Laurence Strong

Sweet Ralph. I use the edge of napkins for my Zimmerit. Larry

Hello The correct term in English would be "shell casings". That is an interesting stroy, and from what I have read it was a common occurance in an effort to avoid casualties for the Allies. No white flags or any sign of resistance, and they would fire artillery. What are "Kleinkaliber rifles"? Larry

In your dreams. Brawhahaha Larry

My pleasure Larry

Hello Jeff According to this site,88.017 awarded and 5.484 with red cross http://www.oocities.org/finnmilpge/fmp_medals.html Larry

Very nice Larry

You beat me to it. Right on. @turtle As you surmised he was not in the '38 list. It is going to take 30 -60 days according to NARA for me to get the disc on the other lists. will let you know what I find. What is d.L.? Larry

Hello turtle I now have the 1938 list and I am looking, it's not in alphabetical order so it is taking some time. On a different note....when it rains,it pours. I just ordered the 43 - 45 lists from NARA Larry

S Bty RHA was stationed in India on the outbreak of war, and was sent to Mesopotamia in Feb 1915 where it spent the rest of the war. The War Diary is available at the National Archives at Kew in this file: WO 95/5087 "S" Battery Royal Horse Artillery 1915 Feb. - 1916 Dec. Larry

Thanks Robin. Some information I will have to keep in mind. Larry

Sweet example Larry

Hello Jeff Apparantly you are correct. IIRC he has the 1938 list. PM sent Larry Hello turtle I have to appologize, I have not looked yet. Work was a case of working and sleeping, got home last night and am off on a job tonight. I hope to have the next couple days off and will make it a priority. I also have recieved the 1938 list and will look in it.

I would not have known it was genuine, probably would have passed on it Larry

Yes it has been posted eleswhere, however truely nice to see it again. It is a set most of us could only dream of owning, let alone have it given to us............ Larry

In my view the Maxim machine gun would have to be right up near the top. It or one of its derivatives saw service with almost every army in the world, and had a service life from approximately 1885 to the Korean War! Larry

I would have to say planing. Dad got posted to Portugal, he worked for the Embassy. Larry

Very nice Larry

I left Accra a week before the revolution. Larry

I loaded the list on a USB stick, I will look when I get some down time. Only issue is I might not have Internet till I come home. I won't know till I get to camp tomorrow.

If I am not mistaken Rick has a copy already. Larry

Interesting, I was not aware they had got that far north. Was this JEB Stuart? Larry

Hello I will be getting ahold of Nick in 2 or 3 weeks as I am headed up to northern BC for a coup[le weeks working. What was your great granduncles name etc? Larry

The former Yugoslavia comes to mind........ Larry

That's a nice representative example Ralph The commanders at the Somme as well, would be my guess. Larry

Hello haratio My Mom and Dad christened my Laurence -spelt with a "u" instead of a "w" as Mom was Belgian and the French version is Laurent. My friends call me larry. You can call me anything you want'cept late for dinner Cats will let you know when you are not paying enough attention to them ha ha. Those would make superb RC ships I don't know enough about the navy to really comment on the ships. I do think, that for all the steel, Reich Marks etc that went into the German captial ships, they did not seem to get much in the way of return. Might have been better off using the resouces for U-Boats and panzers...... Larry