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You're watching a special Newsround with me, Ricky, from France. | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
On this day exactly 100 years ago, World War I began. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
It was the biggest war the world had ever seen and had a huge impact | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
In Newsround at ten past ten, we'll be telling you how the war | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
affected women, with the story of a brave nurse called Nelly. | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
But first, do you know someone from your family who fought in the war? | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
Well, we travelled to Belgium with one boy called Matthew to retrace | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
his great-great-grandfather's footsteps. | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
Every year, huge numbers of people come here to places like this. | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
This is Lijssenthoek cemetery, where more than 10,000 soldiers are | :00:57. | :00:59. | |
For many, it's the beginning of an emotional journey. | :01:00. | :01:08. | |
For others, it's so much more than just a school trip. | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
These kids have travelled all the way from Cheshire. | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
They include Matthew, who wants to find out more about | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
So, Matthew, that means a little bit more to you | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
because you have a family relative who fought during the war. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
And do you know much about him and what he did during the war? | :01:28. | :01:40. | |
Martin, you've been looking into this a bit for us. | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
He is someone you can be extremely proud of. | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
He was in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers so we are talking about the time | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
when the British Army was stopping the might of the German army as they | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
This is one of the hardest phases of war you could ever fight. | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Chaos, Germans at the front pushing you. | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
They were issued ammunition which didn't work very well | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
They had to bang the rifles with shovels to get them to reload. | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
He did eventually pass away, though, didn't he? | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
He was part of this and they managed to hold to the Germans and | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
Your great-grandfather stood, fought, held to the Germans and | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
saved basically the whole of Britain from falling under the German army. | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
Sadly, of course, on the 21st of October 1914, he was killed. | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
Matthew's great-great-grandfather wasn't buried somewhere like here, | :02:44. | :02:44. | |
Sadly, his body was never recovered, along with 90,000 British soldiers | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
whose bodies still lie in the fields around us. | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
But he is remembered on the Menin Gate, | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
You will be able to see your great-grandfather's name there. | :02:57. | :03:09. | |
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. | :03:10. | :03:23. | |
Age shall not weary them, nor the years dull them. | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
And in the morning, we will remember them. | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
Every night at eight in the evening, people lay wreaths | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
and pay their respects to the fallen soldiers here at this memorial. | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
There are 54,500 names on here. Soldiers missing in action. 90,000 | :03:40. | :03:57. | |
altogether but 54,500 commemorated here. On this panel are the Royal | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
Welch Fusiliers. This is where your great-great-grandfather's name is. | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
Yeah, it's the third one from the top on the right. William Wells. | :04:13. | :04:23. | |
It's the first time you've ever seen it. Yeah. How does that make you | :04:24. | :04:33. | |
feel? Quite proud. It must be difficult for relatives to find | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
names on here, there are so many. There is a book just there and they | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
are in alphabetical order and it is divided into different panels. This | :04:44. | :04:50. | |
is panel 22 so we looked him up and sure enough there he is. There are | :04:51. | :05:08. | |
many events taking place today to mark Britain's involvement in World | :05:09. | :05:18. | |
War I. There is a special Horrible Histories. | :05:19. | :05:21. | |
Well, for loads more on World War I, go the the website, | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
where you'll find our guide to the war, a gallery of the animals that | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
helped out in the war effort, and a report on what life was like for | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ended with a spectacular closing | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
ceremony at Hampden Park last night, rounding off what has been called | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
More than 2000 performers, including the mighty Kylie Minogue, took part | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
in the event which brought to an end 11 days of sparkling competition. | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
The Games will be hosted by Australia's Gold Coast in 2018. | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
Scotland and England enjoyed their most successful | :05:54. | :05:55. | |
The hosts won 19 gold medals - a record for them. | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
And England topped the table with 58 golds. | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
In one of the last events of the Games, Wales's Geraint Thomas cycled | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
to victory in the men's road race to take the Welsh tally to five golds. | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
Northern Ireland collected 12 medals altogether, | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Finally, the Isle of Man finished with a silver, thanks to | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
Next, scientists have got a glimpse of life deep below the waves on the | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
An underwater robot has been used to gather pictures from the sea mount, | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
Its peak is 1000m beneath the surface, so no-one had been able | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
The team discovered all sorts of different plants and animals, | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
Join us back here at ten past ten, where we'll be telling you how | :06:43. | :06:54. | |
women became involved in the war, as nurses, in factories and | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
as farm workers, and how the war changed society forever. | :06:58. | :07:00. |