The remarkable Hull Brothers - from South Africa, Hereford Cathedral, Internment Camp to the Three Choirs Festival

In this month's episode, in the run up to the Three Choirs Festival, Col Andy Taylor and Revd Paul Roberts explore the fascinating and poignant story of brothers Claude and Percy Hull of Hereford.  Claude a member of the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers served in the Boer War, emigrated to Canada and served during the First World War with Canadian Forces.

His brother Percy, sang in Hereford Cathedral Choir where he later became Assistant Organist.  He found himself in Germany at the outbreak of the First World War and was interned along with thousands of other men - musicians, sportsmen, businessmen and merchant seaman among them - at Ruhleben Internment Camp, west of Berlin.  Hear about the fascinating self-governing community at Ruhleben, including the story of professional footballer and coach Stephen Bloomer.

After the war Percy became Organist at Hereford Cathedral and was instrumental in restarting the Three Choirs Festival.  He was later knighted for similar efforts restarting this oldest musical festival in the world after the Second World War.