What did you do in the war? - Page 4

sapper · 23-09-2007, 11:12 PM

HI Ron, If I was honest I would say this: I tried unsuccessfully to keep my head down out of trouble.
Sapper

Ron Goldstein · 23-09-2007, 11:38 PM

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HI Ron, If I was honest I would say this: I tried unsuccessfully to keep my head down out of trouble.
Sapper

I think most of us would have drunk to that, Sapper
No one in their right senses looked for trouble but some of us, including your good self, took more than their fair share.
Do keep well
With all good wishes
Ron

2nd ches · 24-09-2007, 04:06 PM

Hi My Grandfather was in the 2nd Btn The cheshire Rgt he Joined in 1933. he was evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk, and returned to France 4 years later on D-Day Via North Africa and Sicily. After Operation Market Garden he transfered to the Middlesex Rgt, and we are not sure where he served from then. He survied the war without injury and left the Army in 1946.

Rigamortiz · 23-11-2007, 05:19 PM

My maternal grandfather was in the British Airborne - Para's I'm almost certain. I have his Beret - but know very little about his service, as he died before I was mature enough to realise/ask what he did. All of his service records etc. went to my Uncle, who I rarely get to speak to. I've heard he fought in North Africa, Italy (Sicily (iirc), Monte Cassino etc.) and Palestine after the war - he missed D-Day because he had broken his ankle/leg in a training jump, if I remember correctly. My paternal grandfather was too young to be involved in the Second World War.

4th wilts · 23-11-2007, 06:32 PM

my mums dad wasin the royal arty.my nan made a/c engines underground at copenacre,near corsham,wilts.my dads dad was a lorry driver in north africa and italy.yours very sincerely,lee.

Gotthard Heinrici · 29-11-2007, 06:24 PM

I'm sure you must be very proud of their conrtribution Lee. I know I would be

poppypiper · 08-02-2008, 07:30 PM

Hi
I am 73 years old and spend my time playhing my pipes at the 'lost, forgotten and remote' war graves worldwide. I am often asked "Where you in the war ?". My answer is that at 6years of age I was dragged from the cellar as my home fell about me. I watched my father frantically trying to rescue what few bits we had from the rubble. Only days later I watched my mother cry over my machine gunned body in the street. I then spent four years separated from my bothers to become an asylum seeker in North Wales. I suppose really I was in the war.
September 2008 will find me with my pipes travelling through the towns and villages of Crete paying tribute to those with who I had much in common - the civilians who stood up and shouted "NO SURRENDER" and died for their courage.

sapper · 08-02-2008, 08:22 PM

All the country was involved in WW2 and I mean everyone.
Sapper

GUMALANGI · 12-02-2008, 07:28 AM

I dont know to which side i have to go,. My dad was a local recruit Japanese Navy Auxillary,. and My mom older brother(uncle) was with KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indian Leger(?) ),..both men came from same same village,.but have to kill each other for other country's interest

the picture of 2 Royal Dutch East Indian(Indonesian) Leger standing,..

Formation of Local Defence force by Japanese, note the rising sun flag was modified with cresecent moon and star as to attract the Indonesian moslems to join the unit.

4th wilts · 12-02-2008, 01:47 PM

am very proud of their small but essential contribution gott.i thought my mums dad came into sword beach on d plus 6,but have since found out he landed on sword the day after d-day.yours,4th wilts.

29-11-2007, 06:24 PM	#36 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,017	I'm sure you must be very proud of their conrtribution Lee. I know I would be __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

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23-09-2007, 11:12 PM	#31 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	HI Ron, If I was honest I would say this: I tried unsuccessfully to keep my head down out of trouble. Sapper

24-09-2007, 04:06 PM	#33 (permalink)
2nd ches Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bootle,Liverpool,England Posts: 30	Hi My Grandfather was in the 2nd Btn The cheshire Rgt he Joined in 1933. he was evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk, and returned to France 4 years later on D-Day Via North Africa and Sicily. After Operation Market Garden he transfered to the Middlesex Rgt, and we are not sure where he served from then. He survied the war without injury and left the Army in 1946.

23-11-2007, 05:19 PM	#34 (permalink)
Rigamortiz Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9	My maternal grandfather was in the British Airborne - Para's I'm almost certain. I have his Beret - but know very little about his service, as he died before I was mature enough to realise/ask what he did. All of his service records etc. went to my Uncle, who I rarely get to speak to. I've heard he fought in North Africa, Italy (Sicily (iirc), Monte Cassino etc.) and Palestine after the war - he missed D-Day because he had broken his ankle/leg in a training jump, if I remember correctly. My paternal grandfather was too young to be involved in the Second World War.

23-11-2007, 06:32 PM	#35 (permalink)
4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,032	my mums dad wasin the royal arty.my nan made a/c engines underground at copenacre,near corsham,wilts.my dads dad was a lorry driver in north africa and italy.yours very sincerely,lee.

08-02-2008, 07:30 PM	#37 (permalink)
poppypiper Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 13	Hi I am 73 years old and spend my time playhing my pipes at the 'lost, forgotten and remote' war graves worldwide. I am often asked "Where you in the war ?". My answer is that at 6years of age I was dragged from the cellar as my home fell about me. I watched my father frantically trying to rescue what few bits we had from the rubble. Only days later I watched my mother cry over my machine gunned body in the street. I then spent four years separated from my bothers to become an asylum seeker in North Wales. I suppose really I was in the war. September 2008 will find me with my pipes travelling through the towns and villages of Crete paying tribute to those with who I had much in common - the civilians who stood up and shouted "NO SURRENDER" and died for their courage.

08-02-2008, 08:22 PM	#38 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,515	All the country was involved in WW2 and I mean everyone. Sapper

12-02-2008, 01:47 PM	#40 (permalink)
4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,032	am very proud of their small but essential contribution gott.i thought my mums dad came into sword beach on d plus 6,but have since found out he landed on sword the day after d-day.yours,4th wilts.

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