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Armed Forces Resources / Re: KOSB photos from India 1930's. Is your relation one of these?
« on: Wednesday 04 October 17 22:23 BST (UK) »
Hi Carolyn
Thank you for sharing the photo. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I've had computer trouble.
I've shared the photo with some family members and we are unsure if it is our uncle. I would love to say that it is and the dates tally. We've received some info from the ksob and Uncle tommy joined in 1928, he would have been 20 then. He served in India in a place called Puna or Poona something like that. He was Irish but had been living in Glasgow for a while before signing up. He left KSOB in 1936 and went to the reserves, signing up again in 1939 and getting to Dunkirk. He moved to the military police in 1944. It's entirely possible that he would've known your grandfather. Would be interesting to know if he took a similar path. He survived the war but ended up in Erskine hospital for veterans as a double amputee dying in 1981.
Anyway I'm sure I've gone on long enough her. Thanks again, Gillian
Thank you for sharing the photo. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I've had computer trouble.
I've shared the photo with some family members and we are unsure if it is our uncle. I would love to say that it is and the dates tally. We've received some info from the ksob and Uncle tommy joined in 1928, he would have been 20 then. He served in India in a place called Puna or Poona something like that. He was Irish but had been living in Glasgow for a while before signing up. He left KSOB in 1936 and went to the reserves, signing up again in 1939 and getting to Dunkirk. He moved to the military police in 1944. It's entirely possible that he would've known your grandfather. Would be interesting to know if he took a similar path. He survived the war but ended up in Erskine hospital for veterans as a double amputee dying in 1981.
Anyway I'm sure I've gone on long enough her. Thanks again, Gillian