LizzieM 9,507 Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 My maternal Grandfather Ernest Owen Croft, Gunner in Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He survived the atrocities of the battlefield but passed away in 1954 when I was only 4 years old. 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 A hundred years later..this man still has not been awarded medals due to him..or his family.Walter Tull..one of the first black football players ( Spurs.) Did his patrioric chore..returned to the front after suffering shellshock twice..perished in 1918 and was awarded the MC...which to this day has not been issued. Shameful, and that goes for the other nations that fought and did not qualify for war pensions etc.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Archie Saunt 1890-1915 great uncle John Samuel Ward 1895-1918 great uncle Thomas William Sparrow 1881-1917 great uncle Never known but never forgotten. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Referring to my post about my Grandfather, I didn’t realise til today that his name and other information was engraved around the edge of his war medals. Having always thought he was in the Sherwood Foresters and feel sure I’ve seen him mentioned in the regiment information at Nottingham Castle, but on the edge of the medals is ‘ 75184 GNR . E. O. CROFT. R.A.’ Indicating that he was in the Royal Artillery. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yes Lizzie, WW1 medals had the individual recipients details engraved. The Sherwood Foresters were an infantry regiment, his rank as Gunner is obviously Royal Artillery. Perhaps he may have started in the Foresters and was later transferred to the RA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Possibly TBI. I’m just thankful he came home and was still around long enough for me to remember him. Being his only grandchild he made a real fuss of me, he was an accomplished artist and he sat me on his knee at the kitchen table down the Meadows teaching me to draw. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 When the War Memorial was first built on the Embankment, it included a set of steps and stonework on the other side of the road, on the river bank, but at some later time, those steps were removed. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yes CT, the steps were removed late forties/early fifties as part of the Council's flood plan. However, I can't see that it would have made any difference to flooding. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Ernest O Croft served with Royal Garrison Artillery, Regimental no 75184 and Royal Engineers, Reg no 252987, according to his medal records. His service records have actually survived (so many didn't) and there's no mention of Sherwood Foresters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thanks very much Ann, I appreciate you checking that out for me. Maybe it was my other Grandfather who was in the Sherwood Foresters, Donald Moss. But I have no other information on him. Even the photo I have of him in uniform doesn’t give much away. He was in the timber trade before and after WW1 so maybe he was involved with something similar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,284 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Here is my "Australian" view of the Armistice Day proceedings Yesterday I watched parts of the Remembrance Day services in Australia, Europe and the UK and I have made the following observations. Having fought the Germans in WW1 with horrific loss of life the Australian Prime Minister turned up at the national remembrance service in Canberra in a BMW ……..How ironic! President Trump could not attend a joint US and French service because it was raining ………….poor diddums! Jeremy Corbyn wearing a hooded anorak …… disrespect It makes me angry to see politicians in all countries and of all persuasions laying wreaths in remembrance of those that they sent to war and continue to do so ……..Hypocrites.... even more so when they don't adequately care for them when they return damaged from their experiences It annoys me that we play that dirge , our national anthem with the line “Girt By Sea” at memorial services in France to our first world war diggers. They would have never heard it, for crying out loud it should have been Waltzing Matilda, a tune they knew. Lest We Forget 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 I didn't see him but have heard others comment on Corbyns choice of attire and they agree with you Ozt, my other half being quite incensed. Some said that at least he turned up but there were those that said it was hypocritical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 I heard something on the radio that Nottm Forest were playing Stoke City on Saturday. All the players wore poppies apart from one Stoke player, he had received death threats for this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,126 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 He's a scruffy bugger that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Don't think he'd look any better in a Savile Row suit. Some people look innately scruffy no matter what they wear. Others can look glamorous in a Hessian sack. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,126 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Perhaps if he had a shave. That scruffy beard is neither on damn thing or another. Maybe he’s a really nice guy under that gloomy exterior - we may soon find out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 Quote President Trump could not attend a joint US and French service because it was raining ………….poor diddums! Have you seen what happens to candy floss (cotton candy) when it gets wet? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 I like Corbyn - and I don't care what he looks like, so there!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,126 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 What's not to like about him? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 He will lead us into the wilderness with his endless borrowing, and our standard of living will nosedive dramatically ! He might want to save the world, but he's not doing it at my expense ! 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,413 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 10 hours ago, philmayfield said: What's not to like about him? Supporter of the IRA, refers to Hamas and Hezbollah as 'our friends' probable anti-Semitic, yeah quite right, what's not to like about him... 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Although I dont usually get involved in political/religious discussions (they can get quite heated), I do think Corbyn and his cronies are quite dangerous. I agree with Fly and dread the thought of him being in power. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 I bet his IRA sympathies go down well in Warrington, even 25 or so years after the bombing atrocities. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,126 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 He wants a united Ireland. Can’t see that going down too well over there! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidA 153 Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 For decades Corbyn was a backbencher. He had no influence and his idiotic views didn't really matter. Now there is a very real chance he could be PM. God help us if that happens. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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