Top quality presentation. Andrea really knows the subject and her relaxed style is entertaining and informative
@georgemulcahy4515Ай бұрын
Excellent. Very interesting and seldom discussed.
@patrickHayes-bq1ryАй бұрын
one of best delivered WFA lectures I have seen , really engaging style and great delivery
@chrishewitt4220Ай бұрын
That was a very interesting talk. Thank you.
@CobinRainАй бұрын
Really good talk. Thanks so much…
@wstevenson4913Ай бұрын
Brilliant stuff Andrea !!!!!
@j5edgar2hАй бұрын
Thank you -- an interesting slice of our grandparents times x
@xNevikKxАй бұрын
Awesome subject. Thanks!
@stewartfullager493Ай бұрын
Really interesting subject and great presentation Andrea.
@pmac798Ай бұрын
Amazing lecture. I hadn't really thought about that all going on very interestingthank you. Beautifully narrated 😊
@TomcallinswoodАй бұрын
Really interesting presentation!
@sandovalperry2895Ай бұрын
In every war with conscription you’re bound to pull in a criminal element. Those criminals don’t change their ways because they are in the military.
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
Judging from the presentation, there was also no consistent policy of excluding those with records, either.
@stephenbarker5162Ай бұрын
@@stevekaczynski3793in an era of paper records and the rapid expansion of government administration during WWI, I imagine re-enlisting under another name or at a different town, would not have been too difficult.
@henryjohnfacey8213Ай бұрын
@@stephenbarker5162True. T. E. Lawrence re-enlisted in the Air Corps under a different name. There's a whole mine of extraordinary stories their to be told. Greetings from Yorkshire.
@stephenbarker5162Ай бұрын
A very interesting and well presented talk. I have heard about the criminal activities of deserters in WWII but not about the previous war. For British Society WWI especially conscription was a new and unprecedented situation.
@CliffMcAulayАй бұрын
The real criminals were the ones sending these men into the 'meat grinder' . Good luck to the ones who stayed in the attic, that's what I would have done. We have hopefully learned never to listen to the powers that be. A very interesting talk about a terrible subject thank you.
@grahamthacker6498Ай бұрын
Completely agree.
@DerAngriffАй бұрын
WW1 was a criminal absurdity.
@MarkSmith-jt3ptАй бұрын
But yet you enjoy the freedoms those men went to war for like been able to write that comment on the interweb
@Dusty-uy3evАй бұрын
@@MarkSmith-jt3pt I’m native I will not be leaving turtle island for war.
@therealrobertbirchallАй бұрын
@@MarkSmith-jt3ptwhich freedoms we are still subjects of the English crown. 🏴🏴
@paulm303316 күн бұрын
Brilliant.
@john-y7zАй бұрын
Much respect,Andrea, really good and deep presentation, themes and how you do these are really good, a difficult ship to keep on an even keel! (recognise you fron the 'bavaria' pub) all best to you...keep class work like this up!
@ivanconnolly7332Ай бұрын
The" Black and tans" paramilitary force sent to Irelandi n 1920 to "police"the native population included paroled criminals, unsurprisingly bank robbing, looting ,drunken violence and murder , the burning of Cork city and Balbriggan gave the force a terrible reputation.
@NickRatnieksАй бұрын
"Sent to borstal in Kent". Would that be in Borstal itself? Very interesting and enjoyable talk.
@charlytaylor1748Ай бұрын
He-e-ere's Wiki... "The word originated from the first such institution established in 1902 near the English village of Borstal in Kent, and is sometimes used loosely to apply to other kinds of youth institutions and reformatories"
@sailordude2094Ай бұрын
Thanks for the discussion. Interesting topic. Deserters that are also cons. Lol, quite a reputable group.
@nledaigАй бұрын
Excellent
@EXO9X8Ай бұрын
I sure wonder how they explained that one to poor Jack ……
@NathanDudaniАй бұрын
Depressing
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
The Smyrk family later knowing nothing about the case until being told of it could have been a case of the episode simply being embarrassing. It was decided to forget about it.
@squidgypoppetАй бұрын
Great topic, wonder if we will see a follow on covering deserters behind the front lines in france.
@lynnmorton7544Ай бұрын
Wow, even that generation had its own share of villains
@andymoody8363Ай бұрын
The greatest generation!
@fintonmainz784522 күн бұрын
What was "great" about killing people you don't know because you swore an oath of loyalty to the Windsor family?
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
The Jack Smyrk business reminded me a little of the Hollywood film _Sommersby_ which was itself based on a French film. That was founded on a real case, I think from the 16th century.
@stevekaczynski3793Ай бұрын
Victor March dying a hero seems to be a case of him using "coolness and presence of mind" on the Germans, rather than, say, to burglarise or deceive a war widow.
@factorylad5071Ай бұрын
Apropos Percy Topliss . I took a train through the French countryside on a stopping train and the station (although not used) is as the photos in the book . Read the book it's a right riveting read and I believe every word.
@raoulcaliente1030Ай бұрын
Interesting . . .
@HandyMan65728 күн бұрын
But did any of them claim bone spurs?
@denis-mf3cxАй бұрын
👍
@matthewmoore5698Ай бұрын
Hang on I thought they shot desserters back then maybe I it was that dodgey film !
@mickwhelan28Ай бұрын
Switch this whole presentation around if it was Women that had to go to war and a man was delivering the presentation . " Only 365 women were shot at dawn " titter titter
@charlytaylor1748Ай бұрын
except it would be *guffaw guffaw*
@mathewhex7045Ай бұрын
Mhm, mhm, I can understand where your coming from however I took that alot differently. I took it to mean that was an atypical amount perhaps lower than previous days around that time
@henrypollock798727 күн бұрын
@@mathewhex7045yes but he’s implying how when you switch it women it’s horrible but with men just a quiet Tuesday
@kearnsdouglaseАй бұрын
No they were ... for a reason
@untwistedlogic2976Ай бұрын
Lol and your still telling them off
@Americal1970Ай бұрын
I am American and I can't understand a word you are saying.