"Misfire, Unload!"

vincent1989 · 4 Dec 2007 at 16:50

R124/LA420 said:
No, rather not say as she's still around & its not for me to put her name on 't web tbh. - E-mail in trust if you want me to give you her name that way?

nah no worries, if it's not he name i suggested then thats one thing gone

R124/LA420 said:
His first name was Ernest (Ern to friends & family)

should help the search a bit, but things in relation to the 374 battery are a bit flat on the ground

R124/LA420 said:
To my knowledge, he didn't fight in WWI (would have been too young)

again, another help

SIMS Ernest 24th January 2003. - mean anything to you?

Scania · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:03

bringerofdecay said:
nah no worries, if it's not he name i suggested then thats one thing gone

should help the search a bit, but things in relation to the 374 battery are a bit flat on the ground

again, another help

Good stuff, again, thanks for the help.

Since I posted yesterday, my interest got the better of me, as you say, there appears to be precious little on the 374 Battery out there in Google land.

vincent1989 · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:14

found the name of a guy who transfered into the 374 battery, but i can'y for the life of me find anything else

Scania · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:16

bringerofdecay said:
found the name of a guy who transfered into the 374 battery, but i can'y for the life of me find anything else

I've been Googling all day mate & drawn a blank thus far, so I'm not surprised tbh.

Shame I thought you'd possibly have better luck than I have.

Oh well.

>> Sorry about the thread hijack, I suppose its closely related though! <<

vincent1989 · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:19

R124/LA420 said:
I've been Googling all day mate & drawn a blank thus far, so I'm not surprised tbh.

Shame I thought you'd possibly have better luck than I have.

Oh well.

>> Sorry about the thread hijack, I suppose its closely related though! <<

would have thought there would have been a good record of those who fought in WWII, the americans have an excellent one, but we don't :rolleyes:

do you know if he went by a false name?

Booner! · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:26

Thorpy said:
yea

What I meant was, why were there cameras there and why were they taking photos at that precise moment? seems too much of a coincidence. Unless it was off a filming video?

Strange - that is all. No need for the roll eyes :rolleyes:

Scania · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:28

bringerofdecay said:
would have thought there would have been a good record of those who fought in WWII, the americans have an excellent one, but we don't

do you know if he went by a false name?

If he did, its news to my family! :eek:

I agree, our forefathers fought & died for us yet try to find any record of their blood sweat & tears, it makes me ashamed to be British.

vincent1989 · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:34

R124/LA420 said:
If he did, its news to my family!

I agree, our forefathers fought & died for us yet try to find any record of their blood sweat & tears, it makes me ashamed to be British.

although my grandad didn't fight in WWII, fortunatly he's kept a record of his sevice in 2 published books

so i have plenty of history of his when he pops his clogs.

and i agree with you, considering we had far less people to keep track of we did it awefully

Dunks · 4 Dec 2007 at 17:47

Dj_Jestar said:
Looks like it wasn't even the mortar that went up..

Indeed, look like something explodes/lands at the sandbag behind him.

Lashout_UK · 4 Dec 2007 at 18:32

Glad they're OK!

Reminded me of a scene from a film I watched recently, so uploaded a small snippet for you to get the gist:

Gets a little bit of the tension across!