And my uncle was on HMS Prince Of Wales which managed to evade Bismarck’s guns after it had sunk Hood, only then to be sunk by the Japanese (but he survived).
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[Misc] Interesting or Famous Ancestors
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mikeyjh
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That was brilliant
Indeed, A&M have provided some of my top all time sketches.
I must 'thank' the OP for sending me down the rabbit hole of ancestry, must remember to cancel free trials! In seriousness, its been quite interesting - I'm the oldest member of my linear family (at 51) by about 30 years so having not worked out that it may be interesting to talk to my mother & sister and/or grandparents about the past until it was too late so this has fired me up to find out more.....
Seagull over Canaryland
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Maybe an interesting story, with some current context:
My Grandfather served in a small Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) unit sent to assist our then Tzarist Russian allies along the Eastern front during WW1, where he was credited with the first shooting down of an (enemy) aircraft - from a vehicle. This incident was somewhere in what is now western Ukraine or north east Rumania. They were there for 2 years until the Revolution when the Red faction turned against them, So, they were not only fighting against the Germans & Austrians but also looking over their shoulders at their supposed allies. He never really spoke about it in detail but I have subsequently discovered accounts in a few reference books and am in contact with other interested descendants. Inevitably, a number of British men were lost or wounded, including my Grandfather, for which they received Tzarist gallantry awards (now in my possession). However, they were forbidden from wearing them on their return, as they were now 'enemy' decorations... The War Office did not like the RNAS conducting land campaigns often hundreds of miles inland, so they were then transferred into the Army and later redeployed to the Middle East and back into the Caucasus. He served in the RAF in WW2 - so all three services.
I wonder what he would make of the current situation in Ukraine...
Oh, and he later applied for a civilian job at the Atomic Research Labs at Aldermaston - but was declined. He always suspected that his brief time serving in Russia was held against him.
My Grandfather served in a small Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) unit sent to assist our then Tzarist Russian allies along the Eastern front during WW1, where he was credited with the first shooting down of an (enemy) aircraft - from a vehicle. This incident was somewhere in what is now western Ukraine or north east Rumania. They were there for 2 years until the Revolution when the Red faction turned against them, So, they were not only fighting against the Germans & Austrians but also looking over their shoulders at their supposed allies. He never really spoke about it in detail but I have subsequently discovered accounts in a few reference books and am in contact with other interested descendants. Inevitably, a number of British men were lost or wounded, including my Grandfather, for which they received Tzarist gallantry awards (now in my possession). However, they were forbidden from wearing them on their return, as they were now 'enemy' decorations... The War Office did not like the RNAS conducting land campaigns often hundreds of miles inland, so they were then transferred into the Army and later redeployed to the Middle East and back into the Caucasus. He served in the RAF in WW2 - so all three services.
I wonder what he would make of the current situation in Ukraine...
Oh, and he later applied for a civilian job at the Atomic Research Labs at Aldermaston - but was declined. He always suspected that his brief time serving in Russia was held against him.
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It's odd that you say that, there is as definite tenous link with Sir Laurence Olivier!
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My great Grandad worked for Fullers and apparently invented the chocolate orange before Terrys bought out the company he worked for.
And one of my other grandparents was a illegitimate child from one of the Colmans directors.
My grandad also had an affair with a very famous actor.
And one of my other grandparents was a illegitimate child from one of the Colmans directors.
My grandad also had an affair with a very famous actor.
Burberry? Gannex?
The first one.
I may have posted this before. A mate of mine is of Central East African descent, and we were chatting about ancestors one evening in a bar. I mentioned I knew little of my family history. I asked Sam if he'd traced his ancestry back far. 'Oh yes', he said. 'All the way to Lucy'.
I may have posted this before. A mate of mine is of Central East African descent, and we were chatting about ancestors one evening in a bar. I mentioned I knew little of my family history. I asked Sam if he'd traced his ancestry back far. 'Oh yes', he said. 'All the way to Lucy'.
Wow! He's related to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?
Thanks for that! I have tried to read it several times at St Nicholas Church but it is so weathered now as to be almost illegible.
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Are you interested in capt Nick Tettersell or just Brighton's history.
My granddad bred the first ever Dutch Rabbits.
They're the ones that are white at the front half and black at the back half and have black face and ears.
Not very exciting now but enough to make Pathe News in the Cinemas back then (I'm reliably informed!).
I have a photo of them.
They're the ones that are white at the front half and black at the back half and have black face and ears.
Not very exciting now but enough to make Pathe News in the Cinemas back then (I'm reliably informed!).
I have a photo of them.
dejavuatbtn
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One great granddad played football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_White_(footballer,_born_1881)
Another died at Passendaelle 19 Oct 1917.
I’m probably more proud of the one who died for his country but having a family member who played for the Albion is special.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_White_(footballer,_born_1881)
Another died at Passendaelle 19 Oct 1917.
I’m probably more proud of the one who died for his country but having a family member who played for the Albion is special.