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
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.
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
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.