Avatars - What is the significance of yours?

That's my dad, in front of 'Hilda' the C15TA in Dusseldorf. He looks pleased with himself, probably cos he's alive.

 

I think KevinC and myself should should fly around in an Avater just as the kid in the film did!!!!!!! He couid be my pilot.

 

I think KevinC and myself should should fly around in an Avater just as the kid in the film did!!!!!!! He couid be my pilot.
I shall start looking for a smurf like image of Sailor Malan

 

Hi

I've recently had my Avatar revamped (through the good offices of Owen & Peter G) and am now more than satisfied that it shows where I'm coming from and particularly my dual allegiances.

With that in mind I thought it might be an idea to bump up this thread and get others to explain their own choice of Avatar.

As an example, I would dearly like to know why Everton Rock chose his particular icon.

Perhaps he would care to sate my curiosity ?

Many thanks

Ron

 

Luftlandebrigade 26
-FschJgBtl .261 / 3.Kompanie




simply the badge of my unit

Luftlandebrigade 26 – Wikipedia

Die Netzseite der 3./261

 

Mine is a battlefield find cap badge from Guillemont.

 

My avatar is the same as Ron Goldstein’s the good old 78th infantry division
And one which I served in and was proud to have done so in North Africa Sicily
And Italy and at wars end in Austria memories good and bad would love to get battalions war diaries but now too frail to attempt I

Regards Niccar

I have a question for you.

As far as I can see, the one in your avatar is the postwar symbol. The WW2 version is joined up (like the photo below) not sectionalised. Can you tell me if this is defeinitely the case?

 

At the moment, mine's of 'the greatest footballer you never saw'...the legendary Robin Friday (RIP ) of Reading and Cardiff City sticking 2 fingers up at Luton Town's Milija Aleksic after rounding him and slotting one past him.

A bit of a head-case, but a lower league hero of mine... anyone who kicks Mark Lawrenson in the face and then shits in his kit-bag can't be all that bad!!!

dave

 

It's my actual Veteran's Badge.

 

Combover

A few postings earlier you asked a question of Niccar, namely:
I have a question for you.
As far as I can see, the one in your avatar is the postwar symbol. The WW2 version is joined up (like the photo below) not sectionalised. Can you tell me if this is defeinitely the case?




I hope that neither you or Niccar will take offence if I jump in here with some info that might be relevant.

I post below two images showing the original 78 Div Flash as worn between 1943 & 1944.

The fist photo shows Page 72 of my Army Album and the Div Flash that I actually wore and finally brought home with me. The 2nd image is a photo close-up of the same flash.

When first Owen & finally Peter G were kindly creating my Avatar, the Battlaxe icon was then taken from, I believe, Peter G's masterly website of Div Flashes British Formation Signs and now forms a permanent part of my Avatar.

Hoping this all makes sense

Ron

 

I don't mind at all! The more the merrier.

 

Well, unlike most of the people on this forum mine is not of a military nature. However, it shows my hero - my son James who has had 8 surgeries before the age of 2, but keeps on being happy

 

7th armoured division, traced from the cover of 'a short history of the 7th armoured division 1938 - 1943' Dad was with this division for a short time, at Alamein.

 

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C.

Arlington National Cemetery | The Tomb of the Unknowns

Dave

 

Well mine doesn't need that much explanation. First visit of me and my son to the Hartenstein-museum. Great affection for the 17pdr and bigger love for the boy!

 

The photograph used for my avatar is one of the greatest finds our family could ever have wished for, courtesy of those who work with the Museum of Army Flying.

Dad died way back in 1964 ..... but here he is, first on the left, standing alongside his GPR comrades, all under the wing of a Horsa Glider!

 

My dad a 56 Recce

Lesley

 

Currently mine is the shoulder insignia of the US 30th Infantry Division, used in honor of a dear friend who served with the division during the war.

 

50th (Northumbrian) Division.

The double 'T' represents the River Tyne and the River Tees, and supposedly with a bit of imagination the off-set double 'T' is supposed to look like an 'H' for the River Humber. These rivers are in the 50 Div's historic recruitment area of the pre-1971 Northumberland, Co Durham, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

The infantry regiments represented in 50 Div were, again, historically, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry, Green Howards and East Yorkshire Regiment. During WWII other regiments were also represented in the Division.

My family served mainly with 50 Div in both World Wars, two making the ultimate sacrifice.

I have never been able to see the 'H' for the River Humber, but then again I don't get most modern abstract art... I don't know if that means I have no imagination or good taste!

Best,

Steve.

 

Mine's the Plymouth Coat of Arms.
I'm a Janner, born and bred!
Michael