Steven Broomfield Posted 19 July , 2008 Share Posted 19 July , 2008 Yes, but his brother was an utter cad and a bounder to boot! Too true; too true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 19 July , 2008 Share Posted 19 July , 2008 Newish one for me after the headstone of Johnnie Gough for a few years. Picture of 3, 8th Rifle Brigade officers in the trenches at Arras. To the rear 2nd Lieut. D.A. Ashforth to the right Capt. A.R. Backus (MC) to the front Major A.C. Sheepshanks (DSO) Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teejay65 Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 As an expat living in New Zealand since 1950, I still look back on my national service with RAF 66 Sqdn during 1947/49, so have chosen the Sqdn crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 Great uncle Joseph Kennedy 1175 b company 23rd battalion A.I.F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 From the name Uncle Joe, I expected something more Stalinist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 I dumped Jim Laker for the badge of the Yorkshire Regiment, tart that I am! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted 27 July , 2008 Share Posted 27 July , 2008 One of my GCSE art paintings, I decided I wanted to turn the topic of "landscapes" into something a bit more meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 27 July , 2008 Share Posted 27 July , 2008 Spike, our beloved little cat who fell asleep last week... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rice Posted 13 August , 2008 Share Posted 13 August , 2008 Spike, our beloved little cat who fell asleep last week... Alan Sorry to hear about Spike John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett361975 Posted 14 August , 2008 Share Posted 14 August , 2008 My greatest gift, my son picture taken on 11.11.07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unitedsound Posted 18 August , 2008 Share Posted 18 August , 2008 The Union Flag because I'm proud to be British! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullmackie Posted 25 August , 2008 Share Posted 25 August , 2008 My grandfather, 50 Robert Hamilton MM 1st Australian Light Horse "C" Sdn All the best Wull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oulman Posted 26 August , 2008 Share Posted 26 August , 2008 Myself in a 36th Ulster Division uniform laying a wreath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reubenayres Posted 2 September , 2008 Share Posted 2 September , 2008 My grandfather John Matthews (No242131), orginally of the 2nd/6th Bn Sherwood Foresters - probably transferred to 11 Bn Sherwood Foresters after a period of illness. Killed 17th October 1917. Reuben Ayres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messina1915 Posted 23 September , 2008 Share Posted 23 September , 2008 My new avatar is a picture of Private Joseph Croft, 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders, who was KIA on 6 September 1916 aged 17. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper6197 Posted 14 October , 2008 Share Posted 14 October , 2008 This thread hasn't been added to for a while, so here's mine. My avatar is pretty self exlanatory, courtesy of the Diggers web-site. My paternal grandfather joined this battalion only 3 years after coming to Canada from Scotland The battalion was virtually disbanded by 1917, and never fought as a unit on the Western Front. The 74th supplied drafts to other Canadian units. See my signature. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 16 October , 2008 Share Posted 16 October , 2008 I thought we were supposed to sacrifice avatars to help with the band width? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribeteam Posted 17 October , 2008 Share Posted 17 October , 2008 My avatar is a photo of Dorothy Parker as she looked during her pre-flapper, war years. Best, Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 17 October , 2008 Share Posted 17 October , 2008 Mine is of an unknown soldier taken from a group photograph. I was surprised to see that he was wearing sun glasses in 1915. He clearly is a character and looks a bit like the chap who used to play the drums in the Grateful Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnt63 Posted 18 October , 2008 Share Posted 18 October , 2008 The Rocky Mountain Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted 18 October , 2008 Share Posted 18 October , 2008 Mine is the regimental crest of the 69th Infantry Regiment (New York National Guard), which during the World Wars was federalized as the 165th Infantry Regiment. During WWI it was assigned to the 42nd "Rainbow" Division, and saw action at such places as Rouge Bouqet and the Ourcq River (dubbed the "O'Rourke" by the men of the mostly-Irish regiment). During, WWII it was assigned to the 27th Infantry Division, and fought on Makin Atoll, Saipan, and Okinawa. My great uncle, Technical Sergeant George Christel, was a Platoon Sergeant with Company I throughout WWII. He received a Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement on Makin Atoll in 1943, and another for Valor on Okinawa in 1945. Sadly, on 30 April 1945, only nine days after turning 27, he was killed in action. My avatar and screen name are my way of remembering his service and sacrifice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted 18 October , 2008 Share Posted 18 October , 2008 My great uncle Daniel Martin TAYLOR killed along with so many others going over the top for the first and final time on 28th June 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amelialongcroft Posted 19 October , 2008 Share Posted 19 October , 2008 Mine is of an unknown soldier taken from a group photograph. I was surprised to see that he was wearing sun glasses in 1915. He clearly is a character and looks a bit like the chap who used to play the drums in the Grateful Dead. Mine is my great-great uncle, Trooper Langford Wild of the 2nd Life Guards, who died of his wounds on 6th February 1915 in a trench at (or near) Ypres. He is buried in Ramparts Cemetery, Ypres. He was 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian.sumner Posted 17 November , 2008 Share Posted 17 November , 2008 Mine is the badge of the ambulance unit Section Sanitaire 141. I've no connection to them, it was simply because I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 17 November , 2008 Share Posted 17 November , 2008 I thought we were supposed to sacrifice avatars to help with the band width? Who said? Mine is stored off-site (only eats your bandwidth, not the Forum's) and is typically 380 bytes, or about 0.16% of a typical 25-post page without photo attachments. (it also gets updated 200 times per day - what a waste of electricity) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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