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Sean Subexpired

Sean Subexpired Report 11 Nov 2007 00:11

My two teenage great-great-uncles, Wilfred and Frank Cole, emigrated to Australia to seek their fortune, joined the ANZAC's, came back to the northern hemisphere and survived Gallipoli. Unfortunately they were both killed at the Battle of Ypres in Belgium in 1917. Frank (22) was never found. Wilfred (19) died of bullet wounds.

Their elder brother Harold, an officer in the British merchant navy, died in the last few weeks of the war when his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.

Only three of many thousands of needless deaths in the Great War!

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 10 Nov 2007 23:46

Remembering the great uncle I never knew, Alec John Kill, died 22nd November 1915 in Mesopotamia (Iraq) age 25. Sent for his death certificate today.

Remembered with pride along with all those who gave their lives.

Kath. x

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 10 Nov 2007 23:30

My grandfather on my dad's side, on active service, but killed as he slept. My great uncle on my mother's side, killed by 'friendly fire' and my GG grandfather, aged 90 killed when enemy aircraft deposited their bombs before returning home. All WWII.
And all the ones I don't know about

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Eileen

Eileen Report 10 Nov 2007 22:56


We remember all those who lost their lives in WW1, WW2, and more recent conflicts. Many of them are our ancestors.
Remember too, all of us who are adopted war babies, many of us do not know our fathers, we do not judge, we only know that they were very young, and often very frightened.
Eileen - father Canadian soldier