Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
A short series made on the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Presenter Matthew Kelly and cricketer Phil Tufnell investigate their families' roles in the Great War. Matthew Kelly travels through France on his way to the battlefields of Flanders, hoping to solve the mystery of his great uncle Albert, who died in a Prisoner of War camp in 1917. To find out how he came to be there, and how he died, Matthew must retrace Albert's footsteps through the war.
And England cricketer Phil Tufnell wants to find out what life was like for his grandfather, Mechanic 1st Class William Tufnell, in the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front. Phil Tufnell's story means he doesn't leave this country, but it is no less poignant for this. Phil is deeply moved by his grandfather's story, learning how planes were involved in The First World War. Initially, they were used to survey the battlefields, then guns went up... But it was the very early days of the aeroplane and many died. Phil's grandfather was a plane mechanic and, through My Family At War, Phil finds out his story.
A short series made on the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Presenter Matthew Kelly and cricketer Phil Tufnell investigate their families' roles in the Great War. Matthew Kelly travels through France on his way to the battlefields of Flanders, hoping to solve the mystery of his great uncle Albert, who died in a Prisoner of War camp in 1917. To find out how he came to be there, and how he died, Matthew must retrace Albert's footsteps through the war.
And England cricketer Phil Tufnell wants to find out what life was like for his grandfather, Mechanic 1st Class William Tufnell, in the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front. Phil Tufnell's story means he doesn't leave this country, but it is no less poignant for this. Phil is deeply moved by his grandfather's story, learning how planes were involved in The First World War. Initially, they were used to survey the battlefields, then guns went up... But it was the very early days of the aeroplane and many died. Phil's grandfather was a plane mechanic and, through My Family At War, Phil finds out his story.
