WORLD WAR ONE AT HOME: THE GERMAN MAYOR OF COVENTRY

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100 years ago at the outbreak of WWI, Coventry had a mayor called Siegfried Bettmann, he was the founder of Coventry's Triumph motorcycles, a respected business man, a much loved honorary Coventarian. But also unfortunately for him a German. Using extracts from his diary and visits to the places that he called home, Phil Upton found out more about this fascinating man and his war story. Find out more about all of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s World War One at Home stories http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p33vj