RIP

    • @rastra1321
      @rastra1321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Mcmurrough my great Grandad too...RIP DLI Warriors. X 💔💔☺️😢

    • @lunarubyjon594
      @lunarubyjon594 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have found a relative who joined the Durham Light Infantry under a false name as he was only 14. Thankfully he survived but I have a 14 year old son now and cannot imagine him going to war.

  • @leokorn1629
    @leokorn1629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is really hard to take to explore such past in the family. i hope in the future generations will explore better stories from the past.

  • @karmalkarn9770
    @karmalkarn9770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful

  • @dragonfly686868
    @dragonfly686868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When he said “exposed” - he really meant the pioneers literally were out there chancing their lives digging the trenches!?!
    My respects to all the solders fighting the Germans but damn it, I would have been pissed too if I was out there.
    My respects to all the solders that were there❤

  • @wantingtolearn4729
    @wantingtolearn4729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Cheryl you are one unique person. Very inspirational. And your healthy look is inspirational to be healthy. Very sweet, empathtic, and pretty inside and out from what I know.

  • @xxxxxx-tq4mw
    @xxxxxx-tq4mw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    With Cheryl’s family’s military background, should "My Girl" ever decide to do another series, she’d make a good squaddie.

  • @bne1498
    @bne1498 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Cheryl looks so beautiful

  • @MK-hz2bn
    @MK-hz2bn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Her accent sounds like a mix of Scottish and Irish

    • @amyw6808
      @amyw6808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s Geordie. She’s from Newcastle. It’s North East England. Tbf, at various points in history, it would have been within Scottish Borders, but no, it’s definitely England.

  • @lchristy5949
    @lchristy5949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What about Edith Anne.

  • @zombieholic
    @zombieholic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my ancestors was killed at Vimy Ridge.

  • @debbiesullivan8404
    @debbiesullivan8404 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Loving this with Cheryl very interesting x

  • @etherealtb6021
    @etherealtb6021 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Being American, have no idea who this young lady is, but boy her family history is interesting!

  • @idziokracja4186
    @idziokracja4186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice story i got Jòzef grandpa too👍

  • @coopsevy5664
    @coopsevy5664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish I could do this.

    • @susanjackett9268
      @susanjackett9268 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It can be hard, but most genealogy sites do special offers where one can get lots if very good documents and info. Ancestry usually do a NY offer, I'm on a year at half price at present and found a thru line to Henry 1st if France!

  • @TheMarman57
    @TheMarman57 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did he say ; "this is the village of Gillymont" the actual pronunciation of which is more like " Gooymaw". Why are we so poor at foreign languages? It's not THAT difficult to learn how to pronounce these words properly, or even near properly but to not even try - and these people are qualified experts in........something.

  • @sylvester8004
    @sylvester8004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ♥️♥️♥️

  • @sarahbrennan1342
    @sarahbrennan1342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought it was Priscilla Presley in the link photo

  • @cathydodd1224
    @cathydodd1224 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is Cheryl???

  • @speshul7525
    @speshul7525 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    At least the American revolution , civil war and the Indian wars, the battlefields, or parts are safe and cherished.
    What in Europe they would do that, maybe they would not have so many wars

  • @lilianmalone8647
    @lilianmalone8647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I notice she consistently comments on how handsome etc she is absolutely promoting this ancestry in line with her own life

    • @ninjacat4929
      @ninjacat4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think that’s only natural , nothing wrong with noticing handsome people in the family . She is beautiful herself !

  • @dragonflyhill5748
    @dragonflyhill5748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She looks like him.

  • @susanjackett9268
    @susanjackett9268 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheryl may find further back what we did. From East End London up to Toll Square mariners? Then way back into northern gentry ,then nobility! Mind boggling, I reckon many Northern families may be linked into royalry , it's just finding the name.

  • @minervasjourney
    @minervasjourney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not too good with accents but why does Cheryl speak with a bit of an Indian accent? Just speaks different than everyone else?

    • @86upsmaya
      @86upsmaya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indian ? Isnt it Scottish ?

    • @suelaing8306
      @suelaing8306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Geordie it's the accent people from the Newcastle upon Tyne area of the northeast of England have

    • @paikiabandboy
      @paikiabandboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@suelaing8306 is it welsh?

    • @MarijeK
      @MarijeK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No, like she says, Newcastle is in the north east of England. Wales is a country in the south west. This is how a Geordie accent sounds.

    • @alyssas9099
      @alyssas9099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      it’s a Geordie accent! so typical has a stress on vowels, to make it sound a bit “sing songy”. there’s lots of different accents in the UK! hers comes from the northeast, Newcastle.

  • @johnsmyth6283
    @johnsmyth6283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    North. East or West. We are not respected and never have been by the capital.

  • @grimmlight4541
    @grimmlight4541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Should of just stuck with Shell Shock. None of this soft PC nonsense like Battle Fatigue or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder BS. Shell Shock is a Hard and Brutal phrase that screams attention, which would of got more veterans the attention they needed in later wars. God I have such respect for those guys.

    • @BernardProfitendieu
      @BernardProfitendieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not all about shells exploding, dullard ... get off your high horse

    • @q8gyj26s
      @q8gyj26s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grimm Light
      Nitpicking freak

    • @libbyringo8419
      @libbyringo8419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No "shells" today, and the PTSD reveals that what happened during a war (or any other stressful event) still impacts the person in the present time. Seems silly to quibble over terms or labels when the point is that some people carry over the horror of their past lives to their current one. This impacts the spouses and other family members as well.

    • @jillybe1873
      @jillybe1873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So what happened to you? Talk to someone about it. You are not alone.