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07-10-2007, 11:59 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London
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You're Top Poster: #16  | Hello from sgt petts Hi Guys I am new here and registered today. My name is Karen. My user name is sgt petts, after my grandad. I have been researching WW1 for the last year, and made a trip to Somme and Ypres in May. Where I paid my respects to my great grandfather, and his four brothers who died in the Great War. I now would like to research WW2 and find out more. My grandfather served in Nigeria and Burma, and survived the war. My other grandad served in Italy and North Africa and also survived the war. I am interested all all aspects of WW2. And have a lot to learn. Regards sgt petts Last edited by sgt petts; 07-10-2007 at 02:14 PM. |
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07-10-2007, 12:05 PM
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| Άρης  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
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You're Top Poster: #1  | Hello, and welcome to the forum Sgt Potts, your family certainly made a lot of sacrifices. For that we thank them. Do you have any more details about your two grandfathers that you'd like to share - units? Was your grandfather part of the 81st West African Division (you mentioned Nigeria and Burma)?
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07-10-2007, 12:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Outer reaches, Melbourne, Victoria
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You're Top Poster: #2  | G'day Sarge. Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy it here. Lots of good people and a fair bit of ribbing in between the fascinating stuff we post about! You're in luck. We've got a "Burma specialist", an Italian theatre veteran and a few guys keen on North Africa.
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07-10-2007, 12:17 PM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | Welcome to the forum, you should finds lots on interesting stuff here,
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07-10-2007, 12:34 PM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Welcome Sgt Petts. Glad to have you on board. You will have to put up with a couple of Aussies on here however we like to concentrate a bit more on those forgotten theatres like Burma. Forgotten branches like Coastal Command and Merchant Navy/Marine and those who were not in the forefront. Without these ground crews, mechanics, logistical support, everything would have ground to a halt. How did you find us? Look forward to your posts! Cheers Geoff
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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07-10-2007, 12:58 PM
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You're Top Poster: #4  | Watcha sarge! I am the local looney, you'll soon get used to me. 
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07-10-2007, 01:14 PM
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You're Top Poster: #16 | Hi and thank you all for your welcomes. I just spoke to my dad and got some info. My grandad Petts started with the TA (1934-1957) He was with the London Irish Rifles. Nigerian Regiment Indian Div British Army......... Dad mentioned 14th Army. He was with the 81st Div in India for jungle training (there is mention of him on a film leading his men into the jungle) Grandad spoke of a battle, in White City and Broadway where gliders came down, for a Chindit raid into enemy territory.30 men and a mule!!! Chindit 3rd Indian Div. Grandad swift. Was with the 1st Army, North Africa (Tunisia?) with the R.A Then onto Sicily, to main Italy southern end into Europe. Because he was almost 40 years old, he ended up driving the Officers and American Officers about with the R.A.S.C He never spoke much about the war, we don't even know what he did with his medals!!! sgt petts |
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07-10-2007, 01:27 PM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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