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This Tuesday marks the centenary of World War I's Battle of Jutland, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
the biggest sea battle in Royal Naval history. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
HMS Caroline is the only surviving ship | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
and now she's found a permanent home here in Belfast as a museum. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:15 | |
On today's Songs Of Praise, I'm taking a sneak peek aboard | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
before she opens to the public this week. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
I'll be hearing about the role faith played as thousands of sailors | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
risked their lives for God, King and country. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
And I meet the grandson of a young sailor at Jutland | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
to discover his story from that momentous day. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
And, after Mental Health Awareness Week, Diane Louise Jordan find out | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
how one mother is coping following the death of her teenage daughter. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
I just cried and I just said goodbye and, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
"We will see each other again one day". | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
Later in the programme, we'll have a performance from | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
an Emmy award-winning Irish tenor Eamonn McCrystal. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
But let's begin with a traditional favourite and appropriate hymn | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
for aboard ship, Will Your Anchor Hold. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
On 31st May, 1916, 151 Royal Navy warships came face-to-face | 0:03:17 | 0:03:24 | |
with 99 ships from the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:29 | |
The battle of Jutland was the defining battle of World War I | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
and the largest clash of battleships in history. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
The only remaining ship is HMS Caroline and, 100 years on, | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
she's been transformed into a visitors' attraction. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
I met up with the curator | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
and the Chaplain to the Fleet in the powerhouse of the ship. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
Caroline was a light cruiser. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:55 | |
Her role was to be ahead of the battle fleet, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
really going out to scout ahead | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
and to defend the fleet from attack from torpedoes. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
We have a number of accounts, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
primarily from diaries of sailors who were on board Caroline. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
"A hell of a fight going on. Three torpedoes missed us by yards. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
"Shells falling round. That was at 7:20pm". | 0:04:13 | 0:04:17 | |
You know, one minute it's calm. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
The next minute, literally, all hell has broken loose. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
It must have been very trying on the men | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
and on their faith in their equipment, in their ships | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
and in God, I imagine. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
Of the 250 ships involved in the battle, the British lost 14 | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
and the Germans, 11, resulting in a huge loss of life. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
The British lost over 6,000 and the German fleet had 2,500 dead as well. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:47 | |
Some of the British losses were incredible | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
because some of the bigger ships, the battle cruisers, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
had over 1,000 people, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
so, like losing a small town or a small village in one stroke. | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
To lose your friends by seeing a ship that was wrecked, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
seeing the name on that ship and knowing who was in there, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
you'd know you'd lost friends. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
Most of the ships had their own naval chaplains on board | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
to help the men through these troubled times. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
Chaplains traditionally wear no rank | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
and talk of themselves as being the friend and adviser of all onboard. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
So, we have accounts of them | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
actually walking among the men to steady them, if you like, | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
and helping them to get over and get on with their duty | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
during some of these quite harrowing things. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
But some went beyond comforting others. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
HMS Warrior was damaged very severely in the action. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
As they were ordered to abandon ship, | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
the chaplain decided that most important thing he must do | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
was to rescue the sacred vessels, and I have them here. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
The original HMS Warrior from the First World War. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:54 | |
Over 100 years old and you can see here is engraved, 31st of May, 1916. | 0:05:54 | 0:06:01 | |
And these are still in use today. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
So, a piece of lovely naval history | 0:06:03 | 0:06:05 | |
and of faith history passed down hand-to-hand. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Visitors to HMS Caroline will be able to see how the men | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
lived on board. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:27 | |
Life at sea would have been pretty tough for most of the 289 crew. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
So, Claire, this is one of the mess areas we have on board. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
The majority of the ship's company would have lived | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
in a space like this. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
They would have eaten here and also slept here. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
They wouldn't really have had much personal space to themselves. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
But it wasn't all eat, sleep and work. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
One of the most popular things on board were concert parties. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
On Caroline, these were known as "Carry Ons" | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
and the men would have spent quite a lot of time preparing for those. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
And they also had a ship's cat. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
The facilities look fairly basic. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Oh, this is more like it, Victoria. A bit more space for the captain. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Yes, the captain had the most amount of personal space on board. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
I think I could have coped a bit better up here, I have to say. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
But it could also be lonely at the top. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
Quite often the captain would have dined alone. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
This was important to keep separation between him and the men. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
Our next hymn is one you can imagine the captain | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
encouraging his men to sing as they gathered for services on board. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
Many of those who survived World War I suffered terribly | 0:12:02 | 0:12:06 | |
from what we now know as post-traumatic stress. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
Mental health issues are nothing new, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
but we are only just beginning to understand them. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
When it comes to the numbers of young people affected today, | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
the figures paint an alarming picture. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
Diane has been to Huntingdon to find out more. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
Recent studies show that one in ten children and young people | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
have a mental health diagnosis | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
and among teenagers, rates of depression and anxiety | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
have increased by 70% in the past 25 years. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
But, of course, behind every statistic is a human story - | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
individuals and their loved ones facing huge challenges | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
and often suffering great pain. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
Jane Hector's daughter, Chantelle, suffered with severe mental | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
illness and, tragically, four years ago, took her own life. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Jane, what was Chantelle like? | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
Chantelle was a fun loving girl, 16-year-old. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
She'd always be there for her friends regardless of what | 0:13:08 | 0:13:11 | |
she was going through. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
The day that she died I'd gone and knocked on her door, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:18 | |
I'd knocked on her door and she just fell to the floor. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
I don't know how long she'd been there, but, immediately, I just... | 0:13:24 | 0:13:30 | |
..went on my knees, gathered her in my arms and... | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
I just phoned 999. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:39 | |
And the lady on the telephone she was telling me to do CPR, | 0:13:41 | 0:13:47 | |
and what to do. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
But I knew she were gone. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
She were just... I knew she'd gone. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
I didn't find Chantelle till about 10:20 at night-time, | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
but in that day I'd recorded a programme which was about Easter | 0:14:01 | 0:14:07 | |
and it was this pastor who was talking to a single mum | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
who had just lost her only son to a heroin overdose. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:15 | |
And the pastor said to her, | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
"God knows what you're going through." | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
And she started to say, "How can God know...?" | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
And then stopped, realising that God lost his son, Jesus. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:30 | |
He died. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:32 | |
And so he did know what she were going through. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
To me, that was God saying to me, "I know what you're going through". | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
After losing Chantelle, Jane began helping with a drop-in cafe | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
ran by her church. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
It supports young people through any struggles they may be facing | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
and it's called the D-Caf. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
This week, we're starting a new series, Testing Times. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
There are a range of reasons that people come | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
together in community here. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
I think what undergirds that all is the sense of not feeling valued | 0:15:02 | 0:15:07 | |
and not valuing themselves. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:08 | |
My anxiety has got a lot better since coming here, to be honest. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:14 | |
I go out, I'll go and meet new people and, you know, | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
I don't spend all my time sat in my flat any more. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
It just felt like the whole world was shutting me out, | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
it was like no-one was trying to help me, except from this place. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
'It makes me feel that I belong somewhere' | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
and being at D-Caf is basically a whole new family. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
-Did you make a wish? -I did! | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
I do believe there is a stigma attached to mental health | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
and suicide | 0:15:44 | 0:15:45 | |
and people are just afraid to talk about it. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
She had a poorly mind and if she hadn't had this mental illness, | 0:15:51 | 0:15:57 | |
she wouldn't have taken her own life. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
They took her...to the ambulance outside and then wrapped her up. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
She just looked so peaceful. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
I just cried and I just said, "Goodbye and... | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
"be happy where you are and... | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
"we WILL see each other again one day." | 0:16:14 | 0:16:18 | |
# Good Shepherd of my soul come dwell with me | 0:16:18 | 0:16:26 | |
# Take all I am and mould your likeness in me | 0:16:26 | 0:16:33 | |
# Before the cross of Christ | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
# This is my sacrifice | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
# A life laid down and ready to follow | 0:16:41 | 0:16:48 | |
# Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo Doo-doo-doo doo-doo | 0:16:48 | 0:16:56 | |
# The troubled find their peace in true surrender | 0:16:57 | 0:17:05 | |
# And prisoners their release from chains of anger | 0:17:05 | 0:17:13 | |
# In springs of living grace | 0:17:13 | 0:17:19 | |
# I find a resting place | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
# To rise refreshed and ready to follow | 0:17:22 | 0:17:30 | |
# Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo Doo-doo-doo doo-doo | 0:17:31 | 0:17:38 | |
# And when my days are gone | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
# My strength is failing | 0:17:44 | 0:17:49 | |
# He'll carry me along | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
# To death's unveiling | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
# Earth's struggles overcome | 0:17:57 | 0:18:02 | |
# Heaven's journey just begun | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
# To search Christ's depths and ever to follow | 0:18:06 | 0:18:13 | |
# To search Christ's depths and ever to follow. # | 0:18:13 | 0:18:19 | |
Here in Northern Ireland, we are very proud of our musical exports | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
and one young man who has taken America by storm | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
is singer Eamonn McCrystal. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
On 1st of November, 1995, I will be doing my own show. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:44 | |
-# Oh, Danny boy... # -APPLAUSE | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
From putting on his own shows in his mother's living room, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
Eamonn now performs on some of the biggest stages in the world. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
He's recorded nine albums, hosts his own television show | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
and has even appeared in two movies, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
but he's not afraid to show his faith in everything he does. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
'On a recent visit home, I caught up with Eamonn for a chat | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
'in the tea room at Killymoon Castle.' | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
Eamonn, wonderful to have you back here in Cookstown. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
It's always great to come home. This is where it all started | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
and, I mean, if these people in Cookstown | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
hadn't supported me all my life, I wouldn't be where I am today. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
This has been a very quick turnaround, really, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
from performing here in Northern Ireland to now being stateside, | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
but you are a firm believer in... | 0:19:30 | 0:19:31 | |
-your path is laid out for you, aren't you? -Absolutely. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
That Jeremiah quote, "I know the plans I have in mind for you," | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
it really has stuck with me all my life, | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
whatever those forks in the road come. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
I had such faith in it that it's kept me strong, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
even when things weren't going so well. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
Is faith very important in which songs that you go for? | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
Oh, absolutely. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:52 | |
# You raise me up | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
# So I can stand on mountains... # | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
It really has to speak to me and it has to tell the message | 0:20:00 | 0:20:04 | |
and it has to have a great story, that's always the number one. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
Us, from Northern Ireland, we're not that great | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
at telling our stories in our faith and so when I went to America, | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
I was blown away by how great they are at, you know, | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
describing their faith and having these wonderful faith stories | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
and sharing their faiths with others. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
A lot of people would say | 0:20:22 | 0:20:23 | |
doing a Christian album was a risky thing to do | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
because you somehow pigeonhole yourself | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
or you put yourself in a box, | 0:20:28 | 0:20:29 | |
that you are not accessible to other people, but, you know, | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
I think it's the opposite because fans of mine in America | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
or otherwise who aren't believers, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
I think it's a great vehicle, | 0:20:38 | 0:20:39 | |
"Oh, look, he also does this and let's see what that music is," | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
and, hopefully, through that music, then they will come to know Jesus. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
But I do that with all roles or anything that I choose, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
even movie roles, for example. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
I'm in a new movie, God's Not Dead 2. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
To be a part of a movie that is so wonderful, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
about standing up for your faith | 0:20:57 | 0:20:58 | |
and standing up for what you believe in, I've been very blessed | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
that I have had the opportunities to follow all these paths. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
And you are sharing your talents with your hometown. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
I always start the shows, before we go to America, | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
the tours and everything, | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
I always come to Cookstown first and let them hear the new music | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
and I know if they like it, then it will do well. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
Otherwise, they are a good grounding force for me. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
People in Cookstown tell you how they feel. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
Americans, not always, but people at home soon tell you | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
if they like something or not! | 0:21:24 | 0:21:25 | |
And do they all know that you are Emmy award-winning? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
-I'm sure they do! -I hope so! I brought it with me, | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
-so if they don't know, they soon will! -THEY LAUGH | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
And you are going to be performing for us now If You Listen. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
It's a very, very special song to you, isn't it? | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
All you have to do is listen to the lyrics | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
and listen to what God is telling us and if we just follow that voice, | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
that small voice that is there then we will be OK. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
# When you're drifting | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
# Like you're lost at sea | 0:21:53 | 0:21:57 | |
# And you're helpless | 0:21:57 | 0:22:01 | |
# And your heart's not free | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
# Just keep searching | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
# For your soul's desire | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
# And you will find it if you reach inside | 0:22:12 | 0:22:18 | |
# If you listen | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
# You will hear | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
# If you listen | 0:22:25 | 0:22:26 | |
# I am near | 0:22:26 | 0:22:31 | |
# For I am the wind | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
# That steers you when you sail | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
# I am the breeze | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
# To warm the falling rain | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
# I'll be your shelter | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
# When you face the storm | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
# I'll be your shelter | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
# And save you from all harm | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
# When you're lonely | 0:23:02 | 0:23:05 | |
# And you feel alone | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
# You need somewhere just to call your home | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
When you're weary | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
# And the mountain's high | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
# And you struggle | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
# Just to see the sky | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
# If you listen | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
# You will hear | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
# If you listen | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
# I am near | 0:23:39 | 0:23:44 | |
# For I am the wind that steers you when you sail | 0:23:45 | 0:23:51 | |
# I am the breeze to warm the falling rain | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
# I'll be your shelter when you face the storm | 0:23:57 | 0:24:04 | |
# I'll be your shelter | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
# And save you from all harm | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
# Oh | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
-# For I am the wind -I am the wind | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
# That steers you when you sail | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
-# I am the breeze -I am the breeze | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
# To warm the falling rain | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
-# I'll be your shelter -I'll be your shelter | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
# When you face the storm | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
# I'll be your shelter | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
# And save you from all harm. # | 0:24:43 | 0:24:48 | |
A lot of the most revealing information | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
that we have about the Battle of Jutland | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
comes from the personal diaries of the sailors. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
Pat Avery's grandfather, Basil Phillips, was a telegraphist | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
on board HMS Ambuscade at Jutland. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
A telegraphist's job would have been to transmit and receive messages | 0:25:17 | 0:25:23 | |
from other ships to their ship, | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
or vice versa, in Morse code. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:28 | |
And he kept this incredible diary | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
and I know that it was possibly not strictly allowed during those times. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
No, I think that authority would have frowned very heavily | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
had they discovered the fact that he was keeping a diary | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
with quite sensitive information. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
However, because he was trained in Morse code, | 0:25:44 | 0:25:48 | |
he was able to write this down at the point of it actually happening | 0:25:48 | 0:25:52 | |
in Morse code and then, in quieter moments, | 0:25:52 | 0:25:56 | |
would surreptitiously write them up into a longhand diary. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
So, what did your grandfather say? | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
I think that once things started to quieten down | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
and they realised that they had, number one, survived, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
but secondly, you know, the impact of the enormity of what had happened | 0:26:08 | 0:26:13 | |
began to sort of sink in and the following morning, | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
"8.50am, rubbish from ships sunk floating in the water. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
"Passed German captain and sailors," and, in brackets, "dead". | 0:26:22 | 0:26:27 | |
You know, that brings home the enormous understanding | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
of what had actually happened. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
Your grandfather had another very important role. Tell me about that. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Yes, he was a chaplain's assistant. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
My grandfather had a Christian upbringing, | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
which included learning to play the church organ | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
and so I think that was very quickly recognised by the naval chaplains. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:49 | |
And how important would somebody like Pat's grandfather, Basil, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:53 | |
have been to the ship's chaplain? | 0:26:53 | 0:26:55 | |
Incredibly important | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
because church services would have taken place | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
largely on the upper deck for the whole ship's company | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
because that was the only place you could have it and squeeze everybody in, | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
so to be able to play the small, portable harmonium | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
that was issued by the Admiralty for that purpose | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
was really important for the whole ship's company. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
He cared very deeply for his colleagues. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
My grandfather was only 21 at the time of the Battle of Jutland, | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
but many of his colleagues were younger than him. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
The fact that he had a link to the naval chaplain | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
probably assisted these men greatly and I think it's important | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
to remember that these men are not just statistics in history books. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:37 | |
They were real men with hopes, fears, pain, ambition | 0:27:37 | 0:27:41 | |
and in that sense, we must never forget. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
By Tuesday, HMS Caroline will be finished | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
in time for the anniversary commemorations | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
and on the day, BBC One will broadcast a live service | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
to mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
Also, for rugby league supporters, | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
don't forget our fans' choir competition is still running. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
The details of how to enter and terms and conditions | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
are on the Songs Of Praise website. | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Next week, gospel singer extraordinaire Ruby Turner | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
surprises commuters at Birmingham New Street station | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
with a flash-mob style performance for BBC Music Day, | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
so don't miss that. But now, though, | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
it's time for our final hymn | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
and it's from Ballymena, here in Northern Ireland. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
# Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
# Whoa-oh whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh | 0:32:41 | 0:32:49 | |
# Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh. # | 0:33:35 | 0:33:39 |