Siblings & other Relatives in Service

If you know their full names and military numbers or units I'm sure the forum can shed some light on them.

The CWGC website will tell you if any died during the war.

Cheers
Andy

 

Welcome Mark.
A US example of 8 serving Brothers:
Obituary: Israel Grossman / One of city's WWII 'Fighting Grossmans'

And I'm afraid your record-breaker may begin to fall with these chaps, nine of 'em in WW2, and a tenth in WW1:
BBC - WW2 People's War - Band of Brothers - Service Records of Ten Brothers

Eight is still pretty damned impressive though!

Ten! Was the eldest issued a walker upon enlistment? I guess that if everything fell right, the oldest could be under 40. I'd hate to know that I had to go through basic training when I was 40.

 

Hi Markeagle

Is this a record ?

Sorry mate, I know someone who can go a little better

It's not me, I can only get as far as five of us, full story here:
BBC - WW2 People's War - One family, Five Sons, All Serving in H.M.Forces
and don't forget to scan down to see all the comments.

When I first mentioned this I immediately got this comment:


Sorry, Ron but you have a long way to go to match my family, I come from a family of 16, 12 boys and 4 girls.and 9 of us boys ALL served in the army and saw active service and whats more incredabale we all came back, only 2 recievd war injuries from which they soon recoverd. All so my sisters where all married to service men three Army one R.A.F. Only myself and one other brother who is 90yrs.old and two sisters still remain.

This was , of course, by the same chap who's story is told by the BBCs Band of brother's story.

 

Welcome Mark from a frozen Canada.

In the First War, Mrs. Charlotte Woods of Winnipeg had 11 sons/step sons serving at one time. She was our first Silver Cross Mother, having lost 5 in the war and three due to war wounds. Here are some pictures of her and the King at the dedication of the Vimy Memorial in 1936.

 

Hi Mark and welcome.

 

A local community based free news paper dropped through the letterbox the other day flicking through the pages I came across an Article titled The Last Bomb by Bill Miller it recounts the story of the last german bomb to fall on the City of Sunderland and in particular the devastation it brought to one family here are the brief facts;-
At 03.05am on the 24th May 1943 the last bomb to fall on the City of Sunderland came down directly on top of an air-raid shelter located at Lodge Street in the Hendon area of the city,killing twelve people and trapping a further forty.Amongst the dead were two young brothers Alan Hutchinson aged 15 and his younger brother Ronnie aged 13 their older brother Billy sisters Doris and Mary although trapped survived as did the childrens parents.
In similar circumstances to Pte Ryans story another crushing blow was delivered when news was received that the families oldest son Joseph aged 21 serving with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers had also been killed in Action .Son Billy who had survived the bombing of the shelter was called up into the Army and was to be posted overseas when the local people petioned the Sunderland South MP to intervene on the Families behalf which he agreed to do and interceded with the war office and obtained a home posting for young Billy thus securing the life of the remaining son.This is a brief description which does not really do justice to the more detailed published story but at least it sets out the main facts which I thought I`d share with you.
Source;-Published in `EASTWISE`produced by Hendon 2000 Ltd Original Story by Bill Miller
Name:HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHInitials:JNationality:United KingdomRank:FusilierRegiment/Service:Royal Northumberland FusiliersUnit Text:2nd Bn.Age:21Date of Death:09/02/1945Service No:14272491Additional information:Son of William Jones Hutchinson and Adelaide Hutchinson, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.Casualty Type:Commonwealth War DeadGrave/Memorial Reference:18. C. 9.Cemetery:PHALERON WAR CEMETERY

Regards
Verrieres

 

Trooper HENRY HERBERT EASON
4807242
Who died age 31 on 24 June 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Eason, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
BAYEUX MEMORIAL Panel 4.

Trooper ARTHUR ERNEST EASON
14660229
Who died age 19 on 24 June 1944
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Eason, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
BAYEUX MEMORIAL Panel 4.

These 2 brothers died along with another 187 men of 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment off Sword Beach when a German acoustic mine split the Troopship ‘Derrycunihy’ in two.

Cheers
Paul

 

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

The Sullivan brothers were five siblings who all died during the same incident in WWII, the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau, the vessel on which they all served.
The Sullivans were natives of Waterloo, Iowa. They were:
George Thomas Sullivan, 27 (born 14 December1914), Gunner's Mate Second Class (George had been previously discharged in May 1941 as Gunner's Mate Third Class.)
Francis "Frank" Henry Sullivan, 26 (born 18 February1916), Coxswain (Frank had been previously discharged in May 1941 as Seaman First Class.)
Joseph "Joe" Eugene Sullivan, 24 (born 28 August1918), Seaman Second Class
Madison "Matt" Abel Sullivan, 23 (born 8 November1919), Seaman Second Class
Albert "Al" Leo Sullivan, 20 (born 8 July1922), Seaman Second Class

Here are some pictures of "The Fighting Sullivans", courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, and the Steamship Historical Society of America:

 

Diane

When I first posted the montage below on the BBC WW2 Archives I promptly received a reply telling me of eleven members of a family who had served !

Regards

Ron

 

There were 3 brothers, my great-great uncles fighting in Galipoli (not too sure on details -- help would be appreciated) one died, James, the other two came back.

 

One of my son-in-laws recently came across these photos of his father in various ww2 uniforms.

The first is Home guard in 1940

The second is RAF in 1943

The third is RN in 1944

Not sure if this constitutes a record but it's impressive, none the less

 

The five Beckett brothers from Grimsby deserve a mention. Frank fought his way up Italy with 6 Armoured Division and wrote about his experiences in 'Prepare to Move' which he published with his wife Eileen.

Vitelliino

 

Amazing - all I can say is thank God for big families in those days. They did much more than their share.