11-01-14, 11:11 PM
My great uncles were quite distinguished! My grandfather (paternal) missed the 2nd world war completely as he was off in the Sudan on colonial duties! However, two of his brothers fought in the 1st world war - and he narrowly escaped himself - long story, but it involves an incompetent doctor. Leonard died in the Somme, whilst Geoffrey survived, and got an MC, a DSO, and was mentionned twice in dispatches!
He got the DSO when he came across one of his men, unconcious, drowning in a pool of mud. Geoffrey lay down, and supported the man's head above the mud for 40hrs, shells and bullets flying overhead, until a medical team could come and save them both. The man survived.
He got the DSO when he came across one of his men, unconcious, drowning in a pool of mud. Geoffrey lay down, and supported the man's head above the mud for 40hrs, shells and bullets flying overhead, until a medical team could come and save them both. The man survived.
The Deef's apprentice