{"id":519,"date":"2016-02-18T15:49:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/?p=519"},"modified":"2017-04-11T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:15:10","slug":"monteagle-school-group-2-barking-and-dagenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/monteagle-school-group-2-barking-and-dagenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Monteagle School Group 2, Barking and Dagenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">2 December 2015<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/155010484\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"TB Monteagle School Letter Song - Autumn 2015\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Mother dearest, Mother dearest,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m writing from hottest Salonika.<br \/>\nWe were sent to Greece to fight.<br \/>\nI hear the constant sound of shelling in my head, in my head, in my head.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m scared!<br \/>\nI\u2019m scared of gunfire and always feeling frightened.<br \/>\nI\u2019m petrified! I\u2019m petrified!<br \/>\nTerrifying images flash through my mind, through my mind, through my mind.<\/p>\n<p>My gun is my brother,<br \/>\nAmmunition is my sister,<br \/>\nThe trench is my home.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by the vast field of trenches,<br \/>\nLike an everlasting nightmare,<br \/>\nThe smell is putrid!<br \/>\nThe smell is putrid, putrid, putrid, putrid.<br \/>\nThe floor full of dead bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Group 1: And sleep never comes.<br \/>\nGroup 2: Sleep never comes.<br \/>\nGroup 1: Sleep never comes.<br \/>\nGroup 2: Sleep never comes.<br \/>\nGroup 1: Sleep never comes.<br \/>\nGroup 2: Sleep never comes.<\/p>\n<p>My gun is my brother,<br \/>\nAmmunition is my sister,<br \/>\nThe trench is my home.<br \/>\nThe trench is my home.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m awfully tired but must fight for my country.<br \/>\nI miss everybody, but must not give up hope.<\/p>\n<p>My gun is my brother,<br \/>\nAmmunition is my sister,<br \/>\nThe trench is my home.<\/p>\n<p>Your loving son,<\/p>\n<p>David Louis Clemetson<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><strong>LETTER FROM David Louis Clemetson \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MONTEAGLE PRIMARY SCHOOL GROUP 2<\/strong><\/h6>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>You were able to handle the artefacts and we learned lots of facts about WW1. &#8211; Class 6C<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>We liked getting the opportunity to create our own song. It was good to explore how to sing the lines. We learned some good singing techniques from our composition session. &#8211; Class 6C<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>We enjoyed the role playing and marching and it was interesting seeing what the soldiers in the Indian Army wore. &#8211; 6K<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>We liked meeting the actors and puppeteers, and we liked the professional puppet &#8211; can we do something more similar to that? It was a long and wonderful journey! Thank you Trench Brothers! &#8211; Class 6C<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>Getting a chance to handle real artefacts was fantastic for the children. They are more engaged and responsive, and for one child, who never speaks about what he has done at home, his mother has said that he couldn&#8217;t stop talking about how much he has learned and who came in to work with them. &#8211; Staff at Monteagle Primary School<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 650px;height: 459px\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/?p=519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-534 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151202_Monteagle2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151202_Monteagle2.png 710w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151202_Monteagle2-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 December 2015 Mother dearest, Mother dearest, I\u2019m writing from hottest Salonika. 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