00:00Okay, Charlie and Will Rathbun are both your great great uncles, now I know you're aware
00:18that Will's name was on the war memorial, but were you actually aware that Charlie's
00:23wasn't?
00:24I was, I noticed his name wasn't there, but I never thought any more about it, I just
00:31assumed his name would have been recorded somewhere else, so it never crossed my mind
00:38that it was a mistake.
00:41And do you know a little bit about how both the brothers actually lost their lives in
00:45the conflict?
00:46Yes, they both died, one was listed as missing initially, but they both died on the first
00:53day of the Battle of the Somme, that was the 1st of July 1916.
00:58So basically it was reading the article that you first discovered that there was an issue
01:03and that Charlie's name had been returned to the war memorial, is that how you discovered
01:06it?
01:07That's right, yes, I was looking online, I think probably at football, and I noticed,
01:12flicking through I noticed this article about the war memorial, and I recognised the name,
01:20and I read into it and I realised it was one of my relatives.
01:26Have you any idea why Charlie's name was missing in the first place?
01:28None at all, I've got no idea at all.
01:32And how does it make you feel now knowing that Charlie's name is on the war memorial
01:35with his brother?
01:36A wrong's been righted, I'm really pleased that he's there, they're both my relatives
01:42and the name should be there, they should be remembered, it's very important.
01:47And how important do we do remember the sacrifices made by people like Charlie and Will?
01:51It's very important to remember what these people did for us, they sacrificed themselves
01:58so that we could live the way we do now, things would be a lot worse I would believe, if they
02:06hadn't done what they did, very brave men.
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