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

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Cheryl follows in the footsteps of her great grandfather Joseph Wilson Ridley, and learns of his experience of World War One. What will Cheryl discover next?
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@lawrencethompson8996 3 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 5 лет назад

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 2 года назад

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.

@stephallan2543 4 года назад

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. 🤔🔍🙏🏽🔑🧐⏳

@emily4 4 года назад

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

@bethW_ 5 лет назад

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

@coopsevy5664 4 года назад

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

@menufrog 4 года назад

Pops had PTSD, no doubt about it.

@rastra1321 4 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@etherealtb6021 Год назад

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.

@darrenk920 2 года назад

Love this series

@jimclarke1108 5 лет назад

Stunning looking woman

@Spudchucker92 8 месяцев назад

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

@themasterofdisguise 2 года назад

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

@Thiago_Alves_Souza 2 года назад

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

@Spudchucker92 8 месяцев назад

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.

@32446 3 года назад

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

@jimbodjango8900 2 года назад

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

@ellenjennings9406 5 лет назад

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

@AndySaenz 2 года назад

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

@ritaking8827 Год назад

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

@1966Graham Год назад

Wow

@BUHNANUHBREAD 2 года назад

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

@btuesday 2 года назад

You must see "They Shall Not Grow Old"

@melanieviselli9706 4 года назад

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.

@Lady.AnnAmavi 4 года назад

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

@mikeshaffer5844 3 года назад

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

@bobapbob5812 4 года назад

Interesting accent.

@darrenk920 2 года назад

It’s a Geordie accent from the north east

@bobapbob5812 2 года назад

@@darrenk920 Thanks

@Snarkapotamus 3 года назад

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

@johnceragioli9671 3 года назад

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

@tinkeringforfun 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@Sgt.chickens Год назад

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

@jamesdavis7492 2 года назад

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

@theemurman1 4 года назад

Sorry im a Yank. WHO IS CHERYLE

@themizzzzle 4 года назад

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.

@LeChatonAvecUnFouet 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

LeChatonAvecUnFouet you forgot that he fought in WW1!

@LeChatonAvecUnFouet 5 лет назад

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

@jaybinks5989 5 лет назад

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

@LeChatonAvecUnFouet 5 лет назад

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

@GlobetrotterBR 4 года назад

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.

@dragonfly686868 10 месяцев назад

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.

@ChezzaAU 5 лет назад

Why post only 8.47 mins? Not worth watching

@GreenBananaz 5 лет назад

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

@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre 5 лет назад

Don't worry you can catch up on all of Cheryl's journey with this playlist - ru-vid.com/group/PLZsy4Rj7uAiRDN0YC0v4c2VT-zKQvGo_1

@sunflower9481 5 лет назад

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

@niahnrichards182 4 года назад

@@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre p

@williamsmith3926 4 года назад

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

@andrewwilliams9580 4 года назад

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

@jessmayh 3 года назад

@@andrewwilliams9580 Shes not going to be full of joy and happiness when this documentary isn’t about humour.

@andrewwilliams9580 3 года назад

@@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 Год назад

@@andrewwilliams9580 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