Impostor - 'One who assumes a false Character'.

... Great place, just like it was back in 1844/5 ...

Ps I must be your junior Ron...Much younger, and I have to say...prettier

Gotcha, Brian

And thank you very much for your sacrifice.

 

We had our fair share of wannabes and tall stories merchants contributing to the BBC's People's War Archive. This is one of my favourites:

BBC - WW2 People's War - Back from Dunkirk

Ah, men were men in them days, me hearties!

 

How old was the imposter? The style of writing doesn't suggest he was a young niave lad. Strange that he didn't specify it was his grandfather.

 

I read an account of a Sapper. (Not on this site) That seemed to be an exact copy of all that I posted here and there, in the past. But some of it was wrong, in that this "sapper" got certain elements totally wrong. Mistakes that no genuine Vet would make. But the similarity of the experiences were of such a nature.That the likelihood of coincidence, were beyond what would be expected

But I am pretty sure that there are a great many that write as veterans, that definitely are not
No Names, no pack drill ! I am certainly not going to name whatever.Thing that I find so odd is.... "What do they get out if it"
sapper

 

Hi Sapper,
Sounds like you have some bitter/sweet memories from Salisbury.
The cafe was probably the Cadena, sadly no more it was in Blue Boar Row next to Style and Gerrish Dept store(my aunt worked there).
Were you having treatment at Odstock?
Salisbury is still a nice place to live,although it has grown a lot since my childhood,tons of old pubs did you ever visit The Haunch of Venison in Silver Street?
Lots of military still around,we recently had The Rifles parade through town.
The Woodford Valley,and Lake is very pretty.
We mere mortals never get to see Sting.
all the best

 

Hi Sapper,
Sounds like you have some bitter/sweet memories from Salisbury.
The cafe was probably the Cadena, sadly no more it was in Blue Boar Row next to Style and Gerrish Dept store(my aunt worked there).
Were you having treatment at Odstock?
Salisbury is still a nice place to live,although it has grown a lot since my childhood,tons of old pubs did you ever visit The Haunch of Venison in Silver Street?
Lots of military still around,we recently had The Rifles parade through town.
The Woodford Valley,and Lake is very pretty.
We mere mortals never get to see Sting.
all the best

Err...... or could of been the Bay Tree(arch was probably Spire Gate!)

 

Peter
You say:
We had our fair share of wannabes and tall stories merchants contributing to the BBC's People's War Archive. This is one of my favourites:
BBC - WW2 People's War - Back from Dunkirk
Ah, men were men in them days, me hearties !

Yes we did certainly have our share of "nutters" on the BBC website, but, being the BBC they were a very high class form of "nutter"

Best regards

Ron

 

Hi all
Ron you said " I have owned a Yaris for the past couple of years." The Axis didn't get you before, so this is their way of getting you now!!!!!!!!
P.S. Are you sure it is you and not Father Christmas having a day off- or did you kidnap him!!

regards

Robert

Also it is sad to see that people have to be deceitful, but at least he owned up to it.

 

Robert

With reference to owning a Japanese Toyota, there was indeed a time when I gave serious thought to the origin of things before I bought them. However, in the world in which I now live, if I visit a store to make a purchase then I am completely aware of the fact that I am considering products from all over the world.

If "my war" had been spent in the Far East and had I been a prisoner of war of the Japanese then I admit that it was less likely that I would eventually have owned a Yaris.

Having said all that, I am delighted with the car and at my time of life it suits me well.

That's it in the recent snowfall

 

we had many higher class nutters on the BBc series - one I recall who claimeed he was a Major in the 46th RTR - knocked out at Anzio- he went on a one man campaign to destroy a whole Panzer battalion who had had the temerity to knock him out - and spill his tea - by the end of the tale I was on the floor helpless from the sheer stupidity of it all -

Later had a call from Geoff Prater who was with 51st RTR - advising that he was putting the Major up for at least two V.C's -I felt that the whole escapade was worth four V.C.'s
Cheers

 

Hi Tom, Keep well mate?
The Sapper that I talked of, came from the same BBC source..... I just cannot believe that he would have the same experiences as myself. All of them...

What prompts these people? being a vet never gave me anything except a load of pain...What also amazes me is the number of them. I was not aware of any fakes then out of the woodwork they appear all over the place

 

What prompts these people?

As a veteran you probably don't realise how cool it would be to some people to have people looking up to you. If they pretend to be a vet, people will look on them in awe and be inspired by things they say.

It's a strange world with lots of nutters.

 

The Internet helps Brian, with care you can be whoever you like.

Maybe we should put 'southwestpacificvet' up for a 'Medal of dishonor'...


Agree VP

The internet does give everyone the ability to live in a closet if they so wish and become their alter ego.Some cases are sheer fraud whilst others are perhaps a cry for help backed by possible mental health issues.
Whilst the internet does enhance our vision it does also open up a whole new world to folk who perhaps would otherwise have been happy to keep their thoughts and fantasy within their own family group.

on a lighter note

I am not my father, well not yet anyway,still trying to find out if im to be collared for the 10 shillings and thrupence he owed for the damage to army property back in 42

And Ron
just as well its not the T Prius .Whilst driving over speed bumps make sure it has the latest software update for the ABS brakes .

 

If only he had posted his granddads notes and recollections as his grandson. He now has to live with knowledge that he has tarnished the memory of the person he purported to idolise.

The letter reads of contrition but that is not good enough. He needs a swift kick up the a**e with a size 12.

His age says he is supposed to be a man. He will have to live with this deceitful episode every time he thinks of his granddad.

 

I took my cat to the Vet yesterday, do I get to earn any Brownie points for that?

 

Present company excepted, of course