*Gulp*..Just found out about my Grandfather

[UK_Widowmaker]

Just looking through some of my Dad's old stuff...came across the name of my Grandfather (Walter)...did a quick search...and found this.

 

I knew he fought for a Guernsey Battalion, and had been Killed in the Fighting...but never bothered to look until today!

 

http://www.greatwarci.net/honour/guernsey/database/falla-wj-cambrai.htm

Edited May 18, 2010 by UK_Widowmaker

[Morris]

WOW.

 

to the honour of ur grandfather.

 

M

[UK_Widowmaker]

What's even more interesting, is that my Father wasn't born until June 1918!!...So, either Walter had been on leave...or my Grandma had been a naughty Young Lady!!!!

[Morris]

very interesting indeed old chap.

 

[Von Paulus]

What's even more interesting, is that my Father wasn't born until June 1918!!...So, either Walter had been on leave...or my Grandma had been a naughty Young Lady!!!!

 

Well it's better to think he was on leave... Anyway it must have been hard times for your grandma. We tend sometimes not to think and forget about the home front, but there was a also lot of suffering over there.

Edited May 18, 2010 by Von Paulus

[UK_Widowmaker]

 

Well it's better to think he was on leave... Anyway it must have been hard times for your grandma. We tend sometimes not to think and forget about the home front, but there was a also lot of suffering over there.

 

Yes, they are the Forgotten Victims of War.

Regardless of the circumstances, it must have been awful for the Wives and Children...I cannot imagine leaving mine, and how they would react..or how I would.

It's just an awful situation for anyone to be in...and still is, for the Soldiers and their families today

Edited May 18, 2010 by UK_Widowmaker

[+Hasse Wind]

It's always fascinating when you discover something like this about your family. And it does bring the war, even though it's now a very distant, and for many people, practically a forgotten war, much closer when you know your family also lost somebody.

[rabu]

That's amazing, what a find!

[Rickitycrate]

Widow, nice to see he's not forgotten. 30 years old. Seems we always hear about the guys in the late teens and early twenties. You are definatly connected to the Great War.