Remembering Family Veterans

Frank Tilden Fuller, Killed on the first day of the Somme

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My grandad drove one of the Higgins boats for beach landings, my other grandad helped design planes in WW2, there's a bit about him in several history books surrounding Duxford Imperial War Museum :) I didn't find any of this out until he passed away two months ago and we contacted the RAF. Apparently he had quite a hand in designing parts for a lot of the planes that bombed Germany.

Starlight said

My grandad drove one of the Higgins boats for beach landings, my other grandad helped design planes in WW2, there's a bit about him in several history books surrounding Duxford Imperial War Museum :) I didn't find any of this out until he passed away two months ago and we contacted the RAF. Apparently he had quite a hand in designing parts for a lot of the planes that bombed Germany.

Have you got a photo?

My dad front centre in El Adem (Libya) he didn't fight in any wars but served in the RAF for 14 years this is him and work mates in 1960, he was ground crew working on Canberras for Swifter flight they were doing tests on the effects of supersonic flight on pilots, at the age of 18 he recieved an award from the Royal Humane Society for trying to save the life of a drownng man. Sadly died in 2008 of MND.

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This is my dad, he was responsible for RAF logistics during the Falklands War, he passed away shortly after the war

This is my Grandad John Nicoll Powrie with his medals from his WW1 service .he enlisted on 7-6-1916 at Dundee and was posted to the Royal Engineers before moving to the Royal Fusiliers and finnaly the Lancashire fusiliers .being only 5'2" he served as a batman to two officers whilst protecting one of them he was injured below the elbow leading to discharge as no longer fit for war service .he went on to work at the Woolwich Arsenal becoming a shop steward and local alderman before becoming Mayor of Erith in 1950 .he unsuccessfully stood for the Labour party in the general elections of 1952&1957 .my Grandad passed in 1977 i was honoured to have known him and thank him and his generation for his service

My dad was too young for WW2, but served with the Royal Signals during the Malayan emergency in the early 50's.

The two pictures are taken when he was a Territorial with the Inns of Court regiment. The first shows his reaction to his Dingo armoured car after it lost a wheel. As I remember it he commented that someone had lost a wheel as it overtook him, before the vehicle dropped onto it's hub.

The second shows him with his fellow "terrier" Sam, who worked on Film Photoplay magazine, which gave Dad a foot in the door to meeting many stars of the day, including Joan Collins.

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Some lovely nostalgic images. Keep them coming.

B17fan said

My dad was too young for WW2, but served with the Royal Signals during the Malayan emergency in the early 50's.

The two pictures are taken when he was a Territorial with the Inns of Court regiment. The first shows his reaction to his Dingo armoured car after it lost a wheel. As I remember it he commented that someone had lost a wheel as it overtook him, before the vehicle dropped onto it's hub.

The second shows him with his fellow "terrier" Sam, who worked on Film Photoplay magazine, which gave Dad a foot in the door to meeting many stars of the day, including Joan Collins.

 

 

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My dad had to go to Malaya in '56 to work on a Canberra, he always said he got his medal for being first in the NAAFI queue

GH Photography said

My dad had to go to Malaya in '56 to work on a Canberra, he always said he got his medal for being first in the NAAFI queue

And of course you believed him. ;)

he always played down what he did, I didn't know about his Royal Humane Society award till a fewyears before his death

GH Photography said

B17fan said

My dad was too young for WW2, but served with the Royal Signals during the Malayan emergency in the early 50's.

The two pictures are taken when he was a Territorial with the Inns of Court regiment. The first shows his reaction to his Dingo armoured car after it lost a wheel. As I remember it he commented that someone had lost a wheel as it overtook him, before the vehicle dropped onto it's hub.

The second shows him with his fellow "terrier" Sam, who worked on Film Photoplay magazine, which gave Dad a foot in the door to meeting many stars of the day, including Joan Collins.

 

 

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My dad had to go to Malaya in '56 to work on a Canberra, he always said he got his medal for being first in the NAAFI queue

usualy the standard response from those who saw  action no bragging no shooting a line just a calm humorous one liner  and move on .had  a Polish gentleman on my paper round lovely talkative old guy wasnt untill i spotted him at the local remembrance parade with other RAF members resplendent in his medals  that things clicked eventualy he told me he flew in 303 squadron from the battle of Britain untill his spitfire was brought down by groundfire post D-Day over France was very reticent to actualy talk about his war but always talked about his squadron members s heros