For Honour's Sake – The AJEX Podcast
For Honour's Sake - The AJEX Podcast
Podcast Description
For Honour's Sake is brought to you by AJEX The Jewish Military Association.The history of the Jewish contribution to Britain's armed forces begins at the moment of Resettlement, stretches through the Restoration, Georgian and Victorian eras, into the 20th Century, and right up until the modern day. Well over a hundred thousand Jews, from a community that has never numbered more than 400,000 have fought in all conflicts, in all places, at all levels, and in all ways.For Honour's Sake recounts these stories and speaks to those who served.
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The podcast covers a range of topics including military history, personal stories of Jewish veterans, and the impact of faith and community during wartime. Examples of specific episodes include Barrie Davey discussing his post-war military service and childhood experiences during WWII, alongside Daniel Berke sharing his grandfather's story as a prisoner of war in Burma.
For Honour’s Sake is brought to you by AJEX The Jewish Military Association.
The history of the Jewish contribution to Britain’s armed forces begins at the moment of Resettlement, stretches through the Restoration, Georgian and Victorian eras, into the 20th Century, and right up until the modern day. Well over a hundred thousand Jews, from a community that has never numbered more than 400,000 have fought in all conflicts, in all places, at all levels, and in all ways.
For Honour’s Sake recounts these stories and speaks to those who served.
The final episode of Series took us to the home of Solly Ohayon, 100.
Like so many, his first experience of WWII was as an evacuee, before he was old enough to join-up and become part of the effort directly, just missing D-Day.
However, as an infantry signaller he served with a few different cap badges, finishing the conflict under the North Staffordshire Regiment as part of the British Liberation Army, fighting all the way into Germany.
He was still “on the books” as part of the Army Reserve until 1951, finally discharged with a testimonial stating that he was “an excellent type of man who is very willing and trustworthy”.
Dan and Solly spoke about his childhood, wartime service, and later life in both Israel and the UK.
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