Malte Znaniecki Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 My Grandfather, injured second time, doing the regimental telephone-service at a farm near Mitau (Eastern Front), spring 1916. And the second picture shows him educated at I. Ersatz-Bataillon/Infanterie-Regiment No 84 in Schleswig, before leaving to France in September 1914. Best from Malte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 Oh no it's not...... OK smartarse. My avatar used to be a Spitfire over the White Cliffs of Dover in the "Battle of Britain". It is now a photo by Robert Capa called "Moment of Death" - full title "Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death". There is some suggestion that this photo was faked, but it still became one of the greatest symbols of the Spanish Civil War. Here is something on it anyway. This article claims that: "There can be no further doubt that The Falling Soldier is a photograph of Federico Borrell García at the moment of his death during the battle at Cerro Muriano on September 5, 1936." http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/capa_r.html War photographer Robert Capa also took those well known shots on D Day: http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html Capa was killed on 25th May 1954 when he trod on a landmine in Indochina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 Why not just post a pleasant avatar like the face of a pretty woman.You can be so morbid at times Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 My Grandfather, injured second time, doing the regimental telephone-service at a farm near Mitau (Eastern Front), spring 1916. Best from Malte Blimey, Malte....you look so alike; could be your brother! OK smartarse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 My Avatar is of my Dad,fast Asleep after a Heavy Armistice Day,Ypres 11.11.2004.The Big Picture is of Dad when he was a regular Soldier,it was taken in Hiroshima in 1946,Dad was on Escort Duty,taking Japanese War Criminals to Changi Gaol to be Hanged.Dad went onto fight in Borneo,Malaya,Korea,and finally Suez.He was my Best Pal,and i miss Him a Great Deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 It is now a photo by Robert Capa called "Moment of Death" - full title "Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death". There is some suggestion that this photo was faked, but it still became one of the greatest symbols of the Spanish Civil War. Here is something on it anyway. This article claims that: "There can be no further doubt that The Falling Soldier is a photograph of Federico Borrell García at the moment of his death during the battle at Cerro Muriano on September 5, 1936." A very interesting piece of detective work. Unfortunately, in clearing Capa of the charge that the photo was faked, the author seems to have discovered that the militiamen were in fact taking unnecessary risks to 'perform' for Capa's camera, when one of them was hit by machine-gun fire. So perhaps not so much 'photographed at the moment of death' as 'killed at the moment of photography'. Mick My avatar, by the way, is the official stamp of the Officer Commanding the British Naval Siege Guns on the Belgian coast, Captain Henry Halahan, who later trained and commanded the naval storming party for the Zeebrugge Raid and was killed by machine-gun fire as Vindictive approached the Mole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 In 1970 I was on a trip to Lens from the French coast near Le Touquet on the return journey I was taken to Notre Damme De Lorette French National cemetery. To say that this made an impression on me is an understatement, so that when I started holidaying in France with my wife and child 13 years ago I would make a point of passing close to Lens to find this cemetery and memorials I had seen 26 years earlier. Due to the fact I didn't know what the cemetery was called made it difficult for me to find until on the 3rd attempt I spotted the memorial up on the hill from the motorway which runs close by. I am now a regular attender of this area popping in at least once a year, so my avitar represents the monument which stirred my interest in WW1 and left me with a lifelong memory from my youth. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garron Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 I agree with Steve, you and your grandfather Malte look a like, theres a definate family resemblance. Mine was a friends trio for his great uncle (thanks to those medals i found and interest in ww1 that and some old pics o found in my attic) now its a 1916 dated SMLE action of the rifle Garron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothy Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 I don;t think anyone needs to be told what mine is, do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 I don;t think anyone needs to be told what mine is, do they? MI5 ? Roland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 Why not just post a pleasant avatar like the face of a pretty woman.You can be so morbid at times Roland. War IS morbid Roland. What is your wifes name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 War IS morbid Roland. What is your wifes name? Far too sharp for your own good Bep ! Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 26 July , 2006 Share Posted 26 July , 2006 A very interesting piece of detective work. Unfortunately, in clearing Capa of the charge that the photo was faked, the author seems to have discovered that the militiamen were in fact taking unnecessary risks to 'perform' for Capa's camera, when one of them was hit by machine-gun fire. So perhaps not so much 'photographed at the moment of death' as 'killed at the moment of photography'. Mick Mick Probably true, but they were green troops in a quiet place. Capa, born in 1913, would not have known any better either. This pic was taken in 1936, and I am quite sure it was of that time, could not have been taken in 1939. Capa's Polish fiancée, Gerda Taro, was also killed in Spain. What I find difficult to understand is how a man who had seen the Spanish Civil War and the Japanese invasion of China, and earlier parts of WW2 volunteered to be in the first wave of the D Day landings, and to report on the fighting in NW Europe and, having survived all that, go to Viet Nam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Clarke Posted 28 July , 2006 Share Posted 28 July , 2006 Guess mine is self-explanatory? Rosemary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 In order to 'outflank' a certain forum smartarse I would like to point out that I have just changed my avatar. This photograph of Gerda Taro was taken by her partner Robert Capa at the front in Spain. She was later killed when her car collided with a tank after Brunete. "Around July 12, Taro traveled without Capa to Brunete to cover the Republican offensive on this important crossroads town. It was during the battle at Brunete that Taro made her best photographs. Brunete is also where she met her death. While riding the running-board of a moving automobile during a disorganized retreat, Taro was crushed by a Republican tank which ran out of control and side-swiped the car. She died a few hours later on July 26, six days short of her 26th birthday. Capa was heartbroken when he heard the news in Paris, and did not return to Spain until December 1937, when he covered the Republican assault on Teruel." http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/s...o/tarogerd.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Great photo. Sad story. Perhaps Gerda's death answers your question why Capa was so careless of his own safety in later years. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Great photo. Sad story. Perhaps Gerda's death answers your question why Capa was so careless of his own safety in later years. Mick Mick Your probably right. Gerda's death was also the subject of a lurid American anti-war bubble gum card: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...6lr%3D%26sa%3DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 In order to 'outflank' a certain forum smartarse I would like to point out that I have just changed my avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 In order to 'outflank' a certain forum smartarse I would like to point out that I have just changed my avatar. Who is Bep talking about. Could be one of many... Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilbury Welsh Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Mine is of my grandfather as mentioned in my signature and a sticky bun for any uniform specialists who can guess this one........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Who is Bep talking about. Could be one of many... Roland. I think it's a dig at the social outcast who posted (No. 172) what was a witty and well-considered point. Mine is of my grandfather as mentioned in my signature and a sticky bun for any uniform specialists who can guess this one........ Some form of Tower of London Warder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 I think it's a dig at the social outcast who posted (No. 172) what was a witty and well-considered point. Some form of Tower of London Warder? I do wonder why Beps constant changing of avatar never has a Great War theme. Am i the only one to have noticed this ? Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 Go on the, Roland. I assume your current blonde was RSM in the 1st Grenadier Guards in a previous existence. The expression "Mr Pot, meet Mr Kettle"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 I do wonder why Beps constant changing of avatar never has a Great War theme. and I wonder why so many posts never have a Great war theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 29 July , 2006 Share Posted 29 July , 2006 and I wonder why so many posts never have a Great war theme. You will be aware you are not alone on this one. Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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