Tales from the Battlefields

42: Killed in Action Saving Comrades - 2 Brothers in the Great War


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In this episode we travel to the Western Front with the relatives of the 2 brothers from Lancashire who died a year apart but in the same circumstances - trying to save wounded comrades in No Man's Land. How did the family discover their stories? What does it mean to them? Could we find a grave for one of them who is still missing?  And what artefacts did we discover on the battlefields where they died?
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Tales from the BattlefieldsBy Terry Whenham

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