Name: Daniel Radcliffe uncovers WW1 love story ? | Who Do You Think You Are? - BBC
Uploaded: 2020-03-15T23:32:44.000Z
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I'm trying to work out        who this one's from,

cos there's a lot of mentions          of Ernie in it

and this is sent from  Banbridge, September 2nd, 1914.

"My dear Ernie, my heart was            sore..." Oh!

"..when I had to come          into the house.

"But some day we will give  them all a good day when we are

I mean, it's just willing this    to come true by writing it.

"No-one can say to you, Ernie,  that you are going with a flirt..."

"No-one can say to you, Ernie,  that you are going with a flirt.

"I love you, Ernie,        with all my heart,

I want to find out what happened  to all the brothers, if possible.

..I'd like to know more about him  and Jeannie cos they seem sweet.

And I wonder if      they ever got to marry.

I really hope they did,      based on those letters.

To find out what more      the letters can reveal,

Daniel's meeting First World War      historian Jessica Meyer.

We've got the letter       from Ernest's mother,

which is what makes this collection         really quite special.

And then the other thing  we have which is really unusual,

Which are lovely. I love them.       They're so passionate!

They really are.      They're just like old...

"I love you, Ernie, with a     love that will never die."

This is the last dated        letter that we have.

The latest date that we have    a letter from. Oh, wow, OK.

"I am writing you these few lines  hoping they will find you all well.

"From your loving son, Ernie,   to my dear mother and father.

"Tell Flo I don't forget about      the ha'penny I owe her."

But then, it's great that         he's still, like,

remembering a debt      to his youngest sister.

And then they just stop.      And then they just stop.

Oh, dear. That doesn't bode well.                 No.

Back in his family's       hometown of Banbridge,

Daniel hopes he can discover           what happened

to his great-great-uncle Ernie         and his brothers.

"To the glory of God and in   proud and loving memory of all

"the following men from this parish,      who in response to the call

"of their king and country       laid down their lives

So none of the other    brothers are there, though.

So I assume that means Ernie      was the only one who...

To find out more about      Ernie and his brothers,

Daniel is meeting   genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons.

I've learned that Ernie did    in fact die during the war.

Do you know anything about  the circumstances of his death?

This is a letter written by somebody       who was there with Ernie,

at the moment that he died...             Oh, wow.

..and he sent it to your  great-great grandmother. Oh, wow.

"As far as I can tell you the truth     about your dear beloved son.

"We were just after arriving   in the trenches, and your boy

"and two more chaps from Belfast      were going into a dugout

"to take off their packs,      when a shell landed..."

"I'm very sorry to say none of them  did live to say a word to anyone."

I thought that maybe he was     dying in some big battle,

"I think I'm after telling you   the very truth about all now,

"for which I am only too willing  to give any broken-hearted mother.

and I know the way       my own mother do feel.

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