1. War Horse Done by Ahmed Kharbash

2. Does War Horse a true story ? War Horse: The True Story (W/T) is the extraordinary and deeply moving story of the million British horses who served in WWI. The true story is even more epic than the new Spielberg feature film. It is told using rarely seen archive and rare archive testimony from WWI veterans who worked with horses, and sequences with experts such as former RSPCA Chief Vet Mark Evans, historian Richard van Emden and British Army expert Dr David Kenyon, combined with the latest historical research. The story begins with the mass call up of horses from every farm and country estate in the land. Brough Scott (racing commentator) tells the tale of his aristocratic grandfather General Jack Seely and his beloved horse Warrior, who would become the most famous horse of the war, renowned for his amazing courage and a mascot to the troops. The British Army hoped its illustrious cavalry regiments would win a swift victory, but it would be years before they enjoyed their moment of glory. Instead, in a new era of mechanized trench warfare, it was the heavy horses transporting guns, ammunition and food to the frontline troops who were most important. Tragically a quarter of a million of these horses died from shrapnel wounds and disease. But the deep bond that developed between man and horse helped both survive the hell of the Somme and Passchendaele. Behind the lines an army of vets worked miracles to treat injured horses and keep them going. The finest hour of the cavalry came in spring 1918 when - led by the warhorse Warrior - they checked the German advance before going on to help win the war. But there was further heartache for the horses when the war came to an end. 85,000 of the oldest were sold for horse meat to feed POWs and the local population who were half starving. Half a million horses were sold to French farmers to help rebuild the countryside. Only 60,000 made it back to Britain. Six black horses that survived the war together would pull the body of the Unknown Warrior to its last resting place in Westminster Abbey. But the most famous war horse of all to return in glory was Warrior. His story, like the million other British horses who served, should never be forgotten. Channel 4 Specialist Factual Commissioning Editor Julia Harrington says: "I love a reactive piece - and this story has just such great social history behind it. Testimony's film is a tearjerker but told with the real facts and incredible stills and archive. Look out for the horses having their heads bandaged behind the lines!"

3. Members At the start of the war, the British Army had 25,000 horses. Another 115,000 were purchased compulsorily under the Horse Mobilisation Scheme. Over the course of the war, between 500 and 1000 horses were shipped to Europe every day.

4. Role Many horses were initially used as traditional cavalry horses but their vulnerability to modern machine gun and artillery fire meant their role changed to transporting troops and ammunition. Because military vehicles were relatively new inventions and prone to problems, horses, and mules were more reliable - and cheaper - forms of transport. Thousands of horses pulled field guns; six to 12 horses were required to pull each gun.

5. Welfare Vets treated 2.5 million horses; two million recovered and returned to the battlefield. The British Army Veterinary Corp hospitals in France cared for 725,000 horses and successfully treated three-quarters of them. A typical horse hospital could treat 2,000 animals at any one time Well-bred horses were more likely to suffer from shell shock and be affected by the sights and sounds of battle than their less refined compatriots, who could be taught to lie down and take cover at the sound of artillery fire.

6. Destrier The destrier is the best-known war horse of the medieval era. It carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was described by contemporary sources as the Great Horse, due to its significance.war horsemedieval eraknightstournamentsjousts While highly prized by knights and men-at-arms, the destrier was not very common. [1] Most knights and mounted men-at-arms rode other war horses, such as coursers and trounces. ] These three types of horse were often referred to generically as chargers.men-at-arms [1]courserstrounces ]

7. ALBERT NARRACOTT TIMELINE & SUMMARY Albert connects with a young horse purchased by his father. He names the horse Joey. Despite Albert's protestations, his father sells Joey to the military. A few years later, Albert, now an army vet (as in veterinarian), is reunited with Joey. Joey's on the verge of death from tetanus, but Albert nurses him back to health. After the war, Joey is purchased by an old Frenchman, Emilie's Grandpapa, who gives Joey to Albert. Albert marries his sweetheart, Maisie Brown, and he, Maisie, and Albert (along with Albert's now-sober father) live happily ever after in England.

8. Plot In 1912, a bay Thoroughbred is born in Devon, England. At auction, farmer Ted Narracott (Peter Mullan) outbids his landlord Lyons for the colt, to the dismay of his wife Rose (Emily Watson). Their son Albert (Jeremy Irvine), accompanied by his best friend Andrew, names the colt Joey, and teaches him to come when he imitates an owl's call. Against all odds, the horse and boy successfully plough a rocky field, saving the family's farm.bayThoroughbredDevonEnglandPeter MullancoltEmily WatsonJeremy Irvine Rose shows Albert his father's medals from the Second Boer War, and gives him Ted's regimental pennant, confiding in Albert that his father carries physical and mental scars from the war.Second Boer Warregimental pennant In 1914, as war with Germany is declared, a heavy downpour ruins the family's crops, forcing Ted to sell Joey to the army. Captain James Nicholls (Tom Hiddleston) sees Albert's attachment and promises to look after the steed. Albert tries to enlist but is too young, and before the company departs, he ties his father's pennant to Joey's bridle.war with GermanyarmyTom Hiddleston Joey bonds with Top thorn, a black horse with whom he is trained for his military role. The horses are deployed to Flanders with a flying column under the command of Nicholls and Major Jamie Stewart (Benedict Cumberbatch). They lead a cavalry charge through a German encampment, but the unit is decimated by machine gun fire. Nicholls is killed along with almost all his fellow cavalrymen; the Germans capture the horses.Flandersflying columnBenedict Cumberbatchcavalry chargemachine gun

9. Background Michael Morpurgo wrote the 1982 children's novel War Horse after meeting World War I veterans in the Devon village of Endsleigh where he lived. One had been with the Devon Yeomanry and was involved with horses; another veteran in his village, Captain Budget, was with the cavalry and told Morpurgo how he had confided all his hopes and fears to his horse. Both told him of the horrific conditions and loss of life, human and animal, during the Great War. A third man remembered the army coming to the village to buy horses for the war effort: horses were used for cavalry and as draught animals, pulling guns, ambulances and other vehicles. Morpurgo researched the subject further and learned that a million horses died on the British side; he extrapolated an overall figure of 10 million horse deaths on all sides. Of the million horses that were sent abroad from the U.K., only 62,000 returned, the rest dying in the war or slaughtered in France for meat. The Great War had a massive and indelible impact on the U.K.'s male population: 886,000 men died, one in eight of those who went to war, and 2% of the entire country's population. Michael MorpurgoWar HorseEndsleighDevon Yeomanrycavalry

10. Questions

11. When war horse start? It started in 1982, with Michael Morpurgo's novel about a boy called Albert and his horse, Joey, who is sent to fight on the bloody battlefields of France in the first world war. The book was short, accomplished and moving, but barely acknowledged until, in 2007, it was turned into a play.

12. How many characters was in the story? 11 13 15

13. And what was the character name? Joey Albert father Albert mother Albert Old Zoey Captain Nicholls Corporal Samuel Perkins Topthorn Trooper Friedrich Emilie

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