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Discussion in '☆☆ New Recruits ☆☆' started by fusilier azza, Sep 23, 2010.

  1. fusilier azza

    fusilier azza Member

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    hello eveyone,
    my names andrew and im 39 and from manchester england.
    i served in the british army (infantry) in the nineties.
    i grew up listening to stories about ww2 and have always took an interest.
    my grandfather served in normandy,holland and germany (infantry) and my great uncle was a royal marine onboard the hood when it went down.
    hobbies are authentic online military games and reading books books and more books on the second world war.
    this looks like a great site and i look forward to using it.

    andy
     
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    Hello Andy! Nice to meet you and welcome here!

    We love to hear stories, so feel free to tell us some.

    I myself am interested in Battlecruiser Hood (I especially love to paint it), so I for one would love to hear about your great uncle.
     
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    hi darren
    cant really tell you much about my great uncle other than he was a royal marine called arthur james capstick,there are pictures of him on he hood website i contacted them as i dont know the people who posted the pics but they never got back to me,apparently he won a bodybuilding championship at manchester university before enlisting.

    andy
     
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    Thanks Andy, keep me posted if you find out anything in the future. That is a good website. They posted a painting I did of the Hood in their image gallery a few months ago.
     
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