93 Year Old Irish Soldier describes World War One, 1988

[bsnub]

I was going to stick this in the YT thread, but I think it deserved its own thread. It is worth ten minutes of your time.

[Chico]

So the 93 yr old was born 10 years after WW1 finished,so was he on a re-birth journey.

[aging one]

So the 93 yr old was born 10 years after WW1 finished,so was he on a re-birth journey.

You utterly spastic cockroach, the interview was from 1988. If you had even had a look... Stupid is as stupid does.... FG.

[bsnub]

So the 93 yr old was born 10 years after WW1 finished,so was he on a re-birth journey.

You are a pathetically stupid imbecile. It says the interview was in 1988 right in the title. This was a very vivid recollection by a veteran who had been in the trenches. Sad that some moron comes along and detracts from that.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

I hope I am as sharp as this fella is at 98,
Nice video thank you for posting it.
Now days people will not even make the sacrifice of getting vaccinated because they might get a hangnail.

[bsnub]

Now days people will not even make the sacrifice of getting vaccinated because they might get a hangnail.

This man was sent back for seven days of leave after describing his buddies/mates being wounded and dying when they "went over" climbing out of the trench. Some of them still alive and getting eaten by rats. He described millions of rats on the battlefield.

All seven of those men returned to duty. The sense of brotherhood back then...

... I could load this thread with more of these videos, and maybe more of these men should be heard. An Irishmen, A Brit, and an American. Why not? All heroes back then.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

This man was sent back for seven days of leave after describing his buddies/mates being wounded and dying when they "went over" climbing out of the trench. Some of them still alive and getting eaten by rats. He described millions of rats on the battlefield.

All seven of those men returned to duty. The sense of brotherhood back then...

... I could load this thread with more of these videos, and maybe more of these men should be heard. An Irishmen, A Brit, and an American. Why not? All heroes back then.

People now days like to watch white trash reality shows, it makes them feel better, that there are people worst than them. But at the same time it makes then complacent . Back in the day, we used to watch achievers on TV , it gave us something to strive for .

[Simon43]

This man was sent back for seven days of leave after describing his buddies/mates being wounded and dying when they "went over" climbing out of the trench. Some of them still alive and getting eaten by rats. He described millions of rats on the battlefield.

All seven of those men returned to duty. The sense of brotherhood back then...

... I could load this thread with more of these videos, and maybe more of these men should be heard. An Irishmen, A Brit, and an American. Why not? All heroes back then.

.. and also a German. ... war was terrible for all sides

[bsnub]

.. and also a German. ... war was terrible for all sides

Indeed, it is and I think the German's perspective would be close to the same.

[Shutree]

My paternal grandfather. I was told this was taken in 1914, if so then he was 16 years old.
He always talked of The Essex Cycles, which I presume to have been The 8th (Cyclist) Battalion, Essex Regiment. That was actually a Home Defence force, they used bicycles to patrol the Essex coast. Little-known fact: Essex has the longest coastline of any English county. The 8th never saw action but many of its soldiers transferred to units at the front and my grandfather fought on the Somme, incuding a spell missing, presumed dead. Later in life he was a typical cheeky Cockney chappie, never talked much about the war and when he did it was mostly about having permanantly wet feet when in the trenches.

[Hugh Cow]

I was going to stick this in the YT thread, but I think it deserved its own thread. It is worth ten minutes of your time.

I would've loved to spend a day with that guy just listening to his experiences. What an interesting man. At 93 sharper than many much younger. Pity the video was so short.

[sabang]

What side was he fighting for?

[HuangLao]

What side was he fighting for?

The "good guys" [whatever that is] side, of course....