tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post7700168151454676335..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: British Heroes: F.F.E. Yeo-ThomasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-992914613419110112010-02-26T14:38:46.748+00:002010-02-26T14:38:46.748+00:00Have just finished reading "Bravest of the Br...Have just finished reading "Bravest of the Brave" - Mark Seaman. I, too found the comment he made re<br />"they died with an ideal" incredibly sad . One can feel<br />his bitter disappointment. I hope he died not carrying<br />that load to his grave. <br /><br />Amazing character and i have been thinking a lot about him since finishing the book.camp followernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-36706963993168234502007-07-31T21:40:00.000+01:002007-07-31T21:40:00.000+01:00Good for you for highlighting the role played by t...Good for you for highlighting the role played by the 'White Rabbit' and others of his ilk. <BR/><BR/>My favourite comment by the man is one he made shortly before he died regarding those who gave their lives in WWII -<BR/><BR/>'[They] died with an ideal, with the feeling that they had sacrificed everything for something good, something enduring. They did not live to see the sham that it all was, to see the wasting of all their efforts'<BR/><BR/>Powerful stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-4144960575381180242007-07-30T08:27:00.000+01:002007-07-30T08:27:00.000+01:00Cheers,anon. I'm not "forgetting" anyone from SOE ...Cheers,anon. <BR/><BR/>I'm not "forgetting" anyone from SOE (including the women or many men who died working for it) any more than listing Douglas Bader as a British hero means I forget the thousands of young men who died fighting the Battle Of Britain.<BR/><BR/>Yeo-Thomas is, if anything, far less well known than Violette Szabo (Carve Her Name With Pride), but his role in SOE was vital to the war effort. Without Yeo-Thomas it is likely that the French Resistance would not have been as well organised or equipped as they were (Yeo-Thomas managed to secure the personal intervention of Churchill to provide the aeroplanes for weapons and agent drops).<BR/><BR/>I started my list of British heroes as a response to a BBC listing of "British heroes" which included such luminaries as Boy bloody George and David Beckham but ignored men like General Gordon. The idea was to list people who, for me, epitomise Britishness and heroism in the real sense.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-64746547017590198022007-07-29T18:35:00.000+01:002007-07-29T18:35:00.000+01:00Dear Stan,Nice article but please don't forget the...Dear Stan,<BR/>Nice article but please don't forget the 13 women of SOE who lost their lives for the exact same beliefs! All 13 never betrayed anything either & some were married & had small children at home. Talk about remarkable women! Their names are on a plaque at ST. Paul's church in Knightsbridge. They are also rememember in a few books too. Thanks for sharing your insights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com