Ive been researching Granddad since I was 12ish I'm now age 57, I have a letter addressed to him thats dated 1920, the address is to the Barracks S of G Shoeburyness, hed been in the army RGA before 1913 and was demobbed 1921, a very interesting find and now able to add more to his history of time at Shoeburyness. cheers fella keep up the work 👍
My Grandfather was killed test firing a gun in Torquay, home guard. WW2. They needed training to fire these things. Now its all drones, automatic guns, and all. In the old days it was a bloody great bang and a lot of recoil and bits moving fast that could chop your arm off, then get a new shell and do it again. "Practice". But that throws nasty things down range.
Any chance of pausing a bit longer on the photos in future? They were barely on screen enough to see anything? Walked past this many times so it was interesting to watch.
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Very interesting
Ive been researching Granddad since I was 12ish I'm now age 57, I have a letter addressed to him thats dated 1920, the address is to the Barracks S of G Shoeburyness, hed been in the army RGA before 1913 and was demobbed 1921, a very interesting find and now able to add more to his history of time at Shoeburyness. cheers fella keep up the work 👍
Looks like I need to get myself down to Shoeburyness!
My Grandfather was killed test firing a gun in Torquay, home guard. WW2. They needed training to fire these things. Now its all drones, automatic guns, and all. In the old days it was a bloody great bang and a lot of recoil and bits moving fast that could chop your arm off, then get a new shell and do it again. "Practice". But that throws nasty things down range.
Any chance of pausing a bit longer on the photos in future? They were barely on screen enough to see anything? Walked past this many times so it was interesting to watch.
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