Here are three pic's of my lovely grandad Sgt Petts. And one of his brother Ted.And another great uncle. All survived WW2. Anyone else got any rellie pic's to post? sgt petts
I love the second picture. SP, could you post small bios of your grandad, and great uncle? Spidge posted some great pictures of his father on this thread: http://ww2chat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295
Uncle Ted, great pic isn't it. He looks mad as a Hatter. I will ask dad on Wednesday to help with small bios. I will add grandad Swift here, even though we have no photo of him in uniform :noidea: And my great grandfathers nephew. And then the WW1 Chaps. I hope I don't get told off, as it's a WW2 forum.
The WW1 Chaps.......... I am affraid I don't know who these chaps are in the first photo, and which one I am related too. :noidea: great grandfather Andrew Munn R.e Cecil Henry Petts died at Gallipoli (great grandad Petts nephew) Great grandad Fredk Cecil petts (both pic's at the end) He survived the war, but was gassed, and damaged. My mum's grandfather James Cannon, was shot in the arm on The Somme, and had his left arm amputated. Her other grandad didn't get to fight in the great war as he lost his right arm in the print, he was a Compositor.
Here's another one of my Uncle George Frank Layne. From the mixture of uniforms I think it was taken at flight school, circa 1918. He is seated 2nd from left front row next to machine gunner.
I seem to have wandered off from ww2 in this thread, however in my uncles stuff is this picture which I thought worth sharing. The Vimy-Commercial first flew from Joyce Green airfield in Kent on 13 April 1919 with the military serial K107. It became G-EAAV on the civil register, The prototype G-EAAV entered the 1920 race to Cape Town and left Brooklands on 24 January 1920 but crashed at Tabora, Tanganyika on 27 February.
Great photos SP and DL, great pieces of history. DL, this'll sound really dumb but is the headshot a POW pic? Maybe even a repatriation pic? He looks pretty knackered in that pic compared to the others, if you don't mind me saying so. I seem to recall your Dad was a POW.
Andy I agree with you he does look knackered in the picture, particularly unkempt. I initially thought it was a P.O.W. picture but am not sure. The strange thing about it is that the numbers he has in front of him do not relate to his service numbers. Also on the rear of the picture there seems to be an R.A.F. logo embossed on it and "42" I had not thought about it being a repatriation photo. I have attached a copy of the back of the picture so you can see what I mean.
A coincidence that the number in front of him has a "42" in it? Any significance in September 5, 1942? So, official RAF photo. Perhaps part of a large sheet given the stamps on the back? No hat so purpose of photo is for identification. Dishevelled appearance. Photo came into your father's posession. The "42" is the sticker. Could this mean something other than a date?
In September '42 he was with 9 Conversion Flight at Waddington converting to Lancasters. I have pondered long and hard on this picture and nothing seems to add up.
