What did your relatives do in world war 2? One grandfather was a tail gunner like off of that Memphis Bells fillum.
The other was a doctor and stayed in Ireland.

Alt: boobs.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:50, 95 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

One made ball bearings and so was stopped from signing up.
The other was involved in the D Day landings and had to lay tracks for tanks over the bodies of all the people on the beaches... he didn't talk about it much.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:53, Reply)

That must have been harrowing.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:55, Reply)

Yeah doubt it was much fun.
But he was a yorkshire man so didn't seem to have any emotions about anything apart from "fat kids everywhere these days"
(PsychoChomp, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

At least when the fat kids go to war we can save cash on body armour.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:07, Reply)

Furroughing?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:05, Reply)

#insert Chinese bloke waving pic here#

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:07, Reply)

mr b3th's dad was at Normandy.
He was in No 4 Commando.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

-'s dad

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:06, Reply)

Mam's Dad was in the Navy and fired the guns
Was half deaf

Dad's Dad was a Sapper and went in on the gliders on D-Day. Looked like Monty (WWII one)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:57, Reply)

My grandad met General Patton once.
Said he was a complete and total prick.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:02, Reply)

He did look mental

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

Hated the British with a passion, apparently.
Which was entirely mutual where Montgomery was concerned.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:04, Reply)

Same went for the Navy chief Admiral King.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:26, Reply)

My Granny was an nurse in the Army
My Grandad was an engineer for Bristol. He worked on the Beaufighter and was responsible for keeping Bristol planes supplied with parts on the Southern airfields.

He also, with a colleague, designed a new type of aircraft turret which was first used on the Boulton-Paul Defiant and later on Wellington and possibly Lancaster bombers. They needed to find a way to adapt the old turret, using a single Vickers gun to mount American Brownings.

He was in a protected occupation, so wasn't allowed to join up. As a result he did all the above, between the ages of 17 and 24, whilst getting presented with white feathers on a regular basis. After the war, he joined the Army and rallied Land Rovers.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:57, Reply)

yeah, my grandad was an architect
same deal, not allowed to join up as he designed and built munitions factories. Just got constant shit from the public, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:00, Reply)

Seems the public has never been any less stupid than they are now.

( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:01, Reply)

this is undoubtedly true
people never change. you could put this messageboard 100 years ago, there'd be exactly the same types of people posting.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:14, Reply)

One was in Palestine
chasing that Begin bloke, he was a terrist back then, apparently.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

Mine was quite badly injured in a POW camp...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

Predictable
*shakes head *
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:02, Reply)

He wasn't any old Tom, Dick or Harry though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

COOLER!

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:08, Reply)

One grandfather was an engineer in the merchant navy.
Others I've no idea, although a neighbour's gf fought for the Fascists in the Spanish Civil War. He also fought for us in the 2WW too, he was an Irish merc, so that was all right.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:00, Reply)

you know someone's going to do the watchtower joke at some point, right?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:01, Reply)

I like it when he pulls the front seat out and drives the car from the backseat. Lol.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:06, Reply)

The Scottish one was a strapping six footer, and fought in North Africa.
He took a bullet throughthe leg.

The English one was plumdozer short, and worked down a pit. He was great. Used to sit and watch cartoons with me when I was a kid. He used to shout "Seen this one!" and turn it over. Proper mental, but a really good laugh.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:01, Reply)

i have no idea
Is anyone in Liverpool today?
I need you to get over and get me an autograph from Tulisa
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:02, Reply)

Autograph?
she'll suck you off for a bag of Haribo.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

im not theeeerrrreeee uuuugggghhhh
Just go get me a fucken autograph
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:06, Reply)

Krizzle, I'd love to
but I'd have to go to Liverpool, and I'm afraid I can't lower myself to that. It's bad enough that I've married into Preston.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:08, Reply)

look on the bright side
at least if you get divorced, you'll still be brother and sister, eh?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:09, Reply)

I'm not ENTIRELY sure I get this.
Soz petal.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:12, Reply)

because preston is that kind of place

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:13, Reply)

yes, but I'm not from anywhere near Preston.
So that doesn't really make sense.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:15, Reply)

oh hang on
so stuff on here has to make sense now? christ, how many other people didn't get that memo!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:17, Reply)

I'm from Preston
sort of. It's not that bad. Blackburn, on the other hand...
(berk, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:17, Reply)

oh i know that
i was just gently poking badger with a hockey stick. but he went and got all logical on my ass :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:18, Reply)

I normally have to pay good money to get logical on your arse, and all....

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:35, Reply)

*something about holes*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:24, Reply)

i dont understand why i cant have everything i want

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:12, Reply)

Because God's a right cunt.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:14, Reply)

at first i was all :\
But then I was :D
And now I'm :(
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:20, Reply)

autograph nosh
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:05, Reply)

No idea. Was the tail gunner Billy Zane who let your other man have a shot and he fucked shit up?

(Captain Give-A-Fuck #internetpals4eva, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

Can't remember the film that well but I know my grandad sat in the arse of the plane and was shot down twice.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:05, Reply)

Seems careless.

( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:06, Reply)

I remember when he was staying with us, must have been in his late seventies,
Beautiful summers evening, he was say out in the garden and my dad said to him "you're very quiet Michael" to which he replies "I hate the dusk, reminds me of air raids" then he spoke for ages about the war and being shot down.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:10, Reply)

I'm glad none of my lot had to go through that.
Having said that, my paternal grandfather was a Glaswegian docker. Getting shot down would've just made him angry.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:16, Reply)

one grandfather failed to get into the army because of his health
the other did the full 6 years and we have his medals at home. he died a long time before i was born, but my dad said he would never ever talk about it. he had an accordion that he carried around with him throughout the war, and when he got home, he put it in the attic, and never touched it again.

what we do have is a stash of cards that he sent back throughout the war to my grandma, dad and uncle, for their birthdays, christmases etc. we also have the ones that my great grandfather sent to my great grandmother from ww1, which are very sweet but soooo formal. "dear miss wilson..."
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:03, Reply)

My grandad's medal were nicked in a burglary at his home
I'll fucking kill whoever nicked them
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:05, Reply)

my dad and his brother sold their dad's when he died
they were pretty young and he had only ever left them in a box in the attic, but i think it was still a terrible thing to do. certainly they deeply regret it now. my dad wrote to the MOD a few years later and the MOD made him copies, which he now has on the wall in his office, but it's just not the same.

yours is horrible. can i suggest running him over very slowly with your car?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:08, Reply)

You certainly can

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:19, Reply)

You'll have to find me first.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:10, Reply)

Both of my great-grandfathers on my mum's side died at the Somme.
I'm sure that was a cheerful year.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:07, Reply)

that must have been horrific

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:09, Reply)

I suspect so
although as a family they've been through worse.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:11, Reply)

i meant the somme, mindblowingly awful
but yes of course for your family at the time too.

i think this post may be the worst grammar i've ever used. EVER.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:13, Reply)

Oh, right, yeah
Unimaginable I expect.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:13, Reply)

luckily for us

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:16, Reply)

My great great uncle bought it at Ypres
We're one of those military families.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:11, Reply)

Those ones who were all killed?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:16, Reply)

One killed every generation
at least until my uncles came to their senses and went into accounts/sales.
( Kroney, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:17, Reply)

when presumably the boredom made them want to kill themselves?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:18, Reply)

Mainly the garlic

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:20, Reply)

Mine were born in 1941
So they shit themselves
( Peej, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:09, Reply)

Well babies generally do that

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

I have no idea
Alt: Boobs are grate
( Reginald Donkeyfuck, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:09, Reply)

Alt: inorite

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:10, Reply)

Maternal grandmother was a nurse, grandfather worked on the Sunderland ship yards
Paternal grandmother was a teenager working in a cafe and grandfather lived in Ireland.

Alt: Yes, I like boobs a lot www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPVgKoruWdA
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:15, Reply)

Woop for Sunderland shipyards

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:20, Reply)

Why aye man (or something)

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:21, Reply)

Near enough

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:22, Reply)

My Mum's Dad served in the Army, but I've no idea where or doing what
My Dad's Dad was in the home guard, and my Nan wasn't involved particularly.

Alt: I like boobs.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:18, Reply)

Who do you think you are kidding?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:20, Reply)

Don't tell him, AA!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:22, Reply)

Stupid boy.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:31, Reply)

PUT THAT LIGHT OUT!!!

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:33, Reply)

look what this veteran did AFTER ww2
news.indonewyork.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=Stories&article=1940
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:22, Reply)

Scatmail

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:24, Reply)

it's really sad
but i love his yorkshire "bloody council's fault"
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:25, Reply)

I invaded Poland.
Soz.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:26, Reply)

You're a very naughty moose.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:30, Reply)

Grandad was a rear gunner in the Lancasters (44th Sqn)
Farfar (Danish Grandad) was in the resistance.

Dunno what my Gran did. Probably eyed up American servicemen for nylons. Farmor was in occupied Denmark, so probably didn't have a great time of it...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:27, Reply)

there's more than one rear gunner been posted here
maybe if your granddads had spent more time fighting and less time shooting from the rear the germans might not have won world war 2
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:34, Reply)

hahahaha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:35, Reply)

Were yours keeping the trains running on time?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:36, Reply)

Mainly running away and coming 3rd

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

as an englishman i do feel bad that we had to rely on america and russia to sort it out for us
and that germany have a stronger economy than ours/are the daddies of europe

:(
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:41, Reply)

I need to confess-
I really am Rory's sockpuppet.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:36, Reply)

STOP GETTING UPSET ONLINE!!!!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:37, Reply)

BAN THIS SICK FILTH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

here's a clue- I become extra sarcastic when angry
But it's extremely rare that I get remotely wound up on here. I don't take it srsly enough to give a shit.

Alright factfans?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:41, Reply)

NO YOUR GETTING UPSET

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:42, Reply)

clearly.
Shit off back to your SFX subscription and Muse CDs. You prick.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 15:50, Reply)

One grand farther was a Canadian airman, (dont know much about him)
The other served as part of the 7th armoured, and fought in El Alemain, Tunisia. My mother was born in June 1944 he got leave and was then transferred to The Guards Armoured Division, and died during part of operation market garden and is buried in Arnhem.
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 18 Jul 2012, 16:07, Reply)