I’ve received too many tributes to mention, but here are just a few of the sentiments from people who knew her: My sister and I both saw her at length every day in the lead up so we still had some quality times, despite her illness. Her last days were comfortable but she struggled with pneumonia – and thankfully, she passed away peacefully in her sleep. I’m very sorry to say that my Mum, Anne, passed away on 28 December, 2018, at the age of 96. To begin, I need to share some rather sad news with you. It’s a building block for the show because it’s about my Dad’s awful experience on the beaches at Dunkirk and how he’s eventually rescued. So I’d recommend you take a shufty at episode one for starters which also happens to be the most popular one. But I do think if you HAVE listened to some of the earlier Dunkirk episodes then you WILL gain more enjoyment from this episode, because you’ll be a little more familiar with the background, and that will somehow help you to enjoy this episode just that little bit more. I do try to make every episode of this podcast standalone, so you don’t need to have heard every episode to be able to follow the rest and on this occasion the same applies. You’ll hear memoirs and memories of veterans connected to Dad’s war in some way – and much more. The aim of the Fighting Through Podcast is to give you the stories behind the story. My dad fought at Dunkirk, North Africa, Sicily, D-day and Germany. I’m Paul Cheall, son of Bill Cheall whose WW2 memoirs have been published by Pen and Sword – in FTFDTH. What a legend!īrownie pic France and Belgium 2018, WW2 WW1 reinactment 1įighting Through Podcast - Episode 40 - Four Brits and a Frenchman
Harry Trowbridge, killed at Gallipoli and below his brother Bill Trowbridge who became skipper of the Bee at Dunkirk, WWIIįred Reynard, avoided the Titanic disaster to then survive Gallipoli to become engineer on the Bee at Dunkirk WW2. Marc Hocking, aged 18, as fourth hand, not present.Īlbert Sanger and wife Amy. The young lad is Ernest (Muddy) Downer! The crane on the left still stands today on Newport Quay, Isle of Wight. Fred Reynard, engineer, on the left - he wrote about their adventure. "The Magnificent Three" of the Dunkirk heroes of the Bee. The nurse near him on the photo is Francis (Croack - Walsh?). I just know that he had befriended two Australian nurses whose family had moved to Southport. It would be fabulous to identify other people in the photo. Grandma Bourel's notes on husband Maurice's adventures at Dunkirk (French). Libya in 1943 after taking Umm-el-Araneb with the troop of Colonnel Leclerc. London, in front the Carlton Gardens, the headquarters of General de Gaulle in 1941.
Map showing Les Moeres, where 40 Kings Own soldiers were killed by a Junker bomber.īrave Frenchman Maurice Bourell received the French "Légion d'Honneur" medal in 1982 Died fighting bravely as part of the rear giuard defending a junction at Les Moeres near Dunkirk. Interested in Bill Cheall's book? Link here for more information.įighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg, hardback, paperback and Kindle etc.Ĭongratulations to listener Helen Westbrook for winning a prestigious story competition with her story and the same one that you’ve heard on the Fighting Through podcast! All about her hero grandfather, Fred Reynard, at Gallipoi - Dare you to listen! See link above to the There But Not There campaign where you can purchase a Tommy figure for your home to remember the fallen and help raise funds for veterans' charities today.įred Gardiner of C Company, 8th King's Own regiment. Link to feedback/reviews at Apple Podcasts - Thank you. “We looked a very sorry sight, covered in dirt and grime, with hunger gnawing at our bellies Listen to Bill Cheall’s description of the terrifying havoc as his battalion escaped to the Dunkirk beaches. The story of hero Fred Gardiner of the Kings’s Royal Rifles who died as part of the brave Dunkirk rear guard Hear about the extraordinary turns of events that brought four Brits to the shores of Dunkirk at the same time as a Frenchman The remarkable story of Maurice Bourel and his escape on the Lady of Mann and the battles he fought after that.Ĭongratulations to listener Helen Westbrook for winning a prestigious story competition with her story and the same one that you’ve heard on the FT podcast!įind out how Fred Reynard, hero of WW1 battle of Gallipoli escaped death two years before his WW1 adventures even began, in a jaw-dropping twist of fate. How one man's sacrifice - Fred Gardiner - saved the lives of possibly thousands of others. The extraordinary turns of events that brought four Brits to the shores of Dunkirk at the same time as a Frenchman. More great unpublished history - of the Second World War.