87 years ago today

August · 10-03-05, 06:24 PM

My great grandfather August gave his life for his country.

Iceman · 10-03-05, 11:39 PM

I don't mean to sound ignorant but was his country America? Can ya give up a little history if I am not being to rude?And occasionaly I make flash movies and such relating to Wars and such and could I possibly use this photo, he has a face of iron.I mean that respectfully.

Kapitan · 10-04-05, 01:46 AM

about that ime my great great uncle also gave his life on board submarine HMS K13 29th january 1917

Abraham · 10-04-05, 01:49 AM

Great August, that you remember such a historic family fact.
But I'm curious too, on what occasion. Oct. 1918? The last month of WW I? Or was it unrelated to that conflict? You're named after him?
(If you don't mind some perhaps personal questions)

Damo1977 · 10-04-05, 05:31 AM

A military salute to you and your Great Grandfather August.

Luckily I am blessed with no casulties in my family, except my great Uncle who died on HMS Hood.

Hope you aren't offended August, but since you posted a pic of your Grandfather, I would like to post my families military history.

My Great Grandfather (Mums side) in the Austrian army early 1900's

My Grandfather (Dads side) in Malta 1923

and of course my old man Melbourne 1957, Royal visit, the very front person of the row

Abit of Damo dribble, my Dad was the last of 6 places to join the Royal Australian Navy as officer. But in the final interview, back when he was 15, he called a ship a boat. Which as you could imagine the end result was......

Well he joined the Australian Army instead

joea · 10-04-05, 06:43 AM

Awesome thread, I wish I had pics of my Granddad (Mom's side). They are with my aunt in Athens, he was in the Greek army and fought in that ill-fated campaign in Smyrna (now Izmir) in 1922 during the Greco-Turkish war (continuation of WW1 and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire).

He survived thank God (wouldn't be here now), was apparently decorated, but the Greeks lost and the upshot was actually for the best as both countries exchanged populations, polite term for treaty approved mutual ethnic cleansing, and to top it off Dad's side of the family lost all their land and homes in Constantinople and possibly in Cappadocia. (Family came from there, not sure if at the time they still owned anything as the family had moved to Constantinople).

Today of course talks ahve now begun to allow Turkey to enter the EU so both populations will perhaps freely travel in the old Ottoman space.

Don't ask me what to think. :hmm: Food for other threads we have already gone through.

Kapitan · 10-04-05, 08:23 AM

my grandfather wilfred george shaw was an engineer in world war two and was one of the last few hundred people evacuated from dunkirk beeches.

later on during the war he helped build the piers in scapa flow which now hold britians trident submarines.

August · 10-04-05, 09:04 AM

Naw guys i don't mind at all, i'm proud of my great grandpa and y'all should be as well. To answer your questions, August was a soldier in the Imperial German army.

He answered his countrys call in 1914 leaving behind a wife and 4 kids to run the family farm. He fought through the entire war and he was killed in action just a month and 8 days before the end as the German army retreated back through Belgium.

One of my cousins looked up his official obituary/death certificate in the town hall, but there is precious little information on the exact circumstances of his death or where he is buried. When my great grandmother died in 1970 at the age of 92, she left me his picture and his Iron Cross in her will.

I took his name as an online nick in rememberance when i started playing Red Baron many years ago and have stuck with it since.

I-25 · 10-04-05, 12:02 PM

my great-uncle gave his life for his country 1 week before the war ended on the U-286

he was the only famly member to die in the war

my great-grandfather was also a soldier in the Imperial german army in WW1 he suvived the war and WW2 , luckman!

Abraham · 10-04-05, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Naw guys i don't mind at all, i'm proud of my great grandpa and y'all should be as well. To answer your questions, August was a soldier in the Imperial German army.
He answered his countrys call in 1914 leaving behind a wife and 4 kids to run the family farm. He fought through the entire war and he was killed in action just a month and 8 days before the end as the German army retreated back through Belgium.

That's an unexpected but tragic twist to the story, August!

Oberon · 10-04-05, 12:45 PM

My great-grand uncle, I believe, Robert Currie, was shot by a sniper near Verdun sometime in 1916 I think...
Thankfully, the rest of my relatives managed to survive either war...one in fact (my great grandad) served in both, and survived.
But here's to all those still on duty.

Polak · 10-04-05, 12:49 PM

My Grand grandfather, officer of the Polish Army in IIRP and then in PRL.

August · 10-04-05, 08:38 PM

The Poles have cool hats.

lesrae · 10-05-05, 02:48 AM

In case you hadn't heard of it, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a great site at www.cwgc.org which has a huge database of commonwealth casualties in WWI and WWII. I used it recently to locate my great-grandfather's grave marker (Pvt Robert Ross, he was killed in 1915 at Loos) so that my mother could visit it while on a trip over there.

Here's an example of their entries, for the CO of HMS SWORDFISH: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=2370300

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

My great-grand uncle, I believe, Robert Currie, was shot by a sniper near Verdun sometime in 1916 I think...
Thankfully, the rest of my relatives managed to survive either war...one in fact (my great grandad) served in both, and survived.
But here's to all those still on duty.

Oberon, a quick search brought up about 20 entries for an 'R Currie' in WWI - if you know more information you may be able to locate his details - if it's of interest to you.

Polak · 10-05-05, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by August

The Poles have cool hats.

They are called Rogatywka and they are still being used today

10-03-05, 06:24 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	87 years ago today My great grandfather August gave his life for his country. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-04-05, 01:46 AM	#3
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	about that ime my great great uncle also gave his life on board submarine HMS K13 29th january 1917 __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-04-05, 01:49 AM	#4
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	87 years ago today Great August, that you remember such a historic family fact. But I'm curious too, on what occasion. Oct. 1918? The last month of WW I? Or was it unrelated to that conflict? You're named after him? (If you don't mind some perhaps personal questions) __________________ RIP Abraham

10-04-05, 05:31 AM	#5
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A military salute to you and your Great Grandfather August. Luckily I am blessed with no casulties in my family, except my great Uncle who died on HMS Hood. Hope you aren't offended August, but since you posted a pic of your Grandfather, I would like to post my families military history. My Great Grandfather (Mums side) in the Austrian army early 1900's My Grandfather (Dads side) in Malta 1923 and of course my old man Melbourne 1957, Royal visit, the very front person of the row Abit of Damo dribble, my Dad was the last of 6 places to join the Royal Australian Navy as officer. But in the final interview, back when he was 15, he called a ship a boat. Which as you could imagine the end result was...... Well he joined the Australian Army instead __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

10-04-05, 08:23 AM	#7
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	my grandfather wilfred george shaw was an engineer in world war two and was one of the last few hundred people evacuated from dunkirk beeches. later on during the war he helped build the piers in scapa flow which now hold britians trident submarines. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-03-05, 11:39 PM	#2
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I don't mean to sound ignorant but was his country America? Can ya give up a little history if I am not being to rude?And occasionaly I make flash movies and such relating to Wars and such and could I possibly use this photo, he has a face of iron.I mean that respectfully.

10-04-05, 06:43 AM	#6
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Awesome thread, I wish I had pics of my Granddad (Mom's side). They are with my aunt in Athens, he was in the Greek army and fought in that ill-fated campaign in Smyrna (now Izmir) in 1922 during the Greco-Turkish war (continuation of WW1 and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire). He survived thank God (wouldn't be here now), was apparently decorated, but the Greeks lost and the upshot was actually for the best as both countries exchanged populations, polite term for treaty approved mutual ethnic cleansing, and to top it off Dad's side of the family lost all their land and homes in Constantinople and possibly in Cappadocia. (Family came from there, not sure if at the time they still owned anything as the family had moved to Constantinople). Today of course talks ahve now begun to allow Turkey to enter the EU so both populations will perhaps freely travel in the old Ottoman space. Don't ask me what to think. :hmm: Food for other threads we have already gone through.

10-04-05, 09:04 AM	#8
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Naw guys i don't mind at all, i'm proud of my great grandpa and y'all should be as well. To answer your questions, August was a soldier in the Imperial German army. He answered his countrys call in 1914 leaving behind a wife and 4 kids to run the family farm. He fought through the entire war and he was killed in action just a month and 8 days before the end as the German army retreated back through Belgium. One of my cousins looked up his official obituary/death certificate in the town hall, but there is precious little information on the exact circumstances of his death or where he is buried. When my great grandmother died in 1970 at the age of 92, she left me his picture and his Iron Cross in her will. I took his name as an online nick in rememberance when i started playing Red Baron many years ago and have stuck with it since. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-04-05, 12:02 PM	#9
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	my great-uncle gave his life for his country 1 week before the war ended on the U-286 he was the only famly member to die in the war my great-grandfather was also a soldier in the Imperial german army in WW1 he suvived the war and WW2 , luckman!

10-04-05, 12:45 PM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	My great-grand uncle, I believe, Robert Currie, was shot by a sniper near Verdun sometime in 1916 I think... Thankfully, the rest of my relatives managed to survive either war...one in fact (my great grandad) served in both, and survived. But here's to all those still on duty.

10-04-05, 12:49 PM	#12
Polak Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland/Sweden Posts: 808 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	My Grand grandfather, officer of the Polish Army in IIRP and then in PRL. __________________

10-04-05, 08:38 PM	#13
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Poles have cool hats. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.