Walter H. Thompson - Churchill’s Bodyguard Documentary

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From last 4 years I am requesting and expecting a documentary on RAF Ace Sir Hugh Dowding, but still nothing. Should I assume that Sir Dowding holds no significance for you?

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[@thelastaustralian7583]

You should have explained how he was also a Pedophile !

[@billstory8034]

My eyes lit up when I noticed this documentary of "Winston's detective". I've seen just enough, so far, to known it is an excellent production. Congratulations to all concerned; now I look forward to an hour's unalloyed quality entertainment. Starting now. Thank you.

[@fokkerd3red618]

There is one similar case with FDR. His closest advisor was Harry Hopkins. You don't hear anything about this man, yet FDR relied on him heavily as his advisor in all matters.

[@joyplanta2402]

Well done in making the life of Walter Thompson better known.

[@Semprini537]

He lived 87 years doing one of the dangerest jobs during the most dangerous times. Respect for the loyalty

[@bravosierra2447]

What an interesting ‘companion’ piece to the Winston Churchill bio released last year. Well done.

[@celestejohnston6613]

I think simply by virtue of his long standing and more than professional , verging on friendship with Churchill his insights are invaluable. A historian's treasure trove of information and insight! Again thank you very much for posting...

[@TrailrunnerTroy]

Thanks so much-maybe your best biography of all given this unsung yet formative friendship that saved civilization.

[@heidiklipp693]

Mr Thompson did a difficult but brilliant job. I do think more should be known about him, especially about his mental breakdown. I'd be interested in what treatment he received.

[@dr.a.995]

I am surprised by my ignorance of this man. Greatly enjoyed the presentation.

[@rayhallett]

I liked this documentary about a person who stayed so mush in the background that most of us knew little about him while growing up. I also found it interesting to see a biography about someone where I think I saw only one single verifiable picture (used three times) of the actual subject. He truly remains "a man in the shadows".

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Thank you for a wonderful video. I enjoyed it immensely. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@tinygrim]

Thank you. Love this mans voice. All are excellent 👍

[@dianapittman2767]

Definitely, more should be known about this man.

[@Philca1]

Now that all is history he should be recognized and praised for his loyalty to country and the Prime Minister. Also should be hailed as a war hero in every sense of the word......

[@sunalineemoore906]

Thomson had a second long live with Pm Churchill Im salute for his devotion royslty and honesty to be bodyguard with Bravery heart as one of standfirm to be great soilder until his final live and as best example for a man as wonderful and respect to his duty for. Thank so much for this video and transcript to us.😃👍🙏⚘🕶

[@ringo196]

Ive read his book 30 years ago and loved it

[@Tomatohater64]

Fascinating. Informative as always.

[@richardsimms251]

Great video. Thank you RS. Canada

[@Semprini537]

Finally i heard something new. Great job.

[@SMichaelDeHart]

The Protection Agents for dignitaries are supposed to be invisible during and after their detail involvement is over. My middle older brother started as a Trooper with the West Virginia State Police for 7 years. He then joined the US Secret Service as a Field Special Agent. Eventually being assigned to Protection Detail of VPOTUS Al Gore for 6 years. He retired in the early 2000's with 24 years USSS service.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

We never hear about those in the background. Great video

[@robertahall4960]

An excellent documentary. It was all news to me. Thank you & greetings from Canada!

[@johnvidol5555]

Wonderful...really interesting and informative....

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very informative

[@dgeorge8615]

It's quite understandable that we didn't know much about this gentleman. While this video is interesting and informative, we don't usually know or care about the scores of people who surround and assist the great people of history. Bodyguards and security detail who do a good job are usually anonymous to the wider public. It's only when something untoward happens do we know, and then more often than not they become infamous.

[@pamelaiverson5527]

We actually do know a lot about Walter who wrote a book about his time with Churchill, with Churchill’s permission and there is an excellent biography on the book available on You Tube. Well worth reading and watching.

[@ukraine_tbic]

“When social class was a major component of British life”… 😂😂

[@jodywho6696]

Well done✨

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Good idea but, as far as I know, mr Toriyama has always been very secretive about his personal life so it would be hard to gather a lot of info

[@ostatnio]

Maybe Walt Disney first? Or Hanna and Barbera?

[@fritula6200]

What are the British doing in Ireland: Look at Ireland... .... look at the map Just LOOK at it geographically, look up your atlas......you can see the island of Ireland belongs to the Irish: The British stole the land from Ireland: the British have done that on every Continent....... STOLEN FROM OTHERS: GIVE IT BACK !! ST PATRICK PRAY FOR IRELAND

[@djchaiwallah]

Do Hunter S. Thompson next

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😂 HE WHO MAKES A BEAST OF HIMSELF....

[@JangianTV]

Excellent as always! Hopefully some 20th Century PMs in the future: Asquith, Balfour, Baldwin, Lloyd George, MacDonald and many more! 🙂

[@Leafeat30]

What is the intro music? Great video!

[@oconnorsean12]

Fascinating

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You should do Albert Pierrepoint

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The hangman

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Excellent video.

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Very interesting!

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without prejudice, it’s the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others the condition of being concealed or hidden. Superlative memoir.

[@hasnaherling5173]

Very interesting story.

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Superb.

[@gadgetgus]

Thompson was a top man, for sure. However, inevitably, doing his duty and the long hours had a significant impact on his personal life, as it always does, unfortunately... Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

[@vijay-1]

Excellent

[@ghblade]

All the bodygards are the unsung heroes of their protected persons...and that is a must...they must stay out of the limelight and stayed unknown to the public because their and their clients security

[@assessor1276]

Excellent work - as usual! How about Canadians William Lyon Mackenzie-King, Gen. Guy G. Simonds and Robert S. McLaughlin and Japanese leaders: Hideki Tojo, Isoruku Yamamoto and Soichiro Honda?

[@marilynpenner9196]

W. L. Mackenzie King was an interesting man, but would Canada want to tell the world about a P.M. who got advice from his dead mother? If you want to write about interesting people, why not Elinor Glyn and her sister Lady Lucille Duff-Gordon. Raised in Guelph, one became a couturier and survived rather scandilously the Titanic sinking, while the other wrote scandalous novels and was the mistress of a minister to India. Oh, what about Col Sam McLaughlin who developed the Buick?

[@Luke_-_]

Could you do a video about Hitlers alleged body double Gustav Weller

[@Paladin1873]

Having been trained in government protective security, I find it unfathomable that the British government was so cavalier for so many years in the execution of this duty. A single bodyguard can do very little to protect someone. A minimum of three men is required for close protection because you cannot see in every direction at once, nor effectively respond to coordinated attacks. In this regard I believe Churchill and Thompson were extraordinarily lucky men.

[@gordonspicer]

very true. Even allowing the Queen to ride her horse after Trooping of the Colour. There a young man in the crowd short her - with just a false gun ! A very lucky escape. Even allowing her and members of the RF to be close to crowds and even shaking hands with them - obviously forgetting the Gandi assassination. Highly irresponsible to say the lease. any lessons learnt? Not so sure even now

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HEY!! WHERE'S the documentary on QUEEN ELIZABETH I?? That's my favorite!! It's why I started watching you guys in the first place!! You didn't delete it??

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We're making a new one, worry not. We want to remaster all our old videos.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

​​​​@@PeopleProfiles Okay. Though I'll miss that particular narrator of the video. I basically memorized it. ❤ Also the documentary isn't that old? It helped/helps me through a hard time. Please keep the tagline: "England's Greatest Queen." ❤

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Love the video can you do Jennifer hale,Kevin spacey and Klara hilter❤

[@raynonabohrer5624]

More should be. Known. About mister thompson. He gave all. His service was Long. Many years and dedication. And dangerous. He had to have a A great. Backbone. .

[@paulscushschofield1288]

Read his book,good read.

[@homahak]

You don’t cross the “aisle” in the House of Commons you cross the floor.

[@tanweekok1]

Great person to protect a great stateman.

[@erikross9240]

One of the best ! Thanks for all you do.

[@mrg8255]

The heroes who protected the likes of Churchill likely played a huge part in the success of their employers. Well done Walter .

[@chrismccartney8668]

I knew the story being in the shadows is the correct place for someone guarding you.. Churchills Statue stand on our green as he was the local mp for this area, wanstead and Woodford.. Recently someone from abroad said who is statue we just past, I said Winston Churchill they why here is cos he was not only the leader of the free world, defender of the only country left to withstand Hitler but he was also MP for this area.

[@nomdeplume798]

I couldn't work out why an American advertising agency was Winston's bodyguard, and then I realised..... Walter H. Thompson not J. Walter Thompson. D'oh!

[@MrBanaanipommi]

How about carl gustav mannerheim?

[@geoffballe8766]

A good man

[@marilynpenner9196]

This documentary goes a long way to celebrate not only Walter Thompson but all the other Special Branch security officers and the families who must put up with not seeing them for weeks and months. No doubt other marriages fell apart for the sake of protecting an important person for the nation. A good biography of Mr. Thompson. Now I wonder who looked out for the King: the Queen and Princess Elizabeth during the War.

[@deejaysyn420]

andre the giant please

[@DejaVuSept11]

Those were the days when strongman just required one guard…

[@grimmertwin2148]

Ah Guns of Brixton - the Clash. Dey knew what was going on innit?

[@sepperD3]

....and he wrote for rolling stone

[@anthonymcnamee6297]

Brixton boy

[@tatuloa]

All day .. bro ..

[@Speroid]

Great human life story, I like it very much. Although it's insufficient for accurate identification to know the unique elongated shape of Irish nostrils and protruding lower lip similar to the profile of Walter Thompson would find it challenging not to identify him as of Irish descent; that would be a maddening topic to consider on either side of the Irish sea, wouldn't it?

[@janicewhite1113]

It's what the protection squad are trained to do

[@garyglover6767]

How about Navy medal of honor receipient brig. General Herman Henry Hanneken usmc

[@ringo196]

Skorzeny,s fame is fabricated

[@aarondemiri486]

The stories this man could of told

[@jameskelly5604]

“Following the British Invasion of France “ that is funny more like the Anglo-American invasion 2 American landing sites 1 British and 1 Canadian seems that the British were in the minority

[@deejay4922]

Well done & it appears to Not be narrated by a bot to boot.

[@marilynpenner9196]

I thought the Sidney Street gang were political agitators.

[@fresatx]

YUKIO MISHIMA!!!

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

Class politics was an issue then and is still an issue in Britain and as India has stated, India does class politics much better than Britain. Britain didn’t invent class politics but it hung onto them a lot longer than any western democracy. Titles still matter in England a great deal. .

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[@Stitchwitchstitch]

Mmm i’ve got serious doubts about the truth of the Jewish Latvians breaking into a jewelry store and killing three police seems convenient and pretty stereotypical. GB was never a champion for the Jewish. They’d been exiled several times in English history, forced to convert or die in the medieval/early renaissance period. And that’s just a blip in England. People escaping persecution usually try and lay low- not rob expensive stuff and try to murder police who can club and cosh, stage crime scenes and bully witnesses. It’s not like law-enforcement historically has a reputation for outward honesty and transparency. And government officials hardly had to earn their position. Churchill was actual aristocracy. Had connections and a family name tied into nobility for hundreds of years. And besides- would the Latvians have been able to speak English well enough to defend themselves? Did they have much time to learn while on the run from the murderous mob back home? Or were the Jewish Latvians generally allowed a safe place to learn foreign languages and the persecution happened suddenly in their town?

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