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Gerald 11-10-11 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1784673)
Durham Light Infantry iirc...would need to check with my mother (he was her father).
Interesting family history Jim, :yep:

Jimbuna 11-10-11 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Vendor (Post 1784886)
Interesting family history Jim, :yep:
I know very little of it sadly...now my father was a far different case.

Gerald 11-10-11 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1784899)
I know very little of it sadly...now my father was a far different case.
OK!

Oberon 11-10-11 01:03 PM
The Somme was a bloody mess...like many of the battlefields of the Western Front...I had two relatives that I know of in the Great War, one made it out and the other didn't.
My Great-Grandfather I have mentioned a lot about before, he was also buried by a nearby shell hit, but thankfully it must have been further away than the one that caught your grandfather, Jim, because he managed to retain his hearing and dig himself out.
My Great-Grand-Uncle I know little of other than his name was Robert and he was killed by a sniper at Verdun around 1916 I think, either that or 1918...I can't quite recall.

But yes...I'll be heading down the memorial tomorrow, I try to every year if I can. We have a lot to be grateful for, and it's on their shoulders and their sacrifices that we stand. I'm going to borrow one of those poppies for my sig if you don't mind Jim... :yep:

Jimbuna 11-10-11 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1784990)
The Somme was a bloody mess...like many of the battlefields of the Western Front...I had two relatives that I know of in the Great War, one made it out and the other didn't.
My Great-Grandfather I have mentioned a lot about before, he was also buried by a nearby shell hit, but thankfully it must have been further away than the one that caught your grandfather, Jim, because he managed to retain his hearing and dig himself out.
My Great-Grand-Uncle I know little of other than his name was Robert and he was killed by a sniper at Verdun around 1916 I think, either that or 1918...I can't quite recall.

But yes...I'll be heading down the memorial tomorrow, I try to every year if I can. We have a lot to be grateful for, and it's on their shoulders and their sacrifices that we stand. I'm going to borrow one of those poppies for my sig if you don't mind Jim... :yep:
Of course I don't mind.....GOD BLESS THEM ALL

~SALUTE~

nikimcbee 11-10-11 02:00 PM
A question for everybody. How many had family the fought in WWI? What did they do? Did they survive?

I've been re-kindling my interest in WWI. I bought the video series "The First World War" (Channel 4)

My Dad's side of the family got out of Europe right before the War started (Austrio-Hungary) and moved to Brasil.

STEED 11-10-11 02:26 PM
I shall note the two minute silence tomorrow and on Sunday as well.

Oberon 11-10-11 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1785044)
A question for everybody. How many had family the fought in WWI? What did they do? Did they survive?
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...62&postcount=8

nikimcbee 11-10-11 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1785073)

Thanks for re-posting that.:salute: I remember when you posted it originally.

MGR1 11-10-11 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1785044)
A question for everybody. How many had family the fought in WWI? What did they do? Did they survive?

I've been re-kindling my interest in WWI. I bought the video series "The First World War" (Channel 4)

My Dad's side of the family got out of Europe right before the War started (Austrio-Hungary) and moved to Brasil.
My Great-Grandfather James Milne was Master-at-Arms on the HMHS Brittanic:

http://www.titanic-whitestarships.co...0Britannic.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic

Luckily he survived her sinking. Otherwise I probably wouldn't be here!

No photo of him though.:cry:

Don't know about the rest of the family.

Mike.

Randomizer 11-10-11 04:01 PM
My maternal Grandfather died for King and Country 24 October 1918 - killed by influenza while waiting to be posted to a front line battalion from the Canadian Expeditionary Force replacement pool in France.

Mom was born the following May and Grandmother was denied her meager widow's pension as he had not died in combat.

Perhaps the most pointless, futile, ill-managed and far-reaching war since 1648 and maybe since ancient times; one where the consequences continue to haunt us even today. We should never forget but we should also strive to understand what happened without glorifying or romanticizing the thing.

Respenus 11-10-11 04:42 PM
/rant

What a pitiful country I live in. People can't be bothered to remember something as unimportant as the First World War. All they care about is drinking themselves half dead on a Friday. I realise that we fought on the loosing side, but that doesn't mean that our boys died in vain, especially if you consider that a third of all Slovenians were forced to live under Italy, which soon turned in a fascist regime. There is always a small group of older gentlemen that try to commemorate the fallen, but that's about it. Considering that we have an excellent Isonzo front museum, one would think there was more interest.

In any case, I try and pay my respects to the fallen on my own.

Jimbuna 11-10-11 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 1785044)
A question for everybody. How many had family the fought in WWI? What did they do? Did they survive?

I've been re-kindling my interest in WWI. I bought the video series "The First World War" (Channel 4)

My Dad's side of the family got out of Europe right before the War started (Austrio-Hungary) and moved to Brasil.
Check my previous posts Jason.

Gerald 11-11-11 03:28 AM
:salute:

Tribesman 11-11-11 03:52 AM
Better late than never.
http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/index.c...4E547D84B2D5CB


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