did anyone see the clarkson thing about st nazaire yesterday

sheepsteeth

i thought it was pretty interesting

i was in the engineer museum armoury today investigating something they have in there and saw the original VC medals awarded to 30 or so royal engineers, one of them (the most recent) was awarded to sgt durrant.

he was involved in the raid on st nazaire and his actions were so brave he was actually recommended for the medal by the german commander who ended up capturing him.

very legendary, very humbling, extremely hard as nails bloke.

Pudseyp

Which he probably ended up selling to pay his gas bill as this sodding country forgets the brave buggers of the past like this...

Love stories like this...makes me realise what a pussy I am..

AndyBeast

sheepsteeth wrote:

very legendary, very humbling, extremely hard as nails bloke.

+ infinite rationed potatoes

shot 16 times an pulled himself up to have another pop at them.

program after about operation mincemeat was also very interesting.

RevellRider

What channel was this on?

sheepsteeth

was on bbc 2 last night.

sheepsteeth

can be found on youbvious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgF0R4dhUqk

RevellRider

Cheers. I'll watch it on that, seeing as iPlayer is rubbish

RMSlayer70

Yep, amazing show and the bravery of them was just stunning. Well told as well by Clarkson

sheepsteeth

twas strange to see that show last night, then to be discussing it with the lads at work today then to actually see the original medal in the flesh (the displayed ones are replicas)

MountainMonster

Just watching it now, and my god is it good. Thanks for letting me know about this doc sheeps

Cleat Eastwood

Drat. Missed it. My grandad fought there, got a nasty shrapnel wound in his hand

sheepsteeth

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Drat. Missed it. My grandad fought there, got a nasty shrapnel wound in his hand

incredibly brave blokes, apparently all were given the chance to walk away from the mission as it was completely off it's tits but none did.

stubs

Brilliant programme. Sailed into St Nazaire on a mates yacht bloody difficult navigation even when its daylight and people arent throwing things at you. They were the best of the best.

Tolk

Best documentary I've watched for a while. Clarkson told it well i though. Those guys had some serious gonads to do what they did.

submityournentries

seen it before, but watched it again and still just as impressive. the bravery of the men is humbling, genuinely amazing