Monday 24 March 2014

Pass the Soap! Mactavish

I initially saw this story run on the BBC News channel, and after doing so; quickly formed the opinion that someone had let off a 'Stink-Bomb'. The young chap who was 'Shot in the neck' appeared with the Guy who gave him medical attention, which in turn allowed him to continue being a participant in the "Firefight" (Really dramatic isn't it).

My point here being that there appears to be no visible scarring on this chaps neck, that would go some way to prove that what is reported to have occurred, has in fact occurred.

The other thing that concerns me is the amount of images and video that is provided in order to give some legitimacy to this story. I mean is it common practice to have a videographer and someone with an 'SLR' camera with every Army unit on active deployment overseas? because if you watch the video that accompanies this story, you can clearly hear the noise of such a still camera, taking numerous images.

If the Videographer and the SLR 'person' were presumably in situ the whole time, then I would safely presume that they would have a lot more footage than what is provided as support to this story.

Shot in the neck, but hero soldier carried on the Taliban firefight: Lance Corporal who battled on for 90 minutes despite injury is among 117 servicemen awarded medals for gallantry in latest operational honours list

Servicemen and women were honoured at the latest Operational Honours and Awards
Lance Corporal Simon Moloney was shot in the neck during a dawn raid
With blood spilling over his throat the machine gunner fought on
Medic Lance Corporal Wesley Masters patched him up 'saving his life'
Lance Corporal Moloney said: 'We had to crack on. They were pushing quite hard so it was either maybe die or definitely die'

By Ian Drury

PUBLISHED: 00:19, 21 March 2014 | UPDATED: 08:43, 21 March 2014

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Shot in neck, with blood spilling over his throat (Looks more like it was applied as opposed to naturally 'spilling out' as you would expect from a bullet entry/exit wound), machine-gunner Simon Moloney knew he had to return to the fight or his comrades would be over-run by the Taliban So, we can safely deduce that 'our Simon the Hero' considers his 'Comrades' fu**ing useless without him?).
So, just minutes after thinking he had been fatally wounded (Ahumm, if he was fatally wounded he wouldn't be thinking anything would he?), he was back in the heat of battle and helping to repel a ferocious attack (After watching the video, it didn't sound too bloody ferocious to me, they were doing all the shooting).
He only quit 90 minutes later after being ordered to by his commanding officer.

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Lance Corporal Simon Moloney, of the Blues and Royals, fought on despite being shot in the neck during a battle with the Taliban. Lance Corporal Moloney is pictured (Looking endearingly into his saviours eyes) receiving medical treatment on the frontline

The soldier was one of 117 servicemen and women who received awards for gallantry

Lance Corporal Moloney and Lance Corporal Masters were among 12 British soldiers taking part in a dawn raid. Speaking about the shot, which hurled him from the roof of a building, Lance Corporal Moloney, said: 'It winded me like I've never been winded (hold on a minute, he's telling us about being winded after he was 'Hurled from the roof, and hit the ground! he seems to be 'traumatised' by being 'winded'). I was thinking, "I've been shot in the neck, it's game over". I figured I had minutes left'

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Lance Corporal Moloney said Lance Corporal Masters' quick decision to help him (Write him a prescription?)(Look at the picture above) on the battlefield saved him. He said: 'We're like family. He saved my life' (You listening young impressionable types?, it's just like Call of Duty, they ARE LIKE FAMILY!!!!)

Lance Corporal Moloney (left) was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, and was honoured alongside Corporal Wesley Masters (right), the medic who saved his life. Corporal Masters, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, was awarded the Military Cross (and a bar of soap, placed strategically on the shower block floor back at the barracks - they refer to it as 'Raw' games I believe)

Lance Corporal Moloney’s heroism – and that of medic Wesley Masters who patched him up so he could keep fighting – was revealed as the two friends (Hmmm) were awarded medals in the operational honours list, published today.
They are among 117 servicemen and women who received awards for gallantry. Most go to troops who served with 1 Mechanized Brigade in Afghanistan between April and October last year.
The two men were among 12 British soldiers taking part in a pre-dawn raid (pre-dawn raid?, the time on Nurse Betty's watch was about 6:35 by the looks of it, and Sunrise in that part of the world is 06:15, so they must have been there for a while) on the Taliban in their stronghold of Yakshal in Helmand province on July 4 last year.

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Lance Corporal Moloney, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, and another machine-gunner were covering a patrol from the roof of a mud-walled compound (Hang on....compounds don't have a bloody roof, they'd be called buildings if they did).
At around 6am the battlefield ‘just erupted’ (Ahh there we go) with as many as 30 insurgents opening fire from all around, he said. Minutes later he was struck by a tracer round (NOT a regular old bullet, a TRACER ROUND!!) which hurled him from the roof (He fell off you mean?, not very well trained in 'cover techniques' is he).
Lance Corporal Moloney, 23, said: ‘It winded me like I’ve never been winded (Yup, you mentioned that earlier, is this story aimed at those with memory problems or is he suffering from PWSD). I was thinking, “I’ve been shot in the neck, it’s game over”. I figured I had minutes left.’ (GAME OVER, wait, no hang on, I respawn to continue the fight!!)

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Guardsman Ronan Boyce, if the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, was Mentioned In Despatches in the latest Operational Honours and Awards list after he fought off a surprise enemy attack before going on to uncover several potentially booby-trapped insurgent weapons caches in Afghanistan (Potentially?...sooo they weren't in fact booby trapped?)

Major Geoffrey Brocklehurst (left) of the Royal Regiment of Scotland has received the Military Cross after he led a rifle company in an area dominated by insurgents in Afghanistan. And Corporal William Mills (right) of the Riffles who also received the Military Cross

Lance Corporal Jake Foster of The Royal Tank Regiment who has been Mentioned In Despatches after he risked his life to pull a colleague (Off) from (Inside) the wreckage of a burning armoured vehicle (Only 'a mention' for the gay model then?)

Sapper James McDermott (left) of 36 Engineer Regiment who has been Mentioned In Despatches after his selfless action and quick thinking saved the life of an Afghan soldier (See, I told you 'our lads' were there to help didn't I?). And Captain Michael Kennedy (right) of HQ 38 Group, The Royal Corps of Engineers who has received the Queen's Gallantry Medal after risking his life to defuse a bomb that was within minutes of being detonated by Afghan insurgents (How would they know that?...prey tell please!! Did the 'Insurgent' leave a bloody note that read "I'll return at 15:45 to detonate this bomb"?)

Corporal William Mills, of 4th Battalion, The Rifles has been awarded the Military Cross in the latest Operational Honours and Awards list for his service in Afghanistan (Plenty of 'Photo opportunities' an Afghan isn't there?)

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Corporal Mills pictured on a mission, serving in Afghanistan (Although to be fair, this picture could've been taken in Wales during training)

Incredibly, the bullet passed though (Note: though, not through: direct copy of text from MailOnline) his neck behind his windpipe, also missing the arteries to his head (And completely missing his laryngeal prominence, that's 'Adams apple' to me and you).
‘When after a couple of minutes I was not dead and I could still talk I started to get a better feeling,’ he said. ‘We had to crack on. They were pushing quite hard (fnarr) so it was either maybe die or definitely die because they would have over-run us (Definitely, Maybe?).’
Some 300metres away, Lance Corporal Masters and his comrades (Pass the Wodka) were pinned down by Taliban gunmen (fnarr) when they received the radio message telling them: ‘Man down.’(More innuendo!)

'We're like family. He saved my life' (FAMILY YA HEAR?!)
- Lance Corporal Moloney praising Lance Corporal Masters' quick action (fnarr)

Acting with selfless disregard for his own life and disregarding orders (That's Hollywood influence for ya, "Never leave a man behind!"), Lance Corporal Masters dashed across open ground under heavy fire while carrying 60kg of equipment (Thick 2@ never thought to 'drop his load'?-They're doing it so I will too!!) to reach his fallen friend (I thought 'Fallen' in a Military context meant DEAD? or do you literally mean fallen, in as he's a clumsy cnut?).
The soldier, from Somerset, said he was forced to improvise with field dressings because ‘you don’t normally expect someone to survive a shot to the neck’ (He doesn't normally carry Gauze covered cotton wool then?).
He said: ‘But he [Moloney] said to me, “Do what you need to do, I have to get back in” (Back into the protective shelter of the compound I presume).’
Lance Corporal Moloney said: ‘As soon as Wes came I was completely at ease – I was quite happy then, that I was going to survive and that he had it in the bag.’ (Homo innuendo anyone?-sounds like a line from a bloody Carry on film!)
Despite his throat injury, Lance Corporal Moloney continued shouting critical information (Such as????) to his comrades (Wodka!) which enabled them to win the firefight.
Even when a helicopter arrived to evacuate him (So the Helicopter only recovered him alone then? please do elaborate), he had to be ordered to get aboard rather than staying in the battle (Isn't that what you do in the Armed Forces, await and follow orders?).
He returned to Britain for treatment but was back on the frontline less than a month later. (Awww bless! He's one of ours alright!!pfft)

Lieutenant Alexander Floyd who has been Mentioned in Despatches after he defended a bridge over a 24-hour period to allow engineers to clear it of IEDs in Afghanistan (It was under attack by roving Afghan insurgents that camouflage themselves as bovine!)

Lance Corporal Sinead Dodds, with her brother Josh, who received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery after she gave life-saving first aid to two injured comrades following a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Chief Petty Officer Neil Halsey (left) from the Royal Navy has received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery and Flight Lieutenant Charles Lockyear (right) received the Distinguished Flying Cross at the ceremony.

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The RAF's Flight Lieutenant Charles Lockyear (left) who has received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Master Aircrew Robert Sunderland (right) was Mention In Despatches

As for Lance Corporal Masters’ quick decision to help him on the battlefield, he said: ‘We’re like family. He saved my life.’ (They're like FAMILY....FAMILY!!!!)
Lance Corporal Moloney, of the Blues and Royals, receives the Conspicuous (Suspicious more like!) Gallantry Cross – the UK’s second-highest award for valour – and Lance Corporal Masters, 25, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, won a Military Cross.
A woman soldier who saved the lives of two colleagues after their vehicle was blown up by a suicide bomb (Bastards those 'Suicide Bombs' they've no remorse at all, much worse than those 'Suicide bombers') received a Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.
Lance Corporal Sinead Dodds, 21, helped the injured driver of the Mastiff and then dragged her wounded commanding officer to safety from the wrecked vehicle and began giving him first aid after the blast in Helmand (WHAT! NO PICTURES?).

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AND DID I MENTION THAT THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY?

Sunday 9 March 2014

Don't you just love 'em!
Needless to say, the opening lines say it all, in terms of contradictions.

Obama observers shot at in Ukraine: 40 gunmen in balaclavas fire bullets above monitors before withdrawing so Kremlin can build up forces

International observers were turned back by pro-Russian soldiers in Crimea

By Will Stewart In Moscow and Ian Birrell In Crimea
PUBLISHED: 23:33, 8 March 2014 | UPDATED: 01:32, 9 March 2014

The crisis in Ukraine deepened last night as warning shots were fired at international observers seeking to monitor the rapidly growing Russian military build-up in Crimea. (Oh dear!)
Forty gunmen in balaclavas and military fatigues aimed warning shots above a car leading a convoy of 57 unarmed civilian and military observers from the Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). (So, they fired shots OVER this car, and not directly at the observers?)
At least three shots were fired from automatic weapons and although no one was injured, the incident was seen as a dangerous widening of the conflict. (Three shots!...Really?...Three bloody shots from a total of 40 'Gunmen in Balaclavas'....Well, all I can say is they may look intimidating but obviously looks are deceiving!)

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OSCE military observers negotiate with a pro-Russian soldier (centre) at the Chong check point blocking the entrance to Crimea

The observers retreated for the third day in a row, with the Kremlin evidently not prepared to allow them to witness the accumulation of Russian weaponry which some Ukrainians fear could eventually be used in a full-scale invasion.
And in a separate incident, a Ukrainian border patrol plane came under fire while flying near Crimea yesterday.

No one was hurt, according to Ukranian officials who reported the incident.
They said the Diamond light aircraft, with three crew, was on an observation mission. It was not immediately clear where the gunfire came from.

A protester uses a catapult during clashes with riot police in downtown Kiev

The OSCE’s failure to gain access is a setback for US President Barack Obama who had seen the organisation as a means of defusing tension in the region.
In Russia, the observers were subjected to a propaganda blitz, with TV bulletins describing them as NATO stooges who had been invited to Ukraine by the new interim government in Kiev, which Moscow does not recognise as legitimate. (And neither would any other Government that had a brain, unless they had 'put them in power' that is)
In a further dangerous development, Russian troops encroached beyond Crimea, threatening a village in the Kherson region, which borders the Crimean peninsular.
A Ukrainian TV station reported that parents in Chonbar had banned their children from going to school because ‘the muzzles of the Russian APCs (armoured personnel carriers) are directed right at the centre of the village’. (No photo or Video evidence then?)

Members of a pro-Russian self defence unit stand in formation as they take an oath to the Crimea government in Simferopol

Residents raised Ukrainian flags above their homes in protest at the Russian incursion.
The Ukrainian army also claimed that about 200 military vehicles, some with Russian licence plates, had been seen heading into eastern Crimea in one of the biggest troop movements since the crisis began.
One 60-vehicle convoy, which included field kitchens, was followed to a military airfield at Gvardeiskoye, near Simferopol, the Crimean capital, with armed soldiers visible in the back.
The conflict in Ukraine is so far bloodless but there are fears one mistake ('Mistake' is code for MI5, Mossad or CIA operatives having fun) could tip it into a war on the doorstep of the European Union.

Pro-Russian demonstrators take part in a rally in front of a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in central Kharkiv

Poland yesterday evacuated its consulate in Sevastopol due to ‘continuing disturbances by Russian forces’.
In Donetsk and Kharkiv protesters gathered in their thousands to demand a Crimean-style referendum on leaving Ukraine.
They carried Russian and Soviet flags, chanting: ‘Russia! Referendum! Kharkiv!’ and holding banners reading ‘NATO-No!’
In Moscow, state-run TV reports were engaged in a propaganda blitz over Ukraine. (And this piece is not propaganda, I repeat, NOT PROPAGANDA)
Their bulletins were full of phrases such as ‘Nazi gangs’ and ‘militants’ to describe the pro-Western Kiev authorities and the ‘threat’ they pose to eastern regions. (They most certainly appear to be what the Russians are inferring: NAtionalistZIonist gangs)

A young pro-Russian woman holds a placard with heart shapes and smiley faces reading 'Russia' and 'Berkut!'

Last night, Moscow was accused of sending thousands of undercover agents into Ukraine to stir up unrest in regions not yet under Russian control.
Dubbed ‘Putin’s tourists’, they pose as wedding guests or relatives of Ukrainian citizens, but when their luggage is searched at the border, a different and more menacing story emerges.
At one checkpoint in the north-eastern Kharkiv region last week, a group of visitors who claimed they were on their way to a friend’s wedding were found to be carrying camouflage uniforms, masks, knives, gas sprays and Russian newspaper reports on the political situation in Ukraine, according to a spokesman for the state border service in Kiev.
Before being sent back into Russia, the men admitted they had been hired by a Moscow-based private security agency.

Armed men, believed to be Russian soldiers, walk near the Ukrainian naval base at the Crimean port of Yevpatorya

Around 2,000 ‘agents provocateur’ – some carrying arms – have been stopped at the border but it is thought many more might already have infiltrated across the porous 1,500-mile frontier between the two countries. (Maybe they're those pleasant CIA/MI5/Mossad backed rebels who are apparently withdrawing from Syria?)
Border force spokesman Oleksandr Zhdanenko said there were ‘strong suspicions’ the infiltrators’ aim was to deepen the political crisis by encouraging pro-Russian agitation in areas of the country outside Crimea, which is already largely under Moscow’s control.
Meanwhile, Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, was last night receiving medical treatment at Berlin’s Charite hospital.
Doctors said it was too soon to say how long the treatment will take and what lasting damage the 53-year-old might have from three slipped discs she suffered while in prison.
Tymoshenko arrived in the German capital Friday night. (He doesn't stand a chance then does he? not if the 'Gerrie' NAZI's have hold of him, they'll likely pull Dr. Mengele out of storage to experiment on him)

Never let an opportunity to let a 'Nazi' headline pass you by, even though apart from the fact that the property was allegedly used by 'Resistance' organisations (which I'm sure many French properties were, during occupation) they offer no real evidence of the claim (Apart from a few stock photo's allegedly of 'French resistance fighters')
Given the headline, you may be led to believe that scores of French people were 'slaughtered' by 'the Gerrie's', however, this is not the case. Over 68,000 French civilians: Men, Women AND CHILDREN were slaughtered during occupation, but they were slaughtered by the British & US via air raids. Link to Wikipedia

Chateau de Resistance: Five storeys, seven bedrooms - and yours for less than a Home Counties semi

Five-storey mansion in central France appeared on Grand Designs in 2004
It was the HQ for the local resistance during World War II
The seven-bedroom home is now on the market for £495,000

By Eve Mcgowan
PUBLISHED: 22:00, 8 March 2014 | UPDATED: 09:28, 9 March 2014

When Doug Ibbs and Deni Daniel appeared on Grand Designs back in 2004 after buying an enormous ruin in rural France, a sceptical Kevin McCloud proclaimed they’d got ‘carried away with the romance of it all’ – and wasn’t at all sure they’d ‘thought it through’.
The couple, both divorcees who had met five years previously, bought the tumble-down 19th Century manor house on a whim after stumbling across an advert for it online.
The odds didn’t look good – neither of them spoke French, they had no experience with building work and they hadn’t even been intending to move overseas when they bought the house just two days after spotting it. They sold their Dorset home and gave up steady jobs in Britain (Doug was an engineer and Deni worked in sales and marketing.)
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Transformed: The five-storey property in the Limousin region in central France appeared on Grand Designs in 2004 and is now on the market for £495,000

The five-storey property in the department of Creuse in the Limousin region in central France had been the headquarters of the local Resistance movement during the war. It was discovered and burnt down by the Germans in 1944, and since then it had not been touched.

But just a few months after first seeing the property, Kevin was forced to eat his words. ‘Every time I’ve visited I’ve been more and more blown away by Doug and Deni,’ he said on the show.
‘They’ve proved that through sheer dogged optimism, it’s possible to tackle almost anything.’
Fourteen months after buying the manor house, the couple, who lived in a caravan in the garden while the work was being done, opened their doors to paying guests.

Big plans on Grand Designs for the French manor house

Dilapidated: This is what the mansion looked like before the restoration 11 years ago, having not been touched since the German army destroyed it in 1944

Pride and glory: The property was the headquarters of the local Resistance movement during World War II and was left untouched for nearly 60 years

Big project: Doug Ibbs and Deni Daniel appeared on Grand Designs back in 2004 after buying the enormous ruin in rural France

Now, ten years after the show aired on Channel 4, they have put the property on the market for €599,960 – about £495,000. Both 64, they are keen to retire and spend more time with their children and grandchildren (they have five children and four grandchildren between them.) Their pensions won’t allow them to maintain a large property like Chez Jallot, which comes with four acres of land, without keeping it running as a business.
‘It breaks our hearts to have to sell and we’re doing so with a lot of regret,’ says Doug. ‘But it’s an experience we can look back on and say, wow, we did that.’
Something about the intrepid pair must have struck a chord with Grand Designs viewers. Since Chez Jallot opened its doors in November 2004, they have been inundated with bookings from viewers charmed by the couple’s French dream. Some guests have been from as far as Australia, where the show aired a couple of years after it did in Britain.

Converted: Kevin McCloud initially told the couple they had gotten 'carried away with the romance of it all' but was forced to eat his words

‘In the first few years all our guests were viewers of the show,’ says Deni. ‘We haven’t had to spend any money on marketing at all. Now we get a lot of word-of-mouth bookings and return visitors and people who’ve read the reviews online.’
Doug adds: ‘We’ve met people from every continent in the world. The international gatherings around our dining tables in the evenings have been really great.’
He says the couple often have house-hunters staying with them – perhaps hoping they’ll be able to pick up some advice.
The Limousin region has about 10,000 British residents and attractions include Lake Vassivière, France’s largest man-made lake (a 15-minute drive from Chez Jallot).
Since the show, the couple have carried on building. When they started having guests, only the first two storeys were habitable. They completed the rest of the house, which now has seven en suite bedrooms, in 2006. In 2009 they converted the derelict barn into two self-catering gites.
Doug and Deni bought Chez Jallot for £36,000 in 2003 and although they originally earmarked about £100,000 for doing it up, like most Grand Designers they far exceeded their budget. ‘The total must be about half a million euros,’ admits Deni.
The couple aren’t selling Chez Jallot as a business as they would have to pay capital gains tax, although they are happy to offer advice to buyers who want to run a similar concern. They plan to stay in the area and buy or even build something smaller.
According to Paul Haskett of Legget estate agents, who are selling the property, now is a tricky time to be selling as the market is depressed in France. Prices in the Limousin dropped by almost 16 per cent last year, compared to three to four per cent in the rest of France, and many homeowners are in negative equity. ‘Prices are set to drop further this year. So it’s definitely a buyers’ market,’ says Paul.

LA RESISTANCE: FRANCE'S WAR AGAINST THE NAZIS

The French Resistance was a collection of movements that fought against the Nazi occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II.
Résistance cells were small groups of men and women who carried out guerrilla warfare that helped Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines.
The men and women of the Résistance came from all economic levels and political leanings of French society, including conservatives, liberals, anarchists, and communists.

Villiers Le Lac, World War II, Resistants of French Forces

The French Resistance played a significant role in facilitating the Allies' advance through France after the invasion of Normandy.
The Résistance also planned and executed acts of sabotage that hampered the Nazi occupation, such as destroying Nazi electricity grids and several other parts of the infrastructure.
The Résistance was coordinated in part by French Symbol Charles De Gaulle, the commander of French forces in Britain, who later went on to be elected President of France.

French resistance soldiers and Allied soldiers fighting together against the Nazi German occupation

Granted, the feature below isn't your usual subliminal 'You can never trust the Gerry's ya know! look what they did to the Jahooz' type feature (Which makes a refreshing change. However it still depicts them in the usual manner of Aggressive and the 'having their asses handed to them by us 'Brits', which is the usual British/US press propaganda 'line'.

How Germany was crucified in the First World War: Hidden for 100 years, the astonishing photos by 16-year-old soldier shows how his brothers-in-arms would forever be haunted by the spectre of defeat

Captivating photographs taken by German soldier Walter Kleinfeldt who fought at the Somme aged just 16
The teenage soldier captured the reality of the front line for the German army with his Contessa camera
Kleinfeldt's photographs are seen for the first time, having been found by his son Volkmar just three years ago

By Hannah Ellis-petersen
PUBLISHED: 22:00, 8 March 2014 | UPDATED: 04:22, 9 March 2014

They lay forgotten in a dank cellar for almost a century. But these remarkable photos, published for the first time, give a rare and uncensored view of the horrors of the First World War from behind enemy lines.
They were taken by Walter Kleinfeldt who joined a German gun crew in 1915 and fought at the Somme aged just 16. As his haunting pictures, taken with a Contessa camera, make all too clear, life in the trenches was a harrowing experience. The images provide an insight into the epic machinery of war – and capture the darkest moments of battle, with bodies strewn among the rubble.
Returning home in 1918, Walter set up a photography shop in the town of Tubingen, where he worked until his death in 1945. Walter’s son Volkmar discovered the pictures three years ago.
They are now the focus of a new BBC documentary. Director Nick Maddocks said: ‘It is rare to find such good-quality, honest and often beautiful photos that show us war through the eyes of the soldier, particularly from one so young.’
Hidden Histories: WW1’s Forgotten Photographs is on BBC4 on Thursday at 9pm.

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Carnage: Amid the appalling devastation and bodies of dead soldiers, a crucifix stands tall - miraculously preserved from the shell fire. The powerful image was captured after a bloody skirmish in 1917 - and Walter's son Volkmar says: 'This photograph is like an accusation - an accusation against war'

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Final moments: Walter was just 16 when he fought at the Somme but his photos soon took on dark tone. Here he captures a German army medic kneeling beside a dying colleague - but he can do no more than offer comfort

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'After the storm': Walter Kleinfeldt captions one of his images showing bodies strewn across the battlefield

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Young life: Walter Kleinfeldt, pictured carrying ammunition in a Somme trench, joined a German gun crew in 1915 and fought at the Somme aged just 16, taking pictures of life on the frontline with his Contessa camera

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Calm before the storm: A 16year old Walter Kleinfeldt photographed in the German city of Ulm in 1915. Just a few weeks later, he was on the Somme.

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Constantly under threat: Gas attacks were a frequent menace in the Somme during the war so this group wear masks as they load shells into their gun in 1916

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Two worlds: A studio portrait of 16 year old Walter Kleinfeldt, taken shortly after he volunteered in 1915, left on the Somme in 1916, right

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Eyes in the sky: A German observation balloon takes off to direct artillery fire at the Somme in 1916. Walter Kleinfeldt was fascinated with the latest machinery of war

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First day of horror: This photograph of members of Walter's gun crew was taken on the 1st of July 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme

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Happy moment: Kleinfeldt photographed his comrades washing in a river while away from the front

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