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Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:53 pm
by John25
Chuck wrote:
Whilst grandads trunk does not have a happy ending it is a fascinating bit of REAL history that many can identify with. It should be made compulsive reading in schools instead of bloomin Harry Potter!
Agreed wholeheartedly. Chuck, we look forward to seeing it.
I have an Aunt who chucked most of my Grandad's stuff away! He was in the Andrew and told very few stories. He told one about being sunk, twice on the same voyage, his rescue ship was torpedoed!
:cheers:
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:05 am
by Chuck
Had an uncle and his brother who fought in WW2, both joined up in the early days and never saw each other again till Normandy when one was on a stretcher after being hit by mortar shrapnel...As he was being carred to a medic tent some troops filed by, one of whom was his brother. In true Scottish style they just looked at each other and exchanged "Y'Aw right then? / Aye, Ahm Aw right", and carried on. They never saw each other again till after the war.
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:45 pm
by Angelfire
CHUCK "Whilst grandads trunk does not have a happy ending it is a fascinating bit of REAL history that many can identify with. It should be made compulsive reading in schools instead of bloomin Harry Potter!"
Good call mate.
Regarding the "story", one word describes it for me, simply fascinating.
Phil*
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:18 pm
by bobbob
Keep your eyes out for a certain BBC antiques programme over the next few months.
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 12:07 pm
by bobbob
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:21 pm
by ovenpaa
Very good.
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:52 am
by Jenks
ovenpaa wrote:Very good.
Excellent. Did you notice how he said He wasn't interested until he was in his forties.... and then it was too late,. SNAP!
Jenks
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:35 pm
by bobbob
I am looking forward to the programme as I was the one who contacted the BBC about it. I contacted Egbert and he was grateful that I had sent the information to them. He called me the "secret recommender".
Since he told the story many people have gone to Gottfried's grave and it has become a huge talking point on the Great War Forum.
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:30 am
by Jenks
Well done bobbob clapclap clapclap clapclap. I watched the programme last evening and enjoyed it very much. The chap who collected the death pennies (was I think) Paul Quilliam who was, and may still be the Secretary of The Lee Enfield Rifle Association. The first time we visited Lutyens Thiepval memorial there was a petrol shortage in France and the farmers were blockading the roads around the Ferries etc. consequently not many people ere travelling We had many of the historical locations completely to ourselves, including the memorial at Theipval.
Jenks
Re: Gottfried Sandrock . Killed in Action 1918
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:53 pm
by bobbob
I followed the Twitter feed after the programme. Most of the comments were positive and many said they had shed tears over some of the stories. There is a follow up in November.
I'm surprised Bnz didn't recognise the man with the death pennies as he was a member of LERA for a short time.
Makes me want to visit the battlefields even more now.