Wekupedzisira anozivikanwa akapona nhabvu yemurume-wepasirose akafa muna Chikunguru 22nd, 2001, ane makore 106.
VANOTI varwi vekare, vanodaro, havafi, vanongopera. Bertie Felstead aisara. Mukuru iye aive, zvakanyanya kuve nemukurumbira. Akanga apfuura makore zana, uye anga agara kwenguva refu achiitirwa imba inochengetwa vakwegura kuGloucester, paakapihwa French Légion d'Honneur neMutungamiri Jacques Chirac. Aive nemakore anopfuura 100 paakazova murume mukuru muBritain. Uye panguva iyoyo aive akatonyanya kuzivikanwa semunhu ega akapona pamitambo yeKisimusi yakasarudzika yakaitika kumadokero kumberi munguva yehondo yekutanga yenyika. Zvishoma zviitiko zvehondo ndidzo nyaya dzekupokana kukuru uye ngano.
Mr Felstead, mumwe muLondon uye panguva iyo muchengeti wemuchengesi, akazvipira kushanda mu1915. Gare gare mugore iroro iroro akatora chikamu chechipiri, uye chekupedzisira, chemakrisimasi paKisimusi paakanga amire pedyo neguta reLaventie kuchamhembe kweFrance. Akanga ari oga muRoyal Welch Fusiliers, hurumende yaRobert Graves, munyori weimwe yemabhuku ane simba zvikuru pamusoro pehondo iyoyo, "Goodbye Kwavose". Sezvo Mr Felstead akariyeuka, rugare rwakave rwakauya paKisimusi Kubva muvengi. Varwi ikoko vakaimba, muchiGerman, chiEll Welsh "Ar Hyd y Nos". Kusarudzwa kwavo nziyo kwakatorwa sechibvumirano chikuru chekutonga kwehurumende kunopikisana navo mumatokera anenge 100 mamita kure, uye Royal Welch Fusiliers vakapindura nekuimba "Good King Wenceslas".
Mushure mehusiku hwekuimba kwaCarol, VaFelstead vakayeuka, manzwiro ekufarira akange awanda zvekuti kwayedza varwi veBavaria nemaBritish vakakwenenzvera vachibuda mumatanho avo. Vachideedzera kwaziso dzakadai sa "Mhoro Tommy" uye "Mhoro Fritz" ivo pakutanga vakakwazisana maoko munzvimbo isiri-yemunhu, uye ndokuzopa mumwe kune mumwe zvipo. Doro reGerman, masoseji uye maheti ane spiked zvakapihwa, kana kubhadhariswa, kudzosera kune anodheerera nyama yemombe, mabhisikiti uye mabhatani enguwani.
Rimwe bhora yemutambo
Mutambo wavakatamba waive, VaFelstead vakayeuka, nhabvu yerudzi rwenhabvu. "Wakange usiri mutambo wakadai, zvakawanda zvekukwikwidza uye mahara-kune vese. Panogona kuve paive makumi mashanu padivi rega pane zvese zvandinoziva. Ndakatamba nekuti ndaifarira nhabvu. Handizivi kuti yakatora nguva yakareba sei, pamwe hafu yeawa. ” Zvino, semumwe wevaFusiliers zvaakazvirangarira, kunakidzwa kwakamiswa neimwe sajini-mukuru wechiBritish achiraira varume vake kuti vadzokere mumatangi uye achivayeuchidza nehasha kuti vaivepo "kuzorwa maHuns, kwete kuita shamwari navo ".
Uku kupindira kwakabatsira kutsigira mhirizhonga Marxist myth, yakatorwa somuenzaniso mumimhanzi "Oh, Iyo Hondo Inofadza!", Iyo masoja evanhu vose vari kumativi ose maviri aida kungova nerunyararo uye vakagumbuka kana kuti vakamanikidzwa kurwisana nejingoistic mahofisi vachitsvaka dzidzo yavo yekirasi. Zvechokwadi, mapurisa kumativi ose maviri akatanga mapoka akawanda emakrisimasi ari mu1915 uye emakandi akawanda akawandisa mu1914. Mushure mokutaurirana kuti vabvumirane mazwi emagumisiro, vazhinji vatungamiriri vanovhengana nemuvengi sezvakangoita sezvakaita varume vavo.
Mune account yake yetruces, Robert Graves akatsanangura chikonzero. “[Bato rangu] harina kumbozvibvumira kuva nemanzwiro ezvematongerwo enyika nezve maGerman. Basa remusoja wehunyanzvi raingova rekurwa chero naani zvake waakarairwa naMambo kuti arwisane… Mubatanidzwa weKisimusi wa1914, umo maBattalion aive pakati pevokutanga kutora chikamu, aive nehunyanzvi hwakaenzana: pasina hutu hwepamoyo, izvi, asi nzvimbo yakajairwa nemauto tsika — kuchinjana ruremekedzo pakati pevakuru vemapoka anopikisana. ”
Maererano naBruce Bairnsfather, mumwe wevarwi-vainyanyozivikanwa-vanyori vehondo yekutanga yenyika, maTommies aingova nemisoro yakaoma. Paiva, akanyora, kwete atomu yevenga kune rumwe rutivi panguva idzi, "asi, kurutivi rwedu, kwete kwechinguva chaiva chido chokukunda hondo uye chido chekuvarova vakasununguka. Yakanga yakangoita sepakati pakati pemakwikwi muushamwari hwebhosi. "
Nhoroondo zhinji dzeBritish dzemazuva ano dzetuces dzinobatsira kuburitsa imwe ngano: kuti zviremera zvakachengeta ruzivo rwese rwehukama kubva kuruzhinji kumba kuti zvisazokanganisa hunhu. Mapepanhau anozivikanwa eBritain nemagazini zvakadhindisa mifananidzo nemifananidzo yemasoja eGerman nemaBritish vachipemberera Kisimusi pamwe chete munzvimbo isiri-yemunhu.
Ichokwadi, zvakadaro, kuti maturusi eKisimusi haana kudzokororwa mumakore ekupedzisira ehondo. Pakazosvika 1916 na1917 kuuraiwa kusingaperi kwehondo yekukwezva kwainge kwawedzera ruvengo kumativi ese maviri zvekuti misangano yehukama munzvimbo isina-munhu yaive isingafungidzike, kunyangwe paKisimusi.
Mr Felstead aiva mumwe wezvakanaka zvikuru zveTommies. Akadzokera kumusha kurapwa kuchipatara mushure mekukuvadzwa muhondo yeSomme mu1916 asi akawanazve akakwana kuti akwanise zvakare kushanda kune dzimwe nyika. Akatumirwa kuSalonika, kwaakabata marariya yakaoma uye, shure kwekuwedzerwa kupora kwekuperazve muBlighty, yakashanda mumwedzi yekupedzisira yehondo muFrance.
Mushure mokunge avhiringidzwa, akatungamirira hupenyu husina kunaka, hunoremekedzwa. Kugara kwenguva refu chete kunogumisa kuguma kwake. Vanyori nevatori venhau vakatsvaga kuti vabvunzurudze, uye vachembera, vanobatanidzwa mune imwe nhau inoshamisa iyo upenyu hwavo hwakapedzisira hwakapfuura mazana matatu emakore. Akavaudza kuti vose veEurope, kusanganisira vaBritish nemaJalimane, vanofanira kuva shamwari.
