The Last Tommy

[tonyfromalnwick]

I hope every one watched this last night.

It is the only tv that has reduced me to tears at the end of it.

What a f*cking waste of lives.

I haven`t been to the war graves in France and Belgium, but hope to go one day.

I`ve got a couple of great-uncles there, who died at Ypres and on the Somme.

 

[batt22]

totaly agree brought a lump to my throat god bless em only 3 left so sad

 

[Charlton]

all that waste down to the upper class officers who bought their commissions. The reason why they started the officers boot camps to get some new commoners with a bit of an idea, too much in breeding in the upper classes which made quite a few rather daft old chap. They always said the british tommies with german officers would have been the ideal army.

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Lions led by donkeys.

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

I lost it at the end of \"The Somme\" a couple of nights ago on Ch 4. T top it all forcing the lads to WALK across no-mans land, absolutely unbelievable.

[Edited on 16/11/2005 by Charlie_Thompson]

 

[BriH]

Ell seen it ,and dont know how ANY men came back ,never mind the few that did - if you got back ,you then had to go over the next time , then you get back ,to go over again ,then IF you got back and said you didnt fancy it this time, OUR lot F**king SHOT you anyway for being a \"Coward \" - some justice that like - NOT