Hunting Down The Graves Of Noble Soldiers From the Battle of the Somme | Combat Dealers

Bruce is trying to identify two soldiers who were awarded a medal for bravery on the first day of The Somme. However, with so many unidentified soldiers buried at the memorial site, it may be much more difficult than he expected. Find out the moving story behind these soldiers and their contribution during the war here.
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[@johnbobbitt756]

God bless them for checking into this

[@lukedelport8231]

RIP all the truly brave men who gave their lives may it never happen again WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[@Wolfsschanze99]

Lest we forget

[@thetinhatranch3298]

Good on you mate! You have my respect for what you have done for this man!

[@henerymag]

24,029 Canadians died at the Somme. 55% have no known grave. Many listed as missing did at one time have a wooden or other marker made by their comrades but were destroyed by artillery fire and lost forever. My Great Uncle is buried in France, KIA Sept.19 1917 he does have a gravestone at the Cabaret Rouge Cemetery in Souchez, France.

[@StaceyIsles]

Thank you to your Great Uncle and other service men and woman Less we Forget their sacrifices

[@presidentjohnhenryeden9450]

Even though their bodies, have long since returned to dusts Their sacrifice lives on, We must strive to cherish their memory, and never forget

[@johnstewart9745]

God bless them all .

[@allanarmstrong4333]

I just hope he respects the work the twins do. And the rest of them. He seems a good bloke. No messin And honest,. Just hope it aint for the camera.

[@connordarnbrough6284]

Res in peace Sirell Arthur Fisher as well as every other allied soldier who fell alongside him. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

[@Verdunveteran]

It's an interesting story but I have to call bullshit on part of it. The trenches visited here are those perserved at the Newfoundland Memorial Park. The Newfounland Caribou statue is clearly visible in the background more than once in the latter part of the clip. On 1 July 1916 this was the jump-off positions of the 1st Battalion of the Newfounland regiment, that was part of the 88th Brigade of the British 29th Infantry Division. This is the entire reason why these trenches were preserved in the first place as the ground was purchased by the Canadian province of Newfoundland in 1921 to create this memorial parc. Otherwise the trenches and the shell craters would have been filled in by the locals after the war to become farmland again. Just like 90% of the Entente and German Somme-frontline from 1 July 1916 was. The 2nd Battalion of South West Borderers spoken off in this video also belonged to the 29th Infantry Divison, but the 87th Brigade. However they did not attack from these trenches on 1 July 1916. Their jump-off positions were on a different part of the 29th Infantry Divisions frontage further north. So there is no chance at all that C.A. Fisher's remains rests were Bruce claims they do in this clip. Bruce and the production simply went to the only perserved part of the front line open to the public that is dating from the morning of the 1 July 1916 on the Somme sector. It's more likely that C.A. Fisher's remains rests under a headstown marked Unknown but to God in the British war cemetary closest to the actual jump-off position of his battalion that would be the Hawthorne cemetary. And if his remains still rests were he was killed it's not that close to the Newfoundland Memorial, but in or infront of the South Wales Borderers jump-off position further to the north.

[@karolpaprocki8106]

What's the melody at the begining?

[@williamdmason9375]

The only thing is upperclass subject could be exempt from conscription.....while men of lower class were through peer pressure etc into service and the conditions were hell no doubt and the top brass were 30 miles inside the lines and living in luxury......today this wouldn't happen there would a civil war....The ruling elites are now on the back foot Royalty etc don't hold the same reverence that they had then even though they're were of German ancestry Saxo coburg gotha changed to windsor for fear of revolution and today royals have changed with the times but nobody should be above or below someone we all go where we came from 6ft of Earth dugout and covers is all ....Ifor one will never forget ....ever again

[@jimm6095]

Douglas Haig - homicidal incompetence!

[@grease8006]

87 views, 8 likes, 1 comment. I don’t see any comments ( except from mine ) so..WHO MADE KZbin DRUNK?????!!!!!

[@robertmunoz7543]

With Elizabeth gone in 2022 the monarchy may not continue with liberal attitude the offspring have!😳 Jman

[@luketipping4721]

(4:25) Look at that coward to the right.

[@vcvbrrory2269]

Lets see you run straight into machine guns then knowing full well your probably dead you have no right to call them cowards

[@jantimmer5558]

He was shot dead.

[@cristianvandenbosse8989]

Luke do you have any respect in your body?

[@williamdmason9375]

""THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW.......LEST WE FORGET "".

[@ade-1772]

Great video and total respect for all soliders

[@stevenhenry7862]

Brilliant video and really interesting to follow the investigation to find out more about him. God Bells Fisher M.M. and thank you for your service, where gave your today, for our tomorrow. I salute you From a British Veteran

[@StaceyIsles]

Thank you Steven for your service as well. From Canada O7

[@JohnMckinney-ix1ow]

Thanks Bruce. For doing this show...people need to know and remember.

[@agnesrodger3713]

My great great papa was playing the bagpipes and still came back

[@derekaxtell3594]

My grandfather was a Royal Scot Fusillier on the Somme. He came back wounded, he never spoke of what he did and witnessed till the day he passed, grandma said such were the horrors she only knew tiny parts because of the nighmares!!!

[@williampowell9013]

@@derekaxtell3594 Must have been so horrible. We are so lucky to have such brave, courageous men before us. We can only thank each and every solider who took their lives for today’s freedom.

[@f18_lovermacdonald-doaglau69]

RIP those truly brave men, My Greate-grandfather, Ron Plater got the military cross in New Guinea in ww2. Sadly I never got to meat him becuase he died before I was born.

[@robleary3353]

Heroes one and all. Lest we forget. Nuff said.

[@Coconut7403]

There surely must be a database where they could have looked that up...

[@ethanfoster8338]

Rj Rj It probably was to long ago, even if there was the database wouldn’t have accurate probably

[@Coconut7403]

@@ethanfoster8338 No, I mean that they didn't have to go to the monument because the people who carved the names into it must have had a database

[@giz.ian.]

when will Quest add more full seasons to purchase ?

[@potatominded1370]

Beautiful how Bruce talks about it so passionate and honest, lest we forget

[@user-hk8ik5xv7p]

Some served under false names because they were too young or too old, others because they had been discharged because they were unfit but they went back, truly a generation of steel backed men that we will never see the likes of again. RIP lads.

[@TC-qd1zw]

My mams Sister, Aunt Elizabeth married a Ruben Grieves Charlton who had a stepbrother called Thomas Charles Smith who served as Charlton. He rests at Duhallow ADS Cemetary in LEPER (Ypres). Died as a result of injuries. RIP Thomas and sincere thanks to you and the rest of your comrades. Five great Uncls lie in foreign fields as a result of this war and an Uncle Charles Cuthbert Brennan, Stoker on Trawler minesweeper Ganilly killed off the DDay beaches escorting an American supply fleet. His grave is his ship at the bottom of the Channel along with all his 39 crew mates. Xxx

[@davidhawthorne2096]

Very good show

[@davidhawthorne2096]

Me and son watch. And. Iove it. Thank you. Bruce.

[@seyiewhiso2783]

Yipee more ww2 stuff or ww1

[@matthewdickson7838]

You a re a hell of a guy bruce love what you do keeping the memory alive massive credits to you mate keep up the great work you n your team do 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍

[@jimanderson6544]

Wee need an episode on Freddie himself, what he went through was no picnic either

[@charliegreer4507]

This is a reupload. I remember u guys posted this about a year ago. Also, when r u guys gonna repost the Normandy Panther restoration?

[@gou948]

Bit of a shame the lady with you couldnt buy a British Legion poppy. Insyead she wears a cheap chinese copy.

[@explosivesmith6444]

Love that yall took the time to track this down

[@darinfisher989]

C Fisher was my grandfather.. the reason he used false name was because he was only 13 when he joined World War I.... he joined the Navy first under his brothers birth certificate. After 1 years in the Navy they found out. discharged from the Navy.Then joined the army under the the name in this show... he was born in 1903

[@mikepalm6452]

We can never thank them enough...I despair where we are at this moment in time....our politicians and parts of the establishment don't even want to defend our borders from migration....thanks for giving your lives for us...

[@Alanoffer]

Cyril fisher must have lied about his age to join the army ,

[@MC14may]

Lest we forget x

[@classicxd9293]

Why did the soldier at 4:26 lay there?

[@tadanohiro5065]

I don't know but I think his morale decreased by all the German weaponary

[@classicxd9293]

that one duck Maybe I often see soldiers like him in clips so I wonder if perhaps it was fear or if he was meant to?

[@cristianvandenbosse8989]

@@classicxd9293 probably fear the sad thing is that if he didn't go over the top the MP would shoot him on the spot. Or he Just Fell.

[@madmeerkat1158]

Brave men all-NEVER FORGOTTEN