my G-G-Grandfather was in the 1st/5th territorial battalion devonshire regiment was sent to india, then the middle east against the turks (always said the best soldier was a turk), then sent to the second battle of somme and was awarded the military medal for taking command of his company when all his officers and sgts was killed in an attack, when he was in the middle east his battalion was reduced to only about 150 men and 11 officers
My grandfather served in France in WW1. He was a veterinarian assistant. He rescued wounded horses and mules. We as children benefitted from his knowledge for our ponies and horses. We were horse crazy because of him.
god bless the war horses and war animals. they did not choose war but had to go anyway and the majority never returned home alive. i have a horse and look after horses and animals.
My father used to play these tunes on his old victrola record player! I still remember him playing cards and listening to those old time recordings. He used to sit on the side of a hill and watch the troop trains departing.
I had two relatives in WWI. My great great-grandfather and my great-grandfather both fought in the Portuguese Army in the Western Front in the same sector,curiously. My greatgrandfather got seriously injured and was evacuated in the hospital ship Glengorn Castle back to Portugal. My great great-grandfather came back only in July of 1919. We believe he fought in the Battle La Lys, and later died due to lung problems due to the exposure of mustard gas and other componnents.
Such a sad time. But such great music. Amazing people. Rest in peace, all soldiers who have passed are honorable. German, British, American, and all the great nations that fought in both world wars. I love to listen to this music. Think of what we have turned into. Its sad. It was better in those times. This music vs the "n***a imma kill you h*e" music... Jesus. It's very sad. I wish I could go back in time.
Hey it happends i know what the great war was like and ww2 the bloddy war or civil war or revolutionary war it was all bloddy so god bless america and great britain and germany ich liebe dich deushland
Loved the WW I & WW II MUSIC!!! SUCH AUTHENTIC FOOTAGE OF BOTH WARS WAS UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE ERAS!!! SURPRISING TO ME WERE THE CLOSE UPS OF THE ENEMIES!!! I COULD SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES!!! FOOTAGE OF THE PARATROOPERS WAS STUPENDOUS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!! Respectfully yours, Carol Ann Fessler, Daughter of: USMC MASTER SGT WILLIAM LEVERNE FESSLER, DECEASED, AIR WARNING SQUADRON 8, 3-1-44 THROUGH 3-12-46, PACIFIC CAMPAIGN. JAPANESE ISLANDS: OKINAWA, IE SHIMA, AGUNI SHIMA, ZAMAMI SHIMA, NAGANNU SHIMA. AWS 8 AIR INFORMED US PILOTS OF JAPANESE PLANES POSITIONS THEREBY AIDING IN THE DOWNING OF 26 JAPANESE PLANES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, DAD!!! SEMPER FI!!!! Niece of: MR. ALFRED ROBERT FESSLER, DECEASED, WW II US ARMY AIR CORPS. PILOTED OVER GERMANY AND AFRICA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UNCLE BOB!!! AND MR. JESSE KENNETH FESSLER, USMC. WW II GUNNER, PACIFIC CAMPAIGN, JAPAN. WENT BY AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE DIRECTLY WHERE 2ND ATOMIC BOMB BLASTED, IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UNCLE KENNY!!! ALSO SERVED IN KOREA AS HE WAS STILL IN RESERVES. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE, UNCLE KENNY!!! SEMPER FI!!! AND MR. JOHN WARREN FESSLER, USMC, KOREA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UNCLE JACK!!! SEMPER FI!!!
War is both terrible and beautiful. It kills people, but it also brings out the very best qualities out of people who fight it. Nobody wants to fight in a war, as much as nobody can stay indifferent to the people it produces.
Imagine how eerie it would be if you took one of these songs and played it over a battlefield. The air is smoky, all the trees are bare or smoking. The ground is covered in deep pits left by the constant shelling. In the filthy, grimy water in those pits are bodies. Face-down, on the side, upside-down. Bleeding, decomposing bodies. Empty trenches, quiet and creepy. Makeshift graves, screaming artillery, scared and desperate men. So many dead, many more to come. Abandoned tanks, huge, hollow husks of a once terrifying and unstoppable machine. The sound of whistles, sending more men over the top and to their deaths. The rat-tat-tat or machine guns as people get mowed down by the hundred. Then, in the distance, you hear a sound. A happy sound, a band. With woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments. They sing an upbeat tune, blissfully unaware of the horrid suffering happening at the battle site. Never forget the sacrifice all those millions of people made for an ultimately futile war. They had little to no say in the matter. They were just soldiers following orders. I hope I have opened your eyes to the horrors of the First World War, whoever read this far I wish you a good night and/or day......
My favorite recording of Tiperrary was made during a 1950s goodwill tour of the Soviet Red Army Band and Chorus. Sung in English, with a strong Russian accent, but oh, the power of Russian singers, with an extremely strong bass section.
Far Far from Ypres, It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Mademoiseille from Almadies, Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag, Fred Karno's Army......my great grandfather knew all these. He was on the Passchendaele front near Ypres.
if i was australian i could say my grandfather fought in gallipoli but im maori and i dont know if all the anzacs were there fighting at gallipoli in 1915
My grandfather's uncle fought with the English in the battle of Alamein (WW2) they were both Greek my grandfather used to tell me stories about him and about when the Germans conquered the country until he passed away recently
My GREAT grandfather fought in Austro-Haungary at the alps of Italy he list his leg due to an exposion but i think he died beacuse of bleeding or he didnt die
I think of Claude Rains, every time I hear one of these songs. RIP Claude Rains, my brave, handsome soldier. And my favorite Actor! Hugs and kisses from The Other Side!
Don't know exactly, but my Grandmother's (on father's side) grandfather and possibly my Great Grandfather (on mother's side) fought in WW1 (With the Latter also possibly fighting in WW2 and possibly both the Balkan wars) on the Serbian Front against the Austro-Hungarians. The first one died in the war, when after the battle, a wounded Austrian Soldier who didn't want to surrender and get captured shot him in the head, and the second one (who was born in the 1890's, don't know the exact year) died in 1991, a few months before the civil war in Yugoslavia started. I was born a few years after the second one died, so i only heard stories from the ones who knew them, and they might not be true, but i want to believe they are. Edit: Spelling
Some of the bravest girls: Maria Zaharia-The girl from Moldova (Moldova forever Romania) died after a loved one died trying to send advertisements after the Nazis turned a small town, she went up and sent advertisements until she was shot She died at just 12 years old. Ecaterina Teodoroiu: The girl from Romania, was the first under the front colonel, she died on the front only at the age of 23. Enheduanna: The oldest known poet in the world, she learned to read. She was from ancient Mesopotamia. She died at the age of only 35. Greetings from Romania. Eternal Glory to the Heroes of the Nation.
My grandfather fought in world war one and his brothers most family were large my grandfather had sixteen kids in the family, and all the oldest boys fought, another is a lot of these men were farmers.
I feel proud for America, a country that welcomes over 1,000,000 legal aliens yearly, and has taken in more people from more countries than any other nation on Earth. American's "Great Experiment in Democracy" is not over....it continues....and as citizens we can shape it to what we wish it to be. God Bless America! Vietnam Vet
It's crazy how it has been over a century since the Great War ended. My Great-Grandparents on my father's side all fought, and yet I know none of their names and only have one piece of memorabilia from any of them, whose owner is also lost to history. Chances are, I'll never know, either. And my kids won't either, and neither will theirs, until my great-grandchildren look at the old badge-covered belt from centuries past and think "What war is that from?"
I hope you'll be able to visit the WWI Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. I found so much help from the research department and museum store. I feel so close to my grandfather knowing he was part of the 32nd Division and what he endured. It has forever changed our family's view of the man he was.
my g g father was a radio operator very dangeous as they were always repairing wires for the trenches, ww2 rcr regiment grandfather god i have military all the way back to 1776 and 1812 fought for the british im canadian btw empire loyalists