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What is your family's military history?
Remembrance Day approaches. At this time of year I tend to be reflective on the sacrifices that members of my family have made throughout the years to ensure our freedom. I'm going to list my family's military lineage and would very much like to read the lineage of others.
Maternal grandfather - British Army Boar War. Canadian Army World War 1. Rejoined Canadian Army in 1940 at age 57 - died of pneumonia in an unheated barracks in 1941. Paternal Grand-father Canadian Army World War 1. Wounded at the battle of Passchendaele.
Father - Canadian Army World War 2. Veteran of D-Day Juno Beach. Wounded in Action the Netherlands, 1944. Served in Korea, 1951. Went on to serve for 25 years.
Uncle (father's brother) Canadian Army World War 2. Killed in Action, Ortona, 1943.
Uncle Canadian Army (father's brother) World War 2 - Wounded in Action Sicily 1943.
Uncle (father's brother) Royal Canadian Air Force World War 2. Radioman/gunner on a Halifax Bomber - Shot down over Germany 1944 - spent remainder of war as a POW.
Uncle - (mother's brother) Royal Canadian Air Force - bomb aimer - shot down and killed over Stuttgart Germany July 1944.
Me. - 26 years Canadian Navy - never heard a shot fired in anger.
Youngest son - 11 years Canadian Navy (and counting) Has completed one deployment to Persian Gulf another to the coast of Lybia and is preparing for second deployment to the Gulf after the new year.
5 Answers
- ?Lv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
My father's younger brother was an officer aboard a German U-Boat and survived the war..
My older brother Bill was a crewman aboard a US Navy PB-Y Catalina flying boat engaged in anti submarine warfare.
Fortunately they never met.
- capitalgentlemanLv 79 years ago
Me: 25 Years Canadian Forces RegForce, and 10 years as a Reservist. Currently a Canadian Ranger. Did 5 tours to CFS Alert.
Dad: RAF, Kenya Police, and Canadian Forces (Cadet Instructor List).
Mon: RAF
My parents met while both were serving.
Grandfather: British Army
Grandmother: also British Army (I think).
All great-uncles served in either the British Army, or the Canadian Army.
Before that, many in the Militia in England.
My family was either military, or (Anglican) priests - and often both, going back many generations. I just followed the family trade. My daughter did a stint in Cadets, but, looks like she will be breaking the chain. <sigh>
- wichitaor1Lv 79 years ago
My father was a paratrooper in the 13th Airborne Division during the Second World War. Two uncles on my father's side also served in the Army during the war. His brother-in-law was a SeaBee in the Pacific. Two great uncles on my mother's side were killed in Europe, one at Omaha Beach and the other in the Hurtgen Forest.
I served 23 years in the United States Navy, active and reserve, including two deployments to the Middle East.
Source(s): MM1 USNR (RET) - BaldrickLv 79 years ago
Grandfather was a Sea Bee in WWII
Dad and his brother were both AF in Korea
I was a Sea Bee for 9 years
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- 9 years ago
My Uncle working in Army, He is Good in there, Work for his Contry
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