Boswell's Galloping Farmers 4: Nobody Loves a Grenadier
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 4: Nobody Loves a Grenadier
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Episode 4 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn.
Sandy Barclay, recounting his experiences at the front, was only too aware that the life expectancy of a bomber was expressed in days rather than months. Despite this, and the dangers that he and his fellows faced, their role made them very unpopular with some of the officers. In his typical way, Sandy shrugs off the comments and reprimands and concentrates on doing his job.