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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:44
	He'll have to be very, very, very fit :-0
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:45
	Wednesday Fly.
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:45
	Well, the object of the exercise is to put him off Pat. Make it as gory as you can said his Mum! Just as well, cos most of them died at sea :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:46
	Awwwww Jem he will be thrilled <3
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:46
	I've done a family tree going from him with their photos next to it :-D
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:47
	One of the Sea Captains was torpedoed by a U-Boat in 1918. He went down with the ship aged 76. There's YouTube videos of divers in that very ship off Beachy Head
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:48
	He will be more determined if you try and put him off :-0
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:48
	Tell him this the Pre Joining Fitness Test: two 1.5-mile runs (2.4 km) on a treadmill at 2% incline, the first to be completed within 12 minutes 30 seconds, the second within 10 minutes, with 1 minute of rest in between. :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:49
	He's only 5 Pat. He will have at least 12 years to build up ;-) ;-) :-D :-D
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:49
	76 :-0 :-0 :-0
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:50
	No, I'll be balanced about it. I've got loads of pictures of the ships they were all on. I will make maps of where they went. His 5x Great Granddad was Press-ganged in the Cove of Cork at taken aboard a Man-o-War to fight with the British against the Americans in the 1812 War :-D So lots of stories :-D
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:51
	One of my uncles was a marine :-0
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:52
	They do have to be very fit. Have you any photos Fly?
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:52
	No Jem :-)
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:53
	The Royal Navy sent out a general signal last year to all ex naval personnel if you have the following naval qualifications................. for jobs in these areas and want to reapply for navel service etc. They have new ships but not enough sailors to sail them :-S
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:53
	That's a shame :-( My Great Aunt threw away lots of photos not long before she died. She thought she was helping so we'd have less to clear out. I wish I'd known
Member Since: November 2008 Posts: 39,699 Send Message	PatinCyprus	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:55
	The big surprise - we will take qualified sailors up to 65 ..... :-0
	Researching: Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:55
	Well we won't tell C that or he won't want to wait until he's 17 lol :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 121,345 Send Message	Fly	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:55
	Sad Jem all that history gone :-(
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 108,908 Send Message	JemimaFawr	Report	19 Jan 2019 19:55
	I suppose the experience they have at that age will be invaluable to them as long as they can pass fitness tests I expect

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