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| Bjorn Rose, former Army Lieutenant, has written about army life in Afghanistan for the BBC TV blog [Copyright Simon Panter/BBC] |
Tomorrow night, the first episode of Our War airs on BBC Three, the three-part series marking a decade of the War in Afghanistan.
The first episode - Ambushed - focuses on 1 Battalion Royal Anglian's tour of Helmand Province in 2007. The whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon's sergeant (the MOD gave the BBC unprecedented access to thousands of hours of footage shot on helmet cameras and personal video cameras). During the tour, the platoon suffered a casualty with the loss of 19 year old Private Chris Gray.
Bjorn Rose, a former Army Lieutenant, was the officer commanding 3 (Corunna) Platoon (one of the nine platoons in the Battalion) and is featured in the Ambushed episode. He talks about his involvement in the series and impact of Private Gray's death in a moving blog post, which can be read on the BBC TV blog post here.
Just finished watching the recent broadcast on The Passionate Eye this evening with the interview and footage of the War in Afghanistan. It was heart breaking and sadly necessary. I have a lot of respect and admiration for Lieutenant Bjorn Rose for his response to the passing of Private Gray's death. I appreciated what he had to say and truly feel for the experiences they must've all gone through.
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