Reminds me of General Melchett:
[video=youtube_share;IDQ1ljlnSjU]https://youtu.be/IDQ1ljlnSjU?t=1m16s[/video]
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Reminds me of General Melchett:
[video=youtube_share;IDQ1ljlnSjU]https://youtu.be/IDQ1ljlnSjU?t=1m16s[/video]
My Great Uncle Ernie was in the Royal Norfolk Regiment during WW2.
He and the regiment were deployed to Burma.
He and many of his friends were captured and sent to POW camps and ended up working on the infamous Death Railway, he survived and eventually was freed at the end of the war.
He very rarely spoke about what happened but when he did speak about some of the things he had witnessed and endured himself it really did send chills down the spine.
They were very brave men.
My Uncle Eddie was in the Navy and in later like he developed Alzheimers and although his memory was affected when ever I visited he would instantly point to the drinks cabinet and the bottle of Rum in there with a big smile on his face....
(After his funeral at the wake back at the house there much laughter when his Border Collie decided to take a chunk out of my backside when I was bending over)
My Father was part of the British National service in the 1950-60s and was in Cyprus during the uprising and another uncle was a RAF navigator on Hercules planes. He had a pronounced limp and I always assumed it was a war would. turns out he was drunk as a skunk one night and fell down a kerb and broke his ankle
Most of the Males in my family served in the Armed Forces something I'm very proud of.
He and the regiment were deployed to Burma.
He and many of his friends were captured and sent to POW camps and ended up working on the infamous Death Railway, he survived and eventually was freed at the end of the war.
He very rarely spoke about what happened but when he did speak about some of the things he had witnessed and endured himself it really did send chills down the spine.
They were very brave men.
My Uncle Eddie was in the Navy and in later like he developed Alzheimers and although his memory was affected when ever I visited he would instantly point to the drinks cabinet and the bottle of Rum in there with a big smile on his face....
(After his funeral at the wake back at the house there much laughter when his Border Collie decided to take a chunk out of my backside when I was bending over)
My Father was part of the British National service in the 1950-60s and was in Cyprus during the uprising and another uncle was a RAF navigator on Hercules planes. He had a pronounced limp and I always assumed it was a war would. turns out he was drunk as a skunk one night and fell down a kerb and broke his ankle
Most of the Males in my family served in the Armed Forces something I'm very proud of.
I had an uncle who was a Dr on a Royal Navy ship during WW2 and before that, in the merchant navy.
He was born in 1906.
He came out as transgender in 1952 and after being struck off the Medical Register, he became persona non-grata. I have searched many times over the years but found almost nothing about him. I did find some details from the Post Office, but that was all.
He disappeared in 1956, I believe he went to Italy where he lived in a small village, until his death, in the 70s.
He was born in 1906.
He came out as transgender in 1952 and after being struck off the Medical Register, he became persona non-grata. I have searched many times over the years but found almost nothing about him. I did find some details from the Post Office, but that was all.
He disappeared in 1956, I believe he went to Italy where he lived in a small village, until his death, in the 70s.