Great War truck Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 By a remarkable stroke of luck, a family friend purchased two photograph albums at auction which were full of photos taken by or actually of my Grandfather during his WW1 military service. The first photo that i came across was this one: So, i guess he was interested too. A pity i never talked to him about his military service. He joined the Devonshire Yeomanry as a private, undertook Officer training, joined the Cheshires. Served at Passchendale. Was gassed. Sent back to UK to recover. Back to the Western Front where he was involved in bringing troops up to the front. Here are some more photos, in no particular order. I hope that you find them interesting. Any comments gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 what an amazing find Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Unbelievable, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bystander Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thanks what interesting photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charawacky Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Priceless, an wonderful insight into your Grandfather's life. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Wow that is real time travel Tim. You guys must be over the moon? That is a great picture of the tank over the railway tracks. Bet the tank museum would love to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) Bet the tank museum would love to see them. Stunning pictures and remarkable that they feature your grandfather. I agree with Jack that museums (especially the tank meusum and the IWM) would be interested to see these. Relatively informal pictures from the Great War seem to be quite rare. Edited October 27, 2009 by Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Tim and Steve's Grandfather always warned everybody of the perils and dangers of Drink and Tobacco. We are most amused to see that he has a cigarette in his hand in the photo of him over the Lewis Gun! Be sure your sins will find you out-in this case nearly 100 years later! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Tim, your a lucky bugger, What a great shot of the Albion A10 of 1917. Why 1917? because it has the Albion name in script on the actual cooling fins. In 1916 that name script was not available. regards Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Tim and Steve's Grandfather always warned everybody of the perils and dangers of Drink and Tobacco. We are most amused to see that he has a cigarette in his hand in the photo of him over the Lewis Gun! Be sure your sins will find you out-in this case nearly 100 years later! Tony Thats interesting. I had not noticed that until you pointed it out. He would be mortified to think we had seen a picture of him smoking. Now, i will have to go through the albums looking for him with a drink in hand or maybe even a woman! The wrecked aeroplane is probably a Zepellin Straken (thank you Centurion). A four or five engined bomber. I have been looking for a picture of one, but so far without success. Looking again at the photos, i have just realised how interesting they are. What truly amazing things he must have seen. Poor old chap. I wish i had spoken to him more. Here are some more photos. They are mostly of him and his mates larking around. I think this was his billet in Cologne: Even though the war had ended, germany still had its dangers. One of his friends in the army of occupation disappeared one night. Murdered by the locals and the body dumped somewhere. Sad to go through all that horror, only to get stabbed in the back in a dark alley. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Material like this is far to good. We need a new board -Your Family at War - what do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The three aircraft are Airco DH9 day bombers, fitted with a Puma engine. Got some good photos of the one at Duxford earlier today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Material like this is far to good. We need a new board -Your Family at War - what do you think? Now that's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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