Jaci Byrne

This is a gripping story of a strong but simple man who found himself in two world wars, with two great passions: one for music that helped him survive; one for his wife who helped him live. — Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life Captured at Dunkirk in 1940, accomplished musician Drum Major Henry Barnes Jackson promised his wife he would...

The inspirational true story of an Allied POW appointed Kapellmeister to the Nazis in Auschwitz. When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his beloved wife Mabel that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German...