IWM & Peter Jackson Restore Film Footage - They Shall Not Grow Old

[Black Maria]

In the 'Letter to the editor' section in my local newspaper someone wrote about the Peter Jackson film , this segment made me laugh -

 

' Did you spot the way , in the war films of that period , they dressed up the fighting soldiers in the foreground to make them look more

human by making them all wear abundant wigs, when in fact the plague of trench head lice precluded growing hair in the inhuman living

conditions existing on the front line.'

 

 

 

 

 

[BillyH]

Just thought it is worth mentioning that my local Asda is selling the dvd for £4.99 at the moment.

 

BillyH.

[Simmo]

Hi All - anyone know if this is available in Oz yet?

[Keith_history_buff]

Part 1 of 2

Here's a list of some of the oral history contributors:

 

Forename(s)	Surname	Regiment	Number	Rank
	Attwood			Corporal
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80003985
Donald	Bain	Seaforth Highlanders		Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80033381
Robert	Bell
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004000
Arthur F L	Brown			Corporal
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004023
Walter George	Cook	Royal Army Medical Corps		Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80009141
William	Daniels	Royal Artillery		Serjeant
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004053
James	Davies	Royal Fusiliers		Lieutenant
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80009535
William	Davies	Machine Gun Corps		Corporal
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000560
William	Davies	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	49119	Second Lieutenant
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008117
Jack	Dillon			Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80018013
Eric	Dorman O'Gowan	Northumberland Fusiliers		Major
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004164
C B	Dunsford			Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004067
Harry	Forrester	Royal Field Artillery		Corporal
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80009843
William	Hall	East Lancashire Regiment		Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004107
Victor	Huffam	Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)		Lieutenant
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004116
Cyril A	Lee			Serjeant
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004136
R	Richards	Royal Engineers		Sapper
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004186
Sidney	Rogerson	23rd Infantry Brigade HQ		Captain
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004189
J G	Shone	Royal Artillery		Gunner
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80004200
Arthur John	Smith	Royal Fusiliers		Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80009220
George	Thompson	Durham Light Infantry		Private
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80009336

 

[Keith_history_buff]

Part 2 of 2

 

The following men are the remaining oral contributors. This information was crowdsourced, and an entry for each man can be found in the IWM's static data PDM version of its "Lives of the First World War" database.
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk

The advantage of using this to navigate to an individual is thus:

The IWM Collections website is bl**dy awful, in my opinion, and you can't find a thing. Each individual has a direct link to the specific IWM Collections page. 

These men are grouped together, but as at the time of posting, the website does not work properly, and it is not possible to navigate through a listing, as used to be the case with the legacy system.
 

Forename(s)	Surname	Unit	Service Number	Rank	Service	Birth Date
Tom Edwin	Adlam	Royal Engineers	11792	Lieutenant-Colonel	British Army	21/10/1893
William Charles	Argent	Royal Air Force	213496	Corporal Mechanic	Royal Air Force	25/01/1899
John Leonard Whitehurst	Ashby	Middlesex Regiment	G/53284	Private	British Army	12/03/1899
Walter Edward	Aust	East Yorkshire Regiment	10/921	Private	British Army	7/11/1895
Thomas Henry	Baker	Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion	CH/263/S	Private	Royal Navy	21/01/1895
George Herbert	Banton	Royal Engineers	70042	Sapper	British Army	06/1889
Walter	Becklake	Northamptonshire Yeomanry	145346	Lance Corporal	British Army	27/10/1895
Arthur George	Beeton	Royal Air Force	200309	Flight Sergeant - Chief Mechanic	Royal Air Force	17/04/1891
William George	Benham	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve		Sub Lieutenant	Royal Navy	29/04/1898
Joseph E	Biglin	Graduate Battalion	TR/5/7718	Private	British Army	not recorded
Edwin Charles	Bigwood	Worcestershire Regiment	39687	Private	British Army	12/05/1897
Horace Leslie	Birks	Tank Corps		Second Lieutenant	British Army	07/05/1897
Edmund Charles	Blunden	Royal Sussex Regiment		Temporary Lieutenant	British Army	01/11/1896
Clarence Alfred	Bourne	Army Service Corps	915	Acting Staff Serjeant	British Army	not recorded
Alan Ernest	Bray	Labour Corps	373131	Lance Corporal	British Army	13/01/1895
Francis Donald Holden	Bremner	Royal Air Force		Captain	Royal Air Force	27/03/1893
Frank Thomas	Brent	2nd Infantry Brigade - 1st Australian Division	168	Company Sergeant Major	Australian Imperial Force	13/09/1888
Leslie Albert	Briggs	Royal Flying Corps	10548	Corporal	Royal Air Force	1896
Alfred James	Bromfield	Lancashire Fusiliers	2545	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Ernest Edward	Bryan	Liverpool Regiment	15755	Warrant Officer Class 2	British Army	not recorded
William Harland	Bunning	6th Infantry Brigade - 2nd Australian Division		Captain	Australian Imperial Force	22/02/1894
Frank Grant	Burslem	Royal Air Force		Lieutenant	Royal Air Force	10/04/1901
Horace	Calvert	Grenadier Guards	23553	Private	British Army	not recorded
Gordon	Carey	Rifle Brigade	S/20355	Rifleman	British Army	1885
Leopold Jean Marcellin	Carles	9e Bataillon de Chasseurs à Pied	7993	Chasseur de 2e Classe	Armée française	12/03/1898
Charles Edmund	Carrington	Royal Warwickshire Regiment		Second Lieutenant	British Army	21/04/1897
Henry T	Carter	Royal Fusiliers	GS/37731	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Charles James	Chabot	Royal Air Force		Captain	Royal Air Force	17/05/1890
Joseph	Clements	Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division	17513	Private	Royal Navy	13/03/1897
Frederick	Coakes	Hampshire Regiment	14947	Private	British Army	1898
Archibald G	Cochrane	Army Pay Corps	14815	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
William J	Collins	Royal Artillery Royal Army Medical Corps	7345	Acting Staff Serjeant	British Army	not recorded
Herbert Howard	Cooper	King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)	37665	Private	British Army	not recorded
J W	Critchley	Royal Field Artillery	4654	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Arnold	Dale	12th York and Lancaster Regiment Depot	12/631	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Norman Frank	Demuth	London Regiment	2780	Rifleman	British Army	1898
Gerald Vincent	Dennis	Cameron Highlanders	S/50717	Private	British Army	01/08/1895
Herbert V	Doggett	Royal Field Artillery	390586	Driver	British Army	not recorded
Thomas W	Dove	Royal Field Artillery	98358	Serjeant	British Army	1897
Stanley	Down	Labour Corps	379395	Private	British Army	not recorded
Victor Edgar	Fagence	The Queen's Regiment	G/10081	Private	British Army	01/10/1897
John	Figarovsky	26th U.S. Infantry Regiment	54938	Corporal	American Expeditionary Force	16/12/1899
Bryan Edwin	Frayling	Royal Engineers		Lieutenant	British Army	5/08/1893
Walter J	Fullerton	Tank Corps	301834	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
William Arthur	Gillman	London Regiment	254582	Private	British Army	04/10/1899
Edward Walter	Glendinning	Army Service Corps	S/212023	Acting Corporal	British Army	19/12/1896
Walter Ernest	Grover	Royal Sussex Regiment	G/17582	Private	British Army	1897
George William	Guest	Royal Field Artillery	756152	Acting Bombardier	British Army	1895
Reginald Leonard	Haine	1st Honourable Artillery Company Attached 1st Sikhs		Lieutenant	British Army	10/07/1896
Arthur Alan H	Hanbury-Sparrow	Royal Berkshire Regiment		Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel	British Army	1/04/1892
George	Harbottle	Machine Gun Corps		Second Lieutenant	British Army	not recorded
Walter	Hare	West Yorkshire Regiment	37468	Private	British Army	not recorded
Victor Francis Staples	Hawkins	Lancashire Fusiliers		Lieutenant	British Army	4/08/1896
Arthur	Hemsley	Royal Engineers		Lieutenant	British Army	not recorded
Alfred Percy Bulteel	Irwin	East Surrey Regiment		Lieutenant Colonel	British Army	not recorded
George Brumwell	Jameson	Royal Field Artillery		Captain	British Army	19/12/1892
Ernest Victor John	Jones	Labour Corps	646382	Private	British Army	not recorded
Clifford James	Lane	Hertfordshire Regiment	265258	Private	British Army	02/12/1894
Sebastian C	Lang	19 London Regiment (St Pancras)	611212	Private	British Army	not recorded
James Leslie	Lovegrove	Loyal North Lancashire Regiment		Second Lieutenant	British Army	19/03/1898
Roderick	MacLeod DSO MC	Royal Field Artillery		Colonel	British Army	13/11/1891
Norman N	MacMillan	Royal Flying Corps		Second Lieutenant	British Army	09/08/1892
Reginald	Mason	Hussars	77871	Private	British Army	1894
Arthur R	Maydwell	Bedfordshire Regiment	9869	Private	British Army	not recorded
Bertram	Neyland	Royal Engineers	126610	Sapper	British Army	not recorded
Keith Frank	Officer	12th Army Service Corps		Major	Australian Imperial Force	02/10/1889
Leonard Jesse	Ounsworth	Royal Garrison Artillery	290688	Bombardier	British Army	28/07/1895
Victor	Packer	Royal Irish Fusiliers	18936	Private	British Army	not recorded
Edwin Kenneth	Page	Royal Field Artillery		Captain	British Army	not recorded
John Willis	Palmer	Royal Field Artillery	67553	Gunner	British Army	03/1893
James Albert	Payne	Manchester Regiment	6310	Serjeant	British Army	not recorded
Lendon Fitz	Payne	Royal Engineers	130869	Private	British Army	not recorded
Frederick	Plimmer	Machine Gun Corps	129153	Private	British Army	25/07/1898
Alex V	Polhill	Royal Engineers	362617	Private	British Army	not recorded
Frederick James	Powell	41 Squadron RFC		Major	Air Force (RAF/RFC)	13/08/1895
Donald J	Price	Royal Fusiliers	RS/5473	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Charles Robert	Quinnell	Royal Fusiliers	GS/533	Serjeant	British Army	18/05/1895
William Alfred	Quinton	Royal Engineers	283224	Sapper	British Army	10/10/1895
John W	Staddon	East Surrey Regiment		Lieutenant	British Army	not recorded
B A	Steward	Tank Company		Second Lieutenant	British Army	not recorded
Francis Edward	Sumpter	King's Liverpool Regiment	3421	Private	British Army	13/10/1897
Philip	Sylvester	Royal Artillery		Driver	British Army	not recorded
John William	Terrell	London Regiment	372208	Private	British Army	1897
Richard Henry	Tobin	Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion	Mersey 7/174	Chief Petty Officer	Royal Navy	4/05/1894
William Henry	Towers	Royal Field Artillery	775437	Gunner	British Army	27/06/1896
William John	Underwood	3rd Infantry Brigade - 1st Canadian Division	25899	Bugler	Canadian Expeditionary Force	4/09/1895
Herbert	Verrity	West Yorkshire Regiment	43040	Private	British Army	not recorded
William Edward	Walters-Symons	Royal Garrison Artillery		Major	British Army	not recorded
John	Westacott	Canadian Engineers		Lieutenant	Canadian Expeditionary Force	23/12/1890
Edmund G	Williams	Liverpool Regiment	17518	Corporal	British Army	not recorded
Douglas Neil	Wimberley	Cameron Highlanders		Major	British Army	not recorded
Sidney Alfred	Woodcock	Army Service Corps	M2/131155	Serjeant	British Army	1893
Archibald Buchanan	Yuille	Royal Flying Corps		Captain	British Army	not recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[augmauns]

I was delighted to see this film showing on my recent Qantas flight from London to Sydney.

[Keith_history_buff]

On 28/06/2019 at 18:23, Keith_history_buff said:

Part 2 of 2

 

The following men are the remaining oral contributors. This information was crowdsourced, and an entry for each man can be found in the IWM's static data PDM version of its "Lives of the First World War" database.

The advantage of using this to navigate to an individual is thus:

The IWM Collections website is bl**dy awful, in my opinion, and you can't find a thing. Each individual has a direct link to the specific IWM Collections page. 

These men are grouped together, but as at the time of posting, the website does not work properly, and it is not possible to navigate through a listing, as used to be the case with the legacy system.

Here is the grouping
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/7903

If you have a particular interest in an individual, it is best to perform a search on that individual, be it surname, regiment and service number for ORs, or full name and regiment for officers.

The captured content is not "enabled" on the person's web page, but if you perform a download, all the data is in the download *.csv file.
 

[moggs]

It's now on Netflix.  I finally had the opportunity to see it.  Extraordinary to say the least.

 

Jonathan

[Coldstreamer]

well worth watching 

[Martin Bennitt]

On 30/06/2019 at 06:40, augmauns said:

I was delighted to see this film showing on my recent Qantas flight from London to Sydney.

 

I also saw it in the air, on an Air France flight from Paris to Cape Town, and back!

 

Cheers Martin B

[Keith Brannen]

For anyone in Canada, this is now being shown (multiple showings) on the Crave movie channels.