Passchendaele: John Palmer

Voices of the First World War by BBC

Dec 13, 201712:36Society & Culture

Among the recordings made for the BBC's landmark series 'The Great War' in the early 1960s, one in particular stands out. John Palmer, a British Gunner who served as a signaller from 1914 onwards on the Western Front, ad...

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