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# Fair enough.
My Grandad was a but of a wimp. He was due to go to Arnham, where he inevitably would have been shot out of the air and killed, but 'luckily' his parachute didn't open the day before he was due to go and he broke his back. His brother got drafted in in his place though :(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 17:38, archived)
# :(
My granddad was one of the first to hit the beach at Normandy, he had to pipe his regiment up the beach and was expecting to either get cut down himself, or to be one of the few who got to the beach wall. when he stopped and turned around his whole regiment was with him.

sounds like a really top bloke my grandad, shame I never met him
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 17:42, archived)
# The wars absolutely fascinate me.
Have you ever visited the Somme?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 17:46, archived)
# my grandad visited the Somme
said it was 'muddy and hell ridden'. still 1917 wasnt a great time to go there

He got shot as well. great way to spoil a visit

then he got sent to Italy, where he had tea with Mussolini's sister and delivered post - he was with the Post Office Rifles whose always arrived as did the post - late and at the wrong address.
(I helped save b3ta! boff FL OZ, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 18:00, archived)
# My Granddad was at D-day, my dad spotted him in one of the films from the day
He also ended up at Arnham and was there after the damn busters had blown the damns. Got photos of him at one the damns, top guy.
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 17:47, archived)
# My grandads were too old to have been in WWII - died before I was born
my grandmother remembers WWI though, but then she is a bit nuts
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 17:58, archived)
# I found out that my Great granddad was one of the first snipers in WW I
(I helped save b3ta! Duke Otterby you pre-verts, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 18:00, archived)
# cool
WWI makes me go all funny, like when I saw Harry Patch on the TV last year at the Cenotaph
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 13 Apr 2009, 18:01, archived)