micky 3,325 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 22nd of January 1879 11 were won at Rorke's Drift . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Done some business around Gallipoli,.....strangely, quiet, spooky old place..and those fecking hills that the boys had to climb, only to face the Turkish machine guns. Bad place to disembark,..a complete disaster,...total feck up by our leaders... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 15,795 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, maxhardcore said: Last week they had a service at easington Co Durham to remember a young local lad of 19 from the village who Won a VC Donnini was his name ' of Italian decent . Them immigrants eh. God Bless Them All Respect weather you were awarded a medal or not. My Great Grandad died aged 41 at the Battle Of Gully Ravine ' Gallipoli fighting for The Royal Irish Dublin Fusiliers on the 29th June 1915. Them and the Munsters had to amalgamate as they were both decimated . Think it was 11 out of 3-4k that lived. They took 12 thousand Turks with them. Obviously fought like Lions. He has no grave as most don't there. He lies where he fell. There is a Memorial aptly named Helles. I will go one day hopefully with my Dad and his brother and my bairn ect. They sailed out of Torquey in the Feb on the Clyde. Landed April with Turks and Germans well dug in. It was as bad as Saving Private Ryan trying to get off Ship and onto the beach . Its all there online ' but because the campaign was a disaster ' down to Churchill I might add its Hardly spoke of and them lads never got the recognition they deserved . My GG grandfather left 5 kids and a wife' Fooking hard times and does anyone know if them lads were recognised and awarded campaigner medals ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinkell 787 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 The film Gallipoli with Mel Gibson well worth a watch one of my favourite films 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Casso 1,261 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-murray-vc/4587698927 His daughter lily was my granny he went on to work in the fire service in Dublin , Edited January 22, 2020 by Casso 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Casso said: http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-murray-vc/4587698927 His daughter Lily was my granny Makes you proud when you look at what our forefathers did 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mango 342 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 A rorke’s drift vc winner is buried about a mile down the road from me,won it as private John Williams but his actual name was John Fielding, he was defending the hospital with James Hook. Came home and went back to work in the nut and bolt factory,a quiet and modest man by all accounts 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Night Walker 591 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, mango said: A rorke’s drift vc winner is buried about a mile down the road from me,won it as private John Williams but his actual name was John Fielding, he was defending the hospital with James Hook. Came home and went back to work in the nut and bolt factory,a quiet and modest man by all accounts Wetherspoons is named after him I believe mate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mango 342 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Night Walker said: Wetherspoons is named after him I believe mate? Yes it is mate and the nursing home opposite the church where he is buried. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elchapo 3,166 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Back when men were men , any man willing to die for his loved ones and country deserves respect and gratitude 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 My g.grandfather was a pow in ww1, held captive by the Turks. He was a surgeon, he helped many escape, and when his time came to escape, he decided to stay behind and tend to the sick and wounded. He made a Ouija board, convinced the guards that he could talk to the dead, they were afraid of him in the end, so they left him and others alone. He was a real character iv been told. Atb j 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 8 hours ago, maxhardcore said: He rolled the dice there Mara they might of just shot him but FairPlay they real superstitious over the Far East . He wasn't alone in the act, they all took part in it, holding a seance and what ever else they could do to plan their escape Atb j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,883 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, jetro said: My g.grandfather was a pow in ww1, held captive by the Turks. He was a surgeon, he helped many escape, and when his time came to escape, he decided to stay behind and tend to the sick and wounded. He made a Ouija board, convinced the guards that he could talk to the dead, they were afraid of him in the end, so they left him and others alone. He was a real character iv been told. Atb j Aye they were real men back then and the medics overall had an air about them that they weren't there for the war, they were there for their boys! My grandad was the same, he went back to his lads after they offered him an honorable discharge for his wounds. Would we be so selfless nowadays? Edited January 23, 2020 by mushroom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Just now, mushroom said: Aye they were real men back then and the medics overall had an air about them that they weren't there for the war, they were their for their boys! My grandad was the same, he went back to his lads after they offered him an honorable discharge for his wounds. Would we be so selfless I wouldn't want to be depending on some of the today's younger generation to defend us. There was a book written about this, and dedicated to my g.grandfather. I think he had some thing to in ww2 as well, I will have to check that out. No in active duty, more of a teaching role.. It would have been an honour to be able to sit with these men today and chat with them for a few hours. Atb j 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,711 Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, jetro said: I wouldn't want to be depending on some of the today's younger generation to defend us. There was a book written about this, and dedicated to my g.grandfather. I think he had some thing to in ww2 as well, I will have to check that out. No in active duty, more of a teaching role.. It would have been an honour to be able to sit with these men today and chat with them for a few hours. Atb j In Ireland some people would vilify you for honouring those blokes mate, retarded as f**k if you ask me. I fell out with a bloke Poppy Day because he was chatting some shit about the Brits and shove ya poppy up your arse an all that.....now, I’m not a particular Poppy Day fanatic but I ain’t having all that bollocks uttered within earshot of me. We were still the best nation in the world when we was still united and them blokes had honour and courage beyond most you see today. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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