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Family photo, which was taken after the war and my grandfather's return after four years away. he'd gone to sea in the first instance at the age 01:14 in 1920. it was the natural thing to do for the boys in the village. but, as he told me many years later, never could he have 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 r...

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...

From the first generation of huts here. so, when my grandfather came here, it would have been in a very similar building to this? yes. butjust a few metres away? 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. 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? but that's not the only memorial to the merchant navy, of course, the most prominent of w...

Prisoners were marched some 15 miles away to a place called westertimke, where they built another camp, called milag nord. but all that remains of that camp today is this memorial to the 5000 merchant seamen who were held here. how many of them would stop at this memorial, do you think? 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 n...

Sweeping minds on daylight and a dash on a sunny day can be quite interesting. sweeping minds in a storm in the middle of the night —— mines, it is not a laugh. we carried on sweeping, making an area from bombardment. my undying thought and memory is firstly the noise. all the allied warships were hurling tonnes of shells at the german guns. and the noise was like a bad