WWI The Last Tommies

By *opsy Rogers OP Woman over a year ago

London

Please, watch this on iPlayer or catch the end of BBC4 now and remember, they were just boys, incredibly young men.

My heart is breaking.

By *ittleAcornMan over a year ago

visiting the beach

I think I got something in my eye...

By *ittleAcornMan over a year ago

visiting the beach

This one was a great watch also...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03z2d1g

It, again, made the huge numbers more personal.

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Fucking heroes all of them

By *ouple in LancashireCouple over a year ago

in Lancashire

The programme about the teenage tommies was heart rending and humbling..

By *opsy Rogers OP Woman over a year ago

London

"The programme about the teenage tommies was heart rending and humbling..

It’s almost incomprehensible. The physical health of the soldiers was very poor to start with due to shocking living and working conditions.