Album "The Wall", 1979

In "Another Brick in the Wall - part 1" we hear of the first grief stricken cries of Roger's lost father, Eric Fletcher Waters.

"Daddy's flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
Snap shot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?"
During the song "When the Tigers Broke Free," Roger directly addresses the circumstances surrounding his father's death.
"It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for awhile
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives."