During the war...

[dervish]

Any good Grandadad stories?

I remember asking mine just after watching Saving Private Ryan what he did on D Day since he was in the Navy was expecting was on SWORD beach or something slitting throats.

 

"Strawberries & cream"

 

What Granddad on D Day? If he was on a machine would have turned it off at this point. "He's found the whisky again!"

 

"Was going up an doon the Thames on a luxury cruiser on a boat fill of WRENS."

 

A few of his ships were sunk. Which didn't really come up. Knew loads on the Jervis Bay from fishing like quite a few on here that was his background. Not a fan of the "ennggglish" to the point of twice physically assaulting officers (I thought you got shot for that, not so).

 

So any other/more interesting stories from old family stuff? Since we're all bored?

[BrianFaePerth]

My granny hated the English, the Europeans and all other races. She tolerated Scandinavians as her side of the family was from Norway.

In her finally days, her proudest moment was when she found out her ancestors had owned slaves in Jamaica. When referring to black nurses where she was, she’d say “my family used to own hers”.

Eh miss my granny.

[Beachend Bootboy]

I used to buy balsa wood gliders from Strachans shop in Inverurie when I was a lad.  Great fun they were.  Not so good a drones these days for covert ops or bombin' places but they had their place.

[Poodler]

Never been a military family - a strange brag, I’ve always thought.

being willing to die for your country just smacks of a life that hasn’t been fulfilled imo 

[Redforever86]

Much like a previous Tim poster from here on holiday my great grandad was gassed by the Germans

 

Happened in WWI still went back to batter them a second time before he shortly after passed away. 

[For Fecks Sake]

3 minutes ago, Poodler said:

Never been a military family - a strange brag, I’ve always thought.

being willing to die for your country just smacks of a life that hasn’t been fulfilled imo 

So your grandad, or even great grandads, didn't get called for national service?

Suppose it could always be the case that your granny and great granny never knew who the dads actually were!

[For Fecks Sake]

Both my grandads were in WW2. One in the artillery and fought the Bosch in North Africa and Italy.

Other had a far more dangerous experience as he got posted to Elgin for one reason or another!

[Fridge]

54 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

I may have mentioned this before but she utterly despised the Japanese after hearing at first hand the stories of how cruel and depraved they had treated and acted towards POWs. 

My Grandad got captured by the japs he never told me about it but my Mum said he got tortured by them in a pow camp.

[BrianFaePerth]

Eh had a Granda fight in Burma and another who was a medic and apparently at Dunkirk. Seemed he also was in Berlin soon after the war was over but as a kid eh had no interest and never asked him about it

[BrianFaePerth]

3 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

^^^ grandad hiding in the loft for 6 years

With Anne Frank

[Fridge]

Must have been crazy though imagine getting called up and told you have to go and shoot folk. Ffs can I nae just go for a pint.

[Poodler]

12 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

So your grandad, or even great grandads, didn't get called for national service?

Suppose it could always be the case that your granny and great granny never knew who the dads actually were!

Don’t know anything about great grandads, wouldn’t even know their names. Grandads would’ve been born in about the 30/40’s min.  

always thought multi generation military families was bizarre - especially the grunts. Well and truly hoodwinked by patriotism 

[Beachend Bootboy]

My grunny baked oatcakes and scones for Mitchells Dairy in Inverurie.

[Beachend Bootboy]

6 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Hitler must have been shitting his pants.

She did a great line in toffee (tablet) and macaroon bars too.

[Fridge]

Concentious objectors were the true winners in the war they must have been shagging half of Britain.

[Hoofball]

16 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said:

She did a great line in toffee (tablet) and macaroon bars too.

It’s was at this point Hitler knew he’d lost the war

[Reed or deed]

20 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said:

She did a great line in toffee (tablet) and macaroon bars too.

Explains your obesity and popcorn teeth

[Beachend Bootboy]

52 minutes ago, Hoofball said:

It’s was at this point Hitler knew he’d lost the war

Aye, my grunny single handedly beat the Bosch.

[Beachend Bootboy]

50 minutes ago, Reed or deed said:

Explains your obesity and popcorn teeth

Yup.

[BrianFaePerth]

6 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said:

Aye, my grunny single handedly beat off the Bosch.

Thank you for her service 

[Beachend Bootboy]

3 minutes ago, BrianFaePerth said:

Thank you for her service 

Welcome.  Sacrifices in the bakery for the good of mankind.

[Betty Swallicks]

One Granda was in The Gordon Highlanders and was in a Jap POW Camp for most of the war.

Other Granda was in merchant navy doing the Arctic convoys. 

Both options sound shite. Hardy bastards.

[chief_wiggum]

One Grandad was ground crew in the RAF, local posting so had it lucky. The other landed on Sword beach early on the 7th June, he was a Bombadier with a Light Anti Aircraft division station with the 11th Armoured Division advancing to Belgium and Holland. His regiment was one of the first to liberate Belsen.

[milne_afc]

My family were Germans

[strachanmcgheegoal]

complicated family thing would take too long to explain.  Punchline is a cousins two grandfathers fought each other (opposite sides) in the same battle.

[Ke1t]

One Grandfather was in the RAF on bombers, I believe. 

Shot down over North Africa by the Hun, never seen again. 

So that was him. 

Recall an auld lad who used to watch us play fitba, nothing sexual, and he's recant us with stories of the war. Like the one time his unit was supposed to take a village from the Germans, but rather than steam in and get themselves riddled with bullets they heaved artillery shells into the houses for a half an hour.  He recalled seeing bits of Germans in trees and others still alive wandering around helpless.

"They'd have been easy enough to capture, eh, mister?" we said, all wide eyed. 

"Haha" he chortled with a glint in his eye "We didnae capture them".

And that was him. 

 

[Beachend Bootboy]

46 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

A Jerry cock in each hand thrusting away like she’s using a plunger to dislodge one of Mobby’s gargantuan u-bend blockers. 

Jezuszzz fuck min😞

[Ke1t]

49 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

My family were Germans

Brings to mind the story of the lad that said his grandfather died at Auschwitz. 

Got drunk and fell out his guard tower. 

[Betty Swallicks]

11 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Pal of mine’s grandfather drove one of the bulldozers at Belsen ( if you know what I mean) . There’s Pathe footage of it online. Horrible stuff. 

[patrick bateman]

2 hours ago, Fridge said:

Concentious objectors were the true winners in the war they must have been shagging half of Britain.

Another fantastically stupid take from fridge.