Museum tells story of real-life Albert and his beloved warhorses
The National Army Museum inward London has pulled together the truthful life storey of a human being named Albert too his devotion to the British Army’s country of war horses.
The display is the latest add-on to the museum’s War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition, which was prepare among the publicity surrounding the phase too big-screen adaptations of Michael Murpurgo’s 1983 children’s book, “War Horse”.
Morpurgo’s mass tells of the devotion of a swain named Albert to his horse, Joey, who was sold to the British cavalry for service inward World War 1.
Once erstwhile enough, Albert joined the regular army too laid off to uncovering the Equus caballus he had trained.
The National Army Museum has straight off told the remarkable World War 1 storey of Londoner Albert Driscoll too his heroic horses, having chosen it from scores of entries inward a War Horse-inspired contest laid past times Ancestry.co.uk too the National Army Museum.
The competition, launched inward Jan 2012, called on Blue Planet to portion their families’ ain wartime experiences of working amongst horses too mules on farms or the front end line.
Albert Driscoll’s storey was submitted past times his proud grandson Sandy Driscoll and, similar Morpurgo’s novel, is filled amongst heroism, opportunity too a poignant ending.
Albert Driscoll, similar Morpurgo’s atomic number 82 character, shared his passion for horses, devoting 21 years of regular army service to working amongst them.
Like Albert inward “War Horse”, Driscoll was xviii when he joined the Army inward 1908.
During the country of war he saw activity at the defense of Mons inward 1914 too at the Somme inward 1916.
Serving inward the Royal Horse Artillery, he oversaw the help of over 200 horses. It was during his service inward Bharat inward the 1920s that he gained a reputation every bit an proficient on Equus caballus injuries too diseases.
In 1929, when Albert retired from the Army, he was appointed Building Superintendent at the City of London Residential Buildings inward Avondale Square, Old Kent Rd, London.
However, his reputation amongst horses followed him too he was oft to travel constitute inward a local coal yard preparation the horses or offering traders equine advice.
Sadly, later on surviving the horrors of World War 1 too the Somme, Albert was killed at domicile past times a High German bomb inward an air raid on Oct 10, 1940, during World War 2.
The War Horse: Fact & Fiction curatorial squad researched too developed Albert Driscoll’s story, which is straight off on world display at the museum.
More information: www.nam.ac.uk/warhorse
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