100 years

poolymadandstupid · **Posted:** Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:05 am

The start of a lost generation.

Never forget. RIP

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

My granddad, a pitman from Quarrington Hill in County Durham, got through four years of World War One (Gallipoli then 1916-1918 on the Western Front) and won a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was one of the very lucky ones - never seriously wounded and died at the ripe old age of 84.

RIP grandda and all his comrades.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22687

The DCM demands respect. For those who don't know its regarded as a very near miss for a VC.

RIP Sir.

Spender · **Posted:** Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:55 pm

I might not exist if it wasn't for WW1.

My Granda was an Irishman who volunteered for the British Army and got gassed in Europe.He was evacuated and sent for recuperation to a hospice in Barnard Castle. His nurse was my Nana and after he was fit enough again, he got released and they got married and had a son, me Dad.

Sadly he didn't last very long and me Nana remarried and they had a daughter.

Our kid has done the family tree, it's very interesting reading.

So if I piss anybody off, blame Archduke Ferdinand for not ducking.

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Just found out via Facebook that THE Cooper's Grandfather won the MC .. That May account for his leadership skills

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:29 am

Strange isn't it that knowingly sending millions of peple to their deaths just to honour a shitty alliance doesn't even warrant mild criticism of the leaders in the history books. (Notice I didn't specify any particular country or countries there.)
Nowt to do with heroes I know; but honestly, could you live with yourself after being an instrumental part of that?

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

Montpoolier wrote:

Strange isn't it that knowingly sending millions of peple to their deaths just to honour a shitty alliance doesn't even warrant mild criticism of the leaders in the history books. (Notice I didn't specify any particular country or countries there.)
Nowt to do with heroes I know; but honestly, could you live with yourself after being an instrumental part of that?

This.....EXACTLY.

It was a terrible war. Millions sent to certain death, and then shot as deserters if they refused to march to certain death.

There are many people in the hierachy that should be sentenced, even after death, because of this fuck awful period of our history.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:46 am

Chip, I had a similar thing with my grandad. I didn't know much about his time in the war till I was talking to one of his mates at his funeral. I knew he'd fought in Burma in a regiment called the Chindits, and that was about it as he hated talking about war. It turns out he was parachuted in behind the Japanese lines and survived in the jungle for three months. He got taken prisoner by the Japanese, and lost so much weight none of his mates recognised him.

Luckily he was a survivor, but plenty of others didn't make it. And when he got back to Britain after the war was over, he and the rest of the millions conscripted to fight found there was fuck all for them. It's funny how history reflects really well on Churchill as he was a very unpopular man after the war.

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