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My Grandfather
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My Grandfather

"a man in a trench"

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Nigel_Knowitall Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 10:15AM

Picture captured from film footage taken 1916 outside Ypres. He is observing the fall of bullets from the Vickers Machine Guns used to supress the Germans as the rest of the battallion (Gordon Highlanders) advance.
shaDEz Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 10:19AM

he gots way more balls than i'll ever had
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 01:18PM

great pic nigel.
i wish i had some trench footage of my english uncle to share, only a group/batallion photo
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 02:22PM

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Nigel_Knowitall Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 02:31PM

Batallion pics are nice too... trench footage from WW1 practically unknown. I stumbled on this quite by chance.
Nigel_Knowitall Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 03:32PM

I had a look at the picture. It looks like one of the South Counties Batallions of the Home Guard. I base this on the cap badge of the officer. Also the ORs seem a bit on the old side. This would indicate Home Guard or a fixed AA gun unit or something similar.
Nigel_Knowitall Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 03:35PM

There are army sites where you can search, using the name of your uncle. If there are any pieces of kit with his army number on, that is also helpful.
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 05:16PM

anti aircraft battalion...good job
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 05:25PM

[www.plus613.com]

hey if you could post those sites, " = i would love you long time. = "

thanks nigel
Nigel_Knowitall Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 06:11PM

Well fossil, if you e-mail me at

nigel-knowitall(at)lycos.com.

I will pass on the info I have.
Keep in touch!
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: September 12, 2006 09:39PM

damn sarcasm font didn't work on the long time part.
you can post 'em here
Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: September 13, 2006 12:31PM

Great photo, the expression alon says a thousand words. Nice one
sparky Report This Comment
Date: September 25, 2006 11:44PM

This posting is a bit of a bastard don't you think?