Roger Waters - In memory of S. Ten. Eric Fletcher Waters - Aprilia 18/2/2014

Aveva solo cinque mesi Roger Waters quando perse il padre. Eric Fletcher Waters scomparve in una delle battaglie più cruente della seconda guerra mondiale dopo lo sbarco di Anzio e Nettuno, nello scontro del Fosso della Moletta, nei pressi di Aprilia. Era il 18 febbraio del 1944 ed il suo corpo non fu mai ritrovato.
Oggi, esattamente 70 anni fa, il fondatore e leader dei Pink Floyd per la prima volta visita il luogo esatto dove il padre ha combattuto.
Solo pochi mesi fa infatti il reduce inglese Harry Shindler, oggi 92enne, che combattè quelle battaglie per la liberazione di Roma, è riuscito a ritrovare dei documenti inediti conservati a Londra. Dagli appunti di un comandante inglese è stato così possibile, grazie alle coordinate segnate sul diario di guerra, risalire al punto esatto dove era accampato l'ottavo battaglione dei Fucilieri Reali.

[@i.s.ajironoatmojo1441]

He is not anti semit, but anti war and apartheid. Roger is humanity hero in this planet. His work is epitaph in his Dad monument . We love you Roger

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Roger has the courage to tell the truth about many issues. Thank you Roger.

[@nicolasleclaore1647]

Oui tout a fait d'accord

[@W.Y.W.H.40]

Roger, I love you and will always believe that your dad was a hero in my book. I am a veteran myself and know what combat is like. This video made me cry because it reminded me of my dads funeral. I also will always believe that you are the best writer and musician that has ever lived, no one will ever be on the same level as you...ever! I love you for the existence of Pink Floyd and there will never be another band, to me, that will ever come close to you guys! Pink Floyd has been, is and always will be the best band in the world...ever! I am so sorry for the loss of your father.

[@voyageruno8938]

Grazie Roger. Da italiano, non posso che sperare che l'Italia, pur essendo la terra in cui tuo padre ha perso la vita per gli errori dell'uomo, possa rappresentare al tempo stesso la speranza in un'umanità migliore e l'immagine del cambiamento in cui hai sempre creduto. Ed è sempre da italiano che, conoscendo la mia gente e le sue contraddizioni, continuo a dirmi che nel mare dell'ingiustizia brilla sempre, sulle coste, qualche luce di speranza. Un abbraccio.

[@jacopogiorginho9737]

Thank you Roger you are a fantastic artist,a wonderful person your music will shine for ever we love you.

[@MydirtyRat1]

I'm so glad that Roger was finally able to get some closure on the death of his father. Many artists find their muse in drugs and alcohol, but Roger found his through his father. Without that bitterness that he carried throughout his life surrounding the circumstances of his fathers military service and untimely death, we wouldn't have the wonderful catalog of music from him. I'm sure his father is smiling down proudly on his son.

[@hernan5940]

I'd guess he rather had his father instead of the successful music career...just thinking

[@hahapack5308]

In the corner of some foreign field, the gunner sleeps tonight...what' s done is done...

[@riber2010]

Great, great these words!!!!!

[@zenildoalmeidasilva]

você tem razão .

[@ryanbyrne259]

MydirtyRat1 nice one

[@carlhammill5774]

turns out Roger was huge human rights activist all along. I knew there was reason I gravitated to his music (specifically Final Cut album). Nobody has inspired me more.

[@asoulintension7769]

Roger is awesome. He cares about Palestine as well. And no, he isn't an antisemite. He is just pro human rights. A lot of people give him shit for the break up of PF as if it were just him. Many call him an egotistical asshole. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is a man who has been writing songs about war for like 50 years. He obviously hurts. He has mentioned in several interviews that a veteran stopped him at a concert and told him his dad would be proud of him. Well of course he would but I guess he needed to hear it.

[@Donyourmom]

@@asoulintension7769Pink Floyd might’ve not been a punk band, but everything they stood for is punk. Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Fascism, and so on.

[@axoram]

Grazie Roger , e grazie a tutta la tua incredibile generazione di musicisti che ha provato a cambiare il mondo..

[@brentrogers6025]

Incredible human being. Roger Waters unfortunately gets a lot of unfair comments when he left Pink Floyd. Just look at this video, the love and respect he has for his father and all those that fought in WW1 and WW2. His human rights campaigns and just good old honest love he wishes on the world. I’m sick of hearing all the whining from the cry babies who still haven’t come to terms with the Roger leaving the band. That’s 36 years ago...time to grow up. Respect Roger for what he has contributed to this world...his music and his lyrics will live on forever.

[@billymcmonagle949]

Nice for Roger to pay respect to his dad, and other fallen comrades, a very moving tribute.

[@alk2425]

What a Superb Video for a phenomenal human being and larger than life man, Roger Waters and his beloved father. Impeccable solution to decades of grief and confusion. OUTSTANDING POST. BRAVO.

[@mattgilbert7347]

My Dad was there. Monte Cassino. Italian campaign. He made it back- physically. Mentally....part was missing.left on the battlefield.

[@MM-gf5zk]

Sorrry. It's a fuckn disgrace . Love and peace.

[@tayninh69]

My dad also, ptsd is a terrible thing and those guys who served in WW2 had no clue what they were dealing with. God protect them all.

[@georgeliveris8517]

My dad was a guerilla in Greece for ELAS. He fought the fascists and Nazis with WWI weapons. He was 19. It changed him.

[@bhaskarganguly9643]

What a song!..and what a singer!..gives you goosebumps listening to him..grieving for his father..and ranting against war and senseless killings..Thank you Roger Waters for changing our lives.

[@steveswan9186]

George Henry Waters, grandfather of Roger, died in battle Sept. 1916, WW I, when Eric Fletcher Waters was 2 years old. Eric Fletcher Waters died in battle, Feb. 1944, WW II, when George Roger Waters was 5 months old.

[@levediagyermeke]

+steve swan So, I'm glad he made Pink Floyd finally. The most influenced rock group in history of a mankind ever.

[@hectortellezgarcia1155]

So, there's two wars, that took away the memory of a father for two children

[@marek_6096]

how beautiful a world without wars would be

[@javena45]

steve swan thats why he built that wall great music comes from sadness n heartbreaks

[@miliariabdelaziz357]

steve swan for the first i khow that his grandfather was olso died in wrold war2.

[@manuelenrriqueriquelmeguer8546]

Te respetamos por tú dolor de tú padre por eso Roger Walters tu música nos dice todo lo que has escrito y hablado en tú música qué es única y exclusivamente genial gracias por fundar una gran banda pink Floyd 👍 tú música se escuchará por generaciones futuras 🎸👏👏👂🎹🎷🎼y siempre recordaremos a los fallecidos como Syd barrert y Richard w. Saludos cordiales

[@profetadellinfinito]

To the children grown-up without a father...thanks Roger

[@solardeouraso3780]

RESPECT

[@solardeouraso3780]

Thank you Roger

[@fernandocosta8333]

Pink Floyd espetacular....

[@alltogethermusicproduction8223]

Thank you Roger

[@scottgilbert4827]

I'm sure your grandfather and father would be extremely proud of you.❤️✌️

[@silentorah]

This is the "about" translated in English::: He was only five months when Roger Waters lost his father. Eric Fletcher Waters disappeared in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II after the landing of Anzio and Nettuno, in the battle of the Ditch Moletta, near Aprilia. It was February 18, 1944 and his body was never found. Today, exactly 70 years ago, the founder and leader of Pink Floyd for the first time visit the exact spot where his father fought. Just a few months ago in fact, the British veteran Harry Shindler, now 92 year old, who fought the battles for the liberation of Rome, was able to find the unpublished documents preserved in London. From the notes of a British commander was thus possible, thanks to the coordinates marked on the war diary, go back to the exact spot where he was camped on the eighth battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.

[@paulnewbury5251]

Thanks for the translation !

[@paulnewbury5251]

***** Thank you and your Patriot Guard Riders ! You provide a very honorable service to our community, Keep on Riding for Peace !

[@Macaunited]

Respect

[@Re-xs9ow]

Roger Waters lost his father Eric Fletcher Waters, suffered a lot, father dead in World War II, nor even met his own father, is an inexplicable pain indeed.

[@luizcarlosfigueiredo7923]

Rest in peace Mr. Fletcher. Thank's Roger Waters.

[@elisabetta382]

Quel signore con gli occhiali, alla sinistra di Waters, è mio zio, Harry Shindler, il “cacciatore di memorie”, uomo immenso, che “trova” i caduti dispersi della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Onore a lui!

[@sandrablackburn4583]

Honour top rank to him

[@sandrablackburn4583]

Thankyou

[@Philip02K]

Roger, you have come full circle. I hope you are at peace now in your head and your personal nightmare gone.

[@Toolpusher]

Hopefully Roger found some closure, and a little peace, from finally knowing exactly where his father fell.

[@MikeG42]

A great tribute to the father of Roger Waters. Excellent song and very fitting for this video. I am happy for Roger finally getting this memorial in honor of his father. Thank you for this video and thank you to Roger for making beautiful music over the years and yes a big thank you to all veterans of World War Two.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I am glad that Roger had the chance to do this, as he's over 70, and may possibly not have that many more years to live (just like none of us never knows what's round the bend). He hopefully can now heal and come to full terms and get closure, like ALL of us should endeavour to do, before our lives are over (since then it's too late).

[@paulkcormier]

there are no words adequate all my life has lead to the moment of seeing this and we feel his pain-----the words are so haunting even more than before WE LOVE YOU ROGER

[@billgasper4506]

Paul Cormier to see this band 2 times is appreciated the music will take your heart

[@giannidebenedictis8700]

Il mondo 🌏 avrebbe bisogno di milioni di persone come questa!

[@loqueyotediga1968]

The Final Cut... Masterpiece !!!

[@ibanflo33]

Immenso Roger!!!!!!! Mi auguro che il tempo, ti abbia fatto trovare quella serenità che hai sempre ricercato disperatamente, e che ti abbia in qualche modo lenito un pò il dolore e il vuoto lasciato da una figura paterna. GREAT HONOR!!!!!!

[@damianofonti]

+ibanflo33 Grande uomo

[@yallowrosa]

also 40 years before in the near Pompei Roger gave another important contribution ...

[@ПРАВДАРАТИБОРА]

Уважаю Уотерса за то,что он своим творчеством почтил память всех погибших в войнах.

[@williamsanders2439]

All too often, the wretches who start these kind of wars don't get their just deserts. Even if they get any form of mortal justice, by then thousands, or more, will have payed the price...and their loved ones will still keep paying. For the record, I'm a vet, and the son of a vet. The soldier is willing to lay down his life to defend the ideals he or she believes in. Eric Fletcher Waters was one of those people. There is a certain radio show on NPR that I absolutely boycott because they took the cheap shot of calling Roger Waters putting the names and pictures of KIAs on "The Wall" during his tour a cheap shot. Those people deserved to be remembered, and Roger actually ASKED the loved ones of these soldiers in order to honor their sacrifice. I hope he will find some closure...I'm certain if the elder Waters were alive, he'd be proud of his son.

[@douglasmurphy9127]

+William Sanders right on William I'm the son and grandson of a vet thank you William I appreciate love and respect all of yall

[@stephenreeve3207]

Sadly, the majority have learned that war is futile. I say sadly, because the powers that be don't care. I fear for the future of mankind. We are ruled by selfish lunatics.

[@martinjohnston6685]

Stephen Reeve agreed

[@giuseppecarone4629]

per non dimenticare !!! MAI !!!

[@ernestomanuelaragaoabreu9089]

Ainda bem que descobriram o sitio onde o pai do George foi morto, e assim uma devida homenagem do seu prodígio filho, Roger és o Maior.

[@jogabrielcosta4788]

I can't help to think of the soldier who murdered Roger's Father... How he had absolutely no idea of what he would be causing. Thank You Roger

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Murdered? It's conflict. Kill or be killed.

[@sydpf117]

Grandiosa canción de un disco muy interesante.

[@guidorehhagel4123]

Grazie per aver reso pubblico a tutti noi questo video veramente toccante. Grazie 1000, Guido

[@marialauretti2330]

Io c'ero, ho vissuto una giornata memorabile!!! emozionante aver visto il grandissimo Roger a due metri di distanza..

[@alfagraphique]

Very touching video. Roger Waters... WOW ! One of the greatest composer.

[@sikujacob4556]

Eric Fletcher Waters! I salute you!

[@Whitman1819]

Roger Waters was only five months old when he lost his father. Eric Fletcher Waters disappeared in one of the bloodiest battles of the second world war after the landing of Anzio and Nettuno, in the clash of the Fosso della Moletta, near Aprilia. It was February 18, 1944 and his body was never found. Today, exactly 70 years ago, the founder and leader of Pink Floyd for the first time visited the exact place where his father fought. Only a few months ago the British veteran Harry Shindler, now 92, who fought those battles for the liberation of Rome, was able to find unpublished documents kept in London. From the notes of an English commander it was thus possible, thanks to the coordinates marked on the war diary, to go back to the exact point where the eighth battles of the Royal Riflemen were camped.

[@Whitman1819]

Translation of the above...

[@macronecatone3819]

Grazie di cuore al papà e al figlio

[@marlonantoniochavesmartins3595]

O MELHOR CONJUNTO DE TODOS OS TEMPOS .PINK FLOYD.

[@cheriblossom983]

Roger is such a beautiful human

[@hemil]

No more wars

[@Mat_Gallusman]

Respect

[@luciamichaellucialuciamich5502]

Cambiare il mondo non è facile ma tu Roger Waters continui a lottare per i tuoi ideali che sono anche di chi ti ama non importa quello che dicono gli ignoranti sempre grande ammirazione per te

[@luciamichaellucialuciamich5502]

Roger Waters' father died in Italy during World War II and was part of the British allied forces! He died a hero .

[@massimopellicci7877]

Ancora oggi a distanza di 70 anni Roger Waters si commuove pensando al padre mai conosciuto, onore a te e a tua padre Roger

[@laudine878]

I hate that having grown up without a father is a thing I share with Roger. Only I still haven't found neither the place where the Serbian army killed my dad in 1992, nor his remains. Hopefully someday...

[@penfloyd]

There is no doubt in my mind the deaths of his father and grandfather influenced greatly the life and music of Roger Waters. My family knew this sacrifice too!

[@byDavidOliveira]

Great Very nice and touching. excellent tribute of a son to his father, congratulations Roger Waters

[@normatible9795]

Just the right song. He sings from the heart. What a memorial for his beloved father

[@ozpeled2815]

for my opinion..many of roger's ideas and poems and the personallity made beacuse of his father's death

[@lmschultz2445]

Agree 100%

[@ozpeled2815]

+fr3d Gibbs thump up

[@rube26105]

yup

[@normatible9795]

Oz Peled so true. Now i understand roger waters behaviour. I love this man more, his quest for his father...so this song is THAT fletcher memorial..good son

[@aloha5527]

Becouse his father was convicted pacifist, but he go to fight fascism. It's incredible.

[@gabriellaborbely796]

behold the Grand Master of Sorcery... tall, strong, erect and elegant, as always... a living marble statue beside his Father's Memorial... and what can you see on his face? no pain, no grief, no display of sentiment... just the usual well-known confidence, self-control, toughness and boldness... for ever wearing his bulletproof mask... but behind that mask there's the Tiger waiting to break free...

[@shellthomas45]

beautifully written and god bless the mighty waters and all who made the ultimate sacrifice men and women keep flying ♥

[@cosmo411]

well said Gabriella

[@Re-xs9ow]

Melhor banda de todos os tempos, Pink Floyd e Led Zeppelin. ♥

[@brenoalvarenga4279]

Concordo plenamente. Tenho 60 anos, ouço rock desde 6. Meu pai adorava batera minha tia professora piano. Aos seis 1966 ganhei som Philips c album discos, Beatles Stones e outros. Alternei por mais meio século meu gosto. Zeppellin qdo vivia agitado FLOYD qdo vivia época mais Light. ISSO até anos atrás qdo filhas formadas vivendo suas vidas e antes chegarem meus netos, 2, casal. De uma década p cá ouço 2 igualmente. Os melhores. Tull purple csny dylan Hendrix joplin genesis traffic yes allman grandfunk rush free pie heep who stones Beatles slade tenyearafter quo outros vem logo atrás... na cola. É mto som massa anos 60/70.

[@SoundSunsets]

Questi sono momenti privati. È brutto perdere un padre. Non è un spettacolo.

[@rinotuccini7052]

Muchas gracias hermano del corazon rogerts te amo mucho rino tuccini , argentina

[@jamesgavin213]

that's a beautiful tribute. shine on Mr. Waters

[@greghobbs1728]

I love his lyrical satirical beautiful songwriting and his relevance is real. I recommend that people listen to Ric Ocasek's "Time Bomb" from his Beatitude album & wonder, while listening to the guitar ( that's delta blues ) if you are reminded of Pink Floyd and disturbed by the fact that neither Roger Waters or Dave Gilmour will be with us for much longer. RIP Mr. Ocasek. 😟😔🙁

[@fabiogasperini4809]

Roger still carries a lot of pain, not just for his father, but for the injustices perpetrated by our governments today. Yet, he could have avoided treating his fellow Pink Floyd members like shit. He made himself unbearable, he could not control his anger despite his intelligence and charisma. Having said that, we love him anyway... Thank you for the wonderful music, thank you for being an inspiration.

[@DudeSilad]

He acted arrogantly to his fellow members but thankfully, he's been able to renew those friendships and admitted he was wrong.

[@aloha5527]

I think that.. his brave grandfather and his increíble father always live in Roger. Message: I'm pacifist, but I will fight against any fascism.

[@eduardosolis4534]

........now the final solution can be applied....

[@larryfroot]

His father never knew his father. His grandfather was killed in WW1 before his son - Roger's father was born. Two generations of children rendered fatherless before they even knew their fathers. Heartbreaking.

[@ratkomartin2005]

Glory to ALL Fallen Soldiers,Officer fallen in War against NAZISM!From Yugoslavia with love Rogers.

[@kozanecki2]

If there were no maladies in the history of evolution we would never have the piper at the gate of dawn through echoes dark side wish you were here animals the wall final cut and so on in order to tell the difference between salt and sugar good and bad sumo and wrestle mania at the end of day everything counts what in your pocket and on the table as i always say after richard david nick and roger this music especially take you places where you never being before and i always will say thank you for pink floyd and i hope to get more

[@joaominali8806]

Emocionante

[@sinisab69]

The Final Cut is a masterpiece that shifted my horizons. My wife named Roger 'that crying man', not knowing who he is, or what he sings about.

[@davidetola1408]

Roger waters....my Hero!!

[@charliedickinson6287]

Dear Roger Waters Your real good!:) GOD

[@giorgio1217]

un ricordo emozionante,triste, ma intenso nella figura Roger Waters ,Grande Padre Grande figlio.

[@luizinacioschneider784]

My respect to this fantastic person and artist! Great Roger Waters.... Great forever!!!

[@catsven1973]

I hate both of them, the ones who cried their boys after they sent them deliberately killing strangers and those who planned war!!!! I hate their memorials, memories ...I hate their photographs on walls..their names in books...they're not heroes....but killers...! the only time I can drop a tear for someone is for the children they left....who suffer more than anyone else...and never understood why daddy left home..and what did he leave behind for them!!! I grew up listening to Waters music...with years I shared his pain and suffer...I lost my father too, not in war but felt what he endures as well .... living as an orphan while we didn't ask for...!! and the responsible ones lived in satin and joy. while they polish their medals and sharpen their smile... my heart with you Roger....and I'm very happy you finally got a memorial for your daddy...! you suffered enough.

[@luizcarlosfigueiredo7923]

Que coisa forte! que linda homenagem ao pai!

[@charlesdickinson377]

Dear Roger Waters your the best

[@mitchellcox2928]

he gave all that he was, all that he is, and all that he will be. so that you would live,and that i would live to be free. thank you.

[@rube26105]

spot on

[@Ilvialy]

R.i.p ten. Eric Fletcher Waters.

[@TheRJM-vk3vp]

Mr Water, i am so proud i was alive while you were, i have such respect for your music, god bless you Roger. I admire you for all of what you have done...

[@techn44]

Can't hold tears....

[@TheBrizzolat44]

Con grande deferenza un italiano grato!

[@henry58A]

I am mesmerized, this music is so true so........

[@InkFloWallflower]

Love to the ends of this earth. Always an undying love. All will be revealed. Thanks to all who have passed in our wake. Forever love.

[@flutter8712]

Thank you for this montage

[@luciamichaellucialuciamich5502]

Thank you very much Mr. Waters for everything

[@epike660]

Must have been hard growing up without a father

[@fabionooblath7264]

Gênio única palavra p Roger waters

[@luciamichaellucialuciamich5502]

I'm sorry Mister Waters for your father . Much love and respect for you

[@Mimma623]

The Fletcher Memorial Home

[@flutter8712]

Wise man is always alone

[@matthewwitmer380]

Hold on to the dream. RIP

[@charlesdickinson4173]

Roger Waters I'm watching you in Denver present the Fletcher Memorial

[@giovanniangioi5308]

♥ Time and the only one who has the last word. ♥ ♥ Honor to their sacrifice, never forgotten. The generation of the righteous... :(

[@midnightrider4066]

I lost an uncle in anzio

[@riber2010]

Always, and in this too, great Roger, thanks.

[@eduardosolis4534]

Amazing song.....

[@billgasper4506]

Eduardo Solis I. agree it's great to agree to appreciate exactly great music

[@gladyssilva2997]

Roger te amooo amooo. Amor de mi alma lo siento sino puedo hacer nada

[@d.s.981]

Pare chiedesse sempre a sua madre, del ritorno del padre, che purtroppo non avvenne mai. Questo potrebbe essere uno dei motivi che ha segnato la vita di Roger Waters, la sua sensibilità artistica ed il suo percorso musicale.

[@smeldridgeman77]

The soundtrack to my high school military experience:)

[@ryancalhoun2910]

Do they expect us to treat them with any respect? They do indeed. But we have none to give them. But that's who they are. Every name mentioned in that song is so full of themselves that they actually kill others and then expect us to treat them with honor. Thank you, George Roger Waters, for showing me that just because society expects us to honor our leaders that it doesn't mean we should. Because every name mentioned in this song, Nixon, Thatcher, Reagan, Haig, McCarthy, Brezhnev, as well as people who would do similar after this, from Bush I and II to Blair, Trump, Clinton, Obama, Netanyahu, Blair, Brown, Cameron, and every other colonial waster of life and limb have no sympathy, no empathy, nothing in their heart but a desire to kill for political gain (or in the case of the Bush family, personal profit). RIP Eric Fletcher Waters

[@chrisbulmer7]

My Favourite Roger waters track Cheers

[@alonsoyevenes6614]

Realmente siento la Emoción de esté hermoso homenaje de don Eric Fletcher Waters. Me puedo imaginar cómo enfrentó la pérdida de sus Padre desde muy joven. Sólo desearle siempre la Paz y Esperanza para su vida y también a sus Familias. Gracias por la Música 🎶 Mágica de Pink Floyd. Y las letras de Canciones de Roger Waters. 💪🤟😎

[@stexjy1302]

R.I.P.