16K views · 284 reactions | Former BBC researcher Julia Cave, who died recently, interviewed hundreds of World War One veterans for the 1964 series The Great War. Here she explains what it was like and how the experience changed her. This clip is from 2003 documentary, That Was The Great War That Was. | BBC Archive | Facebook

Fascinating WW1 Veterans Interviews at Flanders House, Glasgow | Great War Memories | Armistice Day

Two Great War veterans return to Flanders to recount their experience of the Christmas Truce of 1914. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1914, along the Western Front in Flanders, Belgium, an extraordinary pause in the Great War unfolded. As night fell, German and British soldiers cautiously emerged from their trenches, drawn by the sound of carols drifting across no man’s land. They exchanged greetings, shared rations, cigarettes, and laughter beneath flickering candles. After 1914, the High C

Great War veterans reveal to us the human faces hidden behind the endless rows of crosses. ❤️SUBSCRIBE, LIKE or FOLLOW my post for more stories like this. #scottbennettwriter#fblifestyle#thegreatwar | Scott Bennett