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Comrades in Arms
Episode 4 of 9
Documentary series about Chelsea Pensioners. Frank Chambers and Joe Britton are reunited at the Royal Hospital nearly 70 years after they met as Royal Fusiliers.
Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners, former British soldiers who live in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Frank Chambers and Joe Britton first became mates as Royal Fusiliers in India in 1936, but lost touch. After nearly 70 years, they meet again as Chelsea Pensioners and rekindle their friendship. Dougie Huxley and Don Smith met on their first day as new recruits at the Hospital and became inseparable. Is their past as soldiers the reason their friendship bonds are so strong?
Last on
Wed 29 Jul 2009
19:30
