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To the 5,000 merchant seamen who were held here. how many of them would stop at this memorial, do you think? v0: but that's not the only memorial to the merchant navy, of course — the most prominent of which is here in greenwich, a reminder of the dangers the men faced. you've a 50% chance of not making it at these peak points in the conflict and conditions would be poor, your pay was poor and your recognition was also not up there with the armed forces. without the merchant navy, we could not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that. my grandfather did make it home to west wales before...

To the 5,000 merchant seamen who were held here. how many of them would stop at this memorial, do you think? v0: but that's not the only memorial to the merchant navy, of course — the most prominent of which is here in greenwich, a reminder of the dangers the men faced. you've a 50% chance of not making it at these peak points in the conflict and conditions would be poor, your pay was poor and your recognition was also not up there with the armed forces. without the merchant navy, we could not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that. my grandfather did make it home to west wales before...

Making it at these peak points in the conflict and conditions would be poor, your pay was poor and your recognition was also not up there with the armed forces. without the merchant navy, we could not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that. my grandfather did make it home to west wales before the end of the war and, despite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85 — always modest, always hardworking and always grateful. in a rare comment on his difficult wartime experience, he said simply this — "i was very lucky." and he always thought of the tens of thousands of merchant seamen w...

Imagined that that first voyage as a merchant seaman would lead, eventually, to three years in a german prisoner of war camp. newsreel: this is a story of the men who brave the dangers of the sea to bring us our daily bread. the men of the merchant navy faced terrifying danger as they kept britain supplied with food and raw materials. all too often, they were easy targets for the german battleships and u—boats. the u—boats used to hunt in packs and they always aimed for the merchant ships because they were seen as being the ships that were keeping britain and the other places afloat. the m...

Memorial to the merchant navy, of course — the most prominent of which is here in greenwich, a reminder of the dangers the men faced. you've a 50% chance of not making it at these peak points in the conflict and conditions would be poor, your pay was poor and your recognition was also not up there with the armed forces. without the merchant navy, we could not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that. my grandfather did make it home to west wales before the end of the war and, despite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85 —