How was your family involved in WWI? Did your grandparents or great-grandparents participate in the war effort, either on the front lines, or at home? Tell us your family's story.
My grandpa or my dads dad was navy gunner. He was on 7 different navy ships and 5 out of 7 of them were sunk with him on board! He was very luckey to have survived all 5. His wife (my grandma)was also in the military. She was a book keeper and a communicator. They used moris-code to comunicate. I was suprised to learn that she still knows every code that she first learned! Well thats my story!
one of my gr gr gpa's was a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He enlisted in 1916 but not quite sure what he did.
My gr gpa was a lieutenant in ww1 and a staff sergeant in ww2. He was also one of the founding members of the Maple Ridge legion and his name is on the plaque outside.
My great grandpa was in WW1. He was a train operator. He delivered troops, ammo, and supplies to the front lines. If there where wounded soldiers or broken machinery my great grandpa was in charge of bringing them back. He saw alot of wounded and dead soldiers. Unfortunaty I didnt visit my grandfather that often on the count that he lived in Poland. My grandfather passed away 3 years ago.
My grandma was telling me about her father who was enlisted in the English Army. He fought in the Battle of Ypres. He his job was to be a gunner. He was injured when her was shot in the head. The Germans did surgery on him and saved his life. He then had many seisures as a result of the head injury. My grandma gave me the the medical record and surgery opperation sheet to me. It is written in German and is dated 1916. It contains diagrams and procedures of the opperation.
My great grandpa as a doctor in WW1 I also had an great uncle that was a tail gunner for a bomber he was shot down and then taken to a POW camp he was later rescued at the end of the war.
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My grandpa or my dads dad was navy gunner. He was on 7 different navy ships and 5 out of 7 of them were sunk with him on board! He was very luckey to have survived all 5. His wife (my grandma)was also in the military. She was a book keeper and a communicator. They used moris-code to comunicate. I was suprised to learn that she still knows every code that she first learned!
Well thats my story!
How could your grampa be in WW1 when it ended in 1917, you must be thinking of your Great Grampa or WW2 or something?
My great grandma is like 94 so even she was just a child when it ended. I have lots of WW2 stories though and their of the German side.
My grandpa, (who died in 1992) was a soldier who fought in the frontlines of the trenches. I think he was a General or a Commander, one of the too.
My dad also told me that, when he was returning home he smuggled a monkey home.
one of my gr gr gpa's was a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He enlisted in 1916 but not quite sure what he did.
My gr gpa was a lieutenant in ww1 and a staff sergeant in ww2. He was also one of the founding members of the Maple Ridge legion and his name is on the plaque outside.
my great great grandpa was german and went to war and nobody ever found or heard of him ever again...
My great grandpa was in WW1. He was a train operator. He delivered troops, ammo, and supplies to the front lines. If there where wounded soldiers or broken machinery my great grandpa was in charge of bringing them back. He saw alot of wounded and dead soldiers. Unfortunaty I didnt visit my grandfather that often on the count that he lived in Poland. My grandfather passed away 3 years ago.
My grandma was telling me about her father who was enlisted in the English Army. He fought in the Battle of Ypres. He his job was to be a gunner. He was injured when her was shot in the head. The Germans did surgery on him and saved his life. He then had many seisures as a result of the head injury. My grandma gave me the the medical record and surgery opperation sheet to me. It is written in German and is dated 1916. It contains diagrams and procedures of the opperation.
My great grandpa as a doctor in WW1 I also had an great uncle that was a tail gunner for a bomber he was shot down and then taken to a POW camp he was later rescued at the end of the war.
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