film January 21, 2020 The Trinidadian That Inspired Sam Mendes’ WWI Epic, ‘1917’ Janine Mendes-Franco Global Voices '1917' is based on Alfred Mendes’ role as a messenger when he served in the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, training as a signaller in France. He was thereafter sent to Belgium, with the rest of his battalion, to win back the village of Poelcappelle.
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