thetramfixer Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 does anyone remember the old fella who was the medic?? well as much as he played a character who was as much a wet blanket as one could be, it seems in real life the man was the complete opposite... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/246...ar-heroics.html it's a bit of a read, but absolutely astonishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It's a poor state of affairs when you are glad to have diverted a bayonet into your groin. There are so many stories lost from back then. My grandad got the same medal as he did but I have no idea what he did for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetramfixer Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 It's a poor state of affairs when you are glad to have diverted a bayonet into your groin. There are so many stories lost from back then. My grandad got the same medal as he did but I have no idea what he did for it. i'm reading the 'last tommy' book at the mo... some of things in it make you really sit up and think... how they ever survived is beyond me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboafc Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) classic dad's army with godfrey worth listening to the joke Edited July 27, 2008 by boboafc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Becketts Anchor Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It's a poor state of affairs when you are glad to have diverted a bayonet into your groin. There are so many stories lost from back then. My grandad got the same medal as he did but I have no idea what he did for it. Close... Great grandad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Close... Great grandad. Oh yes. I did know that, a mere typo. I actually learnt at the funeral last month that our grandad only shot one German in the war, and that was only in the leg because he wouldn't come out from behind the tree where he was hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Becketts Anchor Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Oh yes. I did know that, a mere typo. I actually learnt at the funeral last month that our grandad only shot one German in the war, and that was only in the leg because he wouldn't come out from behind the tree where he was hiding. Who told you that?! As well as the MM, there's a Distinguished Conduct Medal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal Both earned in France in 1915. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Who told you that?! As well as the MM, there's a Distinguished Conduct Medal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal Both earned in France in 1915. That I didn't know. The DCM is quite exclusive I think, they started dishing MM's out quite liberally later in WW1. It was the Diplomatic chap that recounted the memoirs, our grandad wasn't actually traumatised by the war at all, for him it was like a lifer being paroled for 5 years, and with hard currency and a motorbike it turns out that Italy wasn't the worst place in the world to have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 It's a poor state of affairs when you are glad to have diverted a bayonet into your groin. There are so many stories lost from back then. My grandad got the same medal as he did but I have no idea what he did for it. OBE for services to theatre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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