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Oct 01, 1887 Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jan 1971 (aged 83)
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About Bernard Green Soldier
- Bernard Green (1887-1971), also known as Pop, was a British soldier who fought in World War I and World War II.
- In World War I Green fought in two of the bloodiest battles, the Battle of Somme and the Battle of Passchendaele, and was wounded twice.
- Green was already 52 when he signed up to fight in the Second World War and his escape from a Stalag Luft III was immortalized in the Hollywood movie The Great Escape.
- Because of his age at the onset of the Second World War, the troops affectionately called him "Pop".
