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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 the end of the war and, despite fragile heal...

After a period at sandbostel, my grandfather and his fellow prisoners were marched some 15 miles away to a place called westertimke, where they built another camp called milag nord. the trouble here in westertimke is that there is no physical evidence of the camp that was here, the camp where my grandfather spent most of his time in captivity. it was beyond these trees somewhere. but all that remains of that camp today is this memorial 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 merchan...

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 who did not return, but who made such a vital contribution to britain's survival in the second world war. huw edwards and the story of his grandfather and the atl...

Evidence of the camp that was here, the camp where my grandfather spent most of his time in captivity. it was beyond these trees somewhere. but all that remains of that camp today is this memorial 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...

15 miles away to a place called westertimke, where they built another camp called milag nord. the trouble here in westertimke is that there is no physical evidence of the camp that was here, the camp where my grandfather spent most of his time in captivity. it was beyond these trees somewhere. but all that remains of that camp today is this memorial 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 th...