[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Vicwinann

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Particularly so, because one of my grandfather's was in the same places as his during WW1.
I watched it with my grandson who was unusually quiet after it finished. When asked why, he said "I wouldn't exist if your grandad had not come back, and that has just been brought home rather graphically. I am thinking about what he would have experienced"
I left him to be quiet with his thoughts.

We had a similar discussion.

My husbands grandfather was taken prisoner in 1915 and remained so until the end of the war. I said to OH, that probably saved his life, neither him nor his dad (b 1920) would have been born had he died.
My grandfather was called up in 1917 as one of the older men to go (b 1883). I suppose he was just lucky.