we thought he was auoin this is anne woodard. we thought he was going to — this is anne woodard.land and _ this is anne woodard. we thought he was going to scotland and he - this is anne woodard. we thought he was going to scotland and he was - was going to scotland and he was unfortunately killed on the 13th of june a _ unfortunately killed on the 13th of june a matter of hours before the surrender — june a matter of hours before the surrender. , , june a matter of hours before the surrender-— surrender. this is the first time you've been — surrender. this is the first time you've been here. _ surrender. this is the first time you've been here. yes, - surrender. this is the first time you've been here. yes, it- surrender. this is the first time you've been here. yes, it was. you've been here. yes, it was initially not — you've been here. yes, it was initially not the _ you've been here. yes, it was initially not the place - you've been here. yes, it was initially not the place i - you've been here. yes, it wasl initially not the place i thought you've been here. yes, it was. ini

this anne woodard. just tell us a bit about alec, first of all, he was your husband?roke out. he was a young man and we thought he was going to scotland for the cold weather and unfortunately he was killed on the 13th ofjune, just a matter of hours before the surrender. this is the first time you have been here? absolutely, initially i felt it wasn't somewhat i wanted to come, but i am glad i did. what does it mean to you to be here? closure sounds like a silly word but it has put all the years ofjigsaw together. i understand why they did what they did, the island is wonderful, the people are so kind and i cannot believe after 40 years they still want us here and it still means so much to them, it has been a wonderful experience. you have taken part in two ceremonies, armistice on friday, where you laid a wreath. we saw you do that and then here. you talked about the islanders, this is 8000 miles away from home? i had no idea that they were british. i really did not believe that. you said you thought it was scotland? i did, that was the actual geography of it, i thoug