28 Apr 2022

WWI Veterans of Le Quesnoy remembered

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 28 April 2022

This week we're running a series of WWI veteran stories with Jude Dobson. We share the stories of four men who were all fighting in the Northern French town of Les Quesnoy. We also, today, play a song from one of the men's grandchildren, inspired by the letters which have been read out. Today's episode is about Reverend Clive Mortimer Jones who wrote back to his New Zealand parish talking about his life on the front line as a war time chaplain.

New Zealand troops marching through Le Quesnoy on 10 November 1918.

New Zealand troops marching through Le Quesnoy on 10 November 1918. Photo: Supplied / Ville Le Quesnoy

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