Interviews with a Sapper and a Hussar
TED HUNT - Royal Engineers
At 91 Ted amazed us all with his encyclopaedic memory of his time as 2 I/C of the D Day Rhino LSTs, the huge landing craft that could land up to 50 vehicles on beaches in very shallow waters. He provides a genuinely rare insight into the planning and execution of one of the twentieth century’s greatest military campaigns. A remarkable lad that rapidly rose through the ranks from Sapper to Major, and has knowledge that has helped the Royal Engineer Museum. An interview not to be missed.
ALAN TIZZARD - Royal Hussars
As a boy Alan was mad about motor cars. Little could he imagine that at 18 he would be commanding a 32,000 horsepower tank on the Russian borders during the height of the Cold War. Alan shares some interesting insights into Cold War tank training and life in Germany.HERE
Update - Mon 28th February 2011
Stories from a Para and a Pioneer
BRYAN "TAB" HUNTER
1 Para veteran, "Tab", says he "joined the toughest regiment in the British Army" in 1955 and was posted straight to Cyprus in 1956. He spent 9 months in Cyprus during the year that we lost around 300 British troops in that emergency. "Tab" gives a very interesting and humorous account of what life was like in the Army and some of the scrapes he and his fellow Para’s got into. See more HERE
Update - Fri 18th February 2011
New Veterans Interviews To Watch
We hear all about the campaigns and the conflicts that Britain has been involved in over the past six decades, but rarely do we get to learn about the people involved in these moments of history.
Legasee tries to bridge that understanding and gets into the character of the people who were there - where they came from, what they did and how they felt. As a consequence of our policy it's not all gunfire and battles. It's the good and the bad, the happy and the sad.
Our films are unedited so we suggest you switch off the TV, grab a cup of tea and immerse yourself in the part of history that interests you.
Rex Sheppard - Royal Fusiliers
"I went to Korea a boy and came back a man". Watch Rex talk about his experiences in some of the worst fighting conditions since the Great War. We cover Rex's military life in detail. How he felt about being conscripted to war, training in sight of the Chinese enemy, life in the trenches and more than a couple of very near misses. Rex is one of the few survivors of this conflict - many who fought in Korea have since died of cancer.
Peter Noad MBE - Queens Lancashire regiment.
Peter was inspired to become a soldier when his Uncle used to let him play with grenades as a boy! His long career spanned several intense tours of Northern Ireland and one contact is recalled in graphic detail. Peter was promoted to RSM and recalls some of the lighter sides of army life as a leader, including preparations for a Royal visit. To view these interviews, go to our web site HERE
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Watch The First Interviews
To view them, go to our web site – Legasee and click on Films. Then just select the person you want to view. Once you’ve watched the first video, go to “Click here to watch more films of...” to view the rest of videos from each interview.
Colin Parker - Coldstream Guards - was left for dead on a battlefield in Aden.
Rob Stirling - Para, Hussars, SAS, Rhodesian Army and then South African Army - talks about his many experiences.
Sidney Mitchell - Royal Corps of Signals - at 92, still has a very vivid memory of all the action he saw during WWII.
Ted "Smokey" Verbiest - Fleet Air Arm - gives a graffic account of being attacked by German fighter planes during WWII.
Brian Bird - RAF Spitfire Pilot - very interesting interview of how he learnt to fly then went straight into action in north Africa and Italy.
