The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War | Robert Sackville-West

[@pittsburghwill]

thank you for continuing the effort of finding the fallen of the great war a very noble cause they must never to be forgotten

[@AndyHarding-b1h]

Currently reading this book and it's fantastic.

[@alistairclarke6726]

A sensitive subject presented with such dignity and respect. Well done to the presenter and channel

[@coreystockdale6287]

Great presentation, thank you. It warms my canadian heart to be able to see the dedication and care put into this work.

[@sarahannwhite]

About ten years ago, while trying to identify my father's aunts and uncles in an old photograph, I discovered that my father's older first cousin, Clarrie Tarlin, the son of his mother's older sister Clara, was killed in France in February 1917. I was incredibly moved to make this discovery. Subsequent research has led me to discover further details of Clarries service and death. My husband and I have visited his grave in Lillle twice so far (from New Zealand). I am incredibly honored to be related to this fine young man whose life was over almost before it had started. It adds a whole new dimension to ANZAC day and Armistice day for us.

[@Aubury]

I was rather moved. Eloquence and perfect delivery…

[@carsonhaught9934]

Fascinating but saddening and then uplifting. Excellent talk thank you.

[@dougslauson2350]

I had a first cousin (twice removed) who wanted to help give the Kaiser a bloody nose and left Iowa to join the Canadian Army in 1916, a year before the US joined the fight. Garfield Slauson died near Vimy, France, in September, 1918. His resting place is unknown and his name is enshrined on the Vimy memorial.

[@boxwoodgreen]

You might find a duo of books by Herbert W.McBride interesting. He was an American Colonel, and Scout who resigned his Commission and volunteered likewise in the Canadian Army. He fought as a Scout Sniper, and a machine gunner in the 21st, then the 31st Canadian Battalions. His books " The Emma Gees" (short for machine gunners), and "A Rifleman goes to War" are still easily available. In one of two books is the most incredible coincidences I've ever seen. He reported being in the crest of "The Dump" next to Hill 60 on June 13, 1916, and watching a minenwerfer (a garbage can sized mortar round ) drop right into the front line Canadian Trench killing a dozen soldiers including ... my great uncle James Howard Allan. Who today lies resting side by side with his comrades at Railway Dugouts (Transport Farm) Commonwealth Cemetery just south of the Lille Gate of Ypres.

[@pup1008]

Extremely interesting, thank you. 👍

[@Battlefield_Sleuth]

Excellent, thorough presentation. I learned some nuggets and enjoyed the anecdotes. The thought of a grieving woman meeting her boyfriend's adversary is incredible. Many thanks.

[@dorothyramser7805]

Excellent presentation.

[@johnhannigan8265]

Thank you for a very informative and moving presentation.

[@jeffersonwright6249]

All WFA lectures are interesting but this one stands out as absolutely top-notch.

[@nickjung7394]

Thanks very much. Informative and interesting.

[@rickymherbert2899]

A very moving and informative presentation. Luckily both of my grandfathers survived WW1, one avoided the trenches on the Western Front as he served with the British Army in East Africa, the other was a driver with the newly formed RFC.

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Tragic.

[@joelcowan8950]

Excellent.

[@jameskirklandfrew9278]

The book is a superb read which answers so many questions. An essential ww1 read. I'd be very interested in how Germany coped.

[@valentinius62]

There is a film made by the US Army that documented the exhumation process of buried GIs in France as part of the repatriation process for the return home for reburial. It was made in the 1920s. It was pretty graphic.

[@chadgun4135]

A good Man

[@prophetic0311]

Wow.

[@westleymanc]

Battle of Arras, WW1+2

[@barbararice6650]

The tumble dryer gets everything all, so why bother growing new bones in such a garden 😕

[@johnhannigan8265]

What are you talking about it’s gibberish.