Picky SOB arent you?...but from the nik name i figure you know yer schitte
Here the centre rifle after refurb by Tiriaq...THANKS!!
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Picky SOB arent you?...but from the nik name i figure you know yer schitte
Here the centre rifle after refurb by Tiriaq...THANKS!!
Here is a gentleman who was there!
UK Survivor of WWI Trenches Given French honor.
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
March 9 2009.
LONDON – The last British survivor of World War I's grinding trench warfare was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor on Monday.
French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne awarded 110-year-old Harry Patch the medal at a ceremony in Patch's nursing home in Wells, 120 miles (190 kilometers) west of London, Britain's Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Patch, who served as a machine-gunner in the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, told Gourdault-Montagne he was proud of the honor.
"Ambassador, I greatly appreciate the way your people respect the memory of those who fell, irrespective of the uniform they wore," he said in a raspy, deliberate voice. "I will wear this medal with great pride and when I eventually rejoin my mates it will be displayed in my regimental museum as a permanent reminder of the kindness of the people of France."
Patch is one of only two surviving British veterans of World War I, according to the Ministry of Defense. The second, 112-year-old Henry Allingham, served as an airman.
Patch had already been made a Knight of the French Legion in 1998, along with more than 300 other veterans of the conflict, in which more than 8 million soldiers perished.
An officer of the French Legion of Honor is a higher rank.
Patch was called up for service in the British army in 1916 when he was working as an apprentice plumber. Thrown into the Allied offensive to take the village of Passchendaele, near the Belgian town of Ypres, he was badly wounded and three of his best friends were killed by shrapnel.
Patch was due to return to France when the war ended in 1918. He went home, returned to work as a plumber, and raised a family. He didn't start talking about his war experiences until the 21st century.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_old_veteran;_ylt=Ai_Wty1ucmmSWpAxcDnVBkbXn414
UK Survivor of WWI Trenches Given French honor.
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
March 9 2009.
LONDON – The last British survivor of World War I's grinding trench warfare was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor on Monday.
French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne awarded 110-year-old Harry Patch the medal at a ceremony in Patch's nursing home in Wells, 120 miles (190 kilometers) west of London, Britain's Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Patch, who served as a machine-gunner in the 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, told Gourdault-Montagne he was proud of the honor.
"Ambassador, I greatly appreciate the way your people respect the memory of those who fell, irrespective of the uniform they wore," he said in a raspy, deliberate voice. "I will wear this medal with great pride and when I eventually rejoin my mates it will be displayed in my regimental museum as a permanent reminder of the kindness of the people of France."
Patch is one of only two surviving British veterans of World War I, according to the Ministry of Defense. The second, 112-year-old Henry Allingham, served as an airman.
Patch had already been made a Knight of the French Legion in 1998, along with more than 300 other veterans of the conflict, in which more than 8 million soldiers perished.
An officer of the French Legion of Honor is a higher rank.
Patch was called up for service in the British army in 1916 when he was working as an apprentice plumber. Thrown into the Allied offensive to take the village of Passchendaele, near the Belgian town of Ypres, he was badly wounded and three of his best friends were killed by shrapnel.
Patch was due to return to France when the war ended in 1918. He went home, returned to work as a plumber, and raised a family. He didn't start talking about his war experiences until the 21st century.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_old_veteran;_ylt=Ai_Wty1ucmmSWpAxcDnVBkbXn414
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Fantastic story. What a survivor. I truly mourn the passing of these last vererans of the Great war and the diminishing ranks of WWII vets. My own dear father, Capt. Frank Robert McGuire passed away Feb. 24th. A true combat veteran of the Italian campaign, wounded three times. These were such great men.
Geoff McGuire
Fantastic story. What a survivor. I truly mourn the passing of these last vererans of the Great war and the diminishing ranks of WWII vets. My own dear father, Capt. Frank Robert McGuire passed away Feb. 24th. A true combat veteran of the Italian campaign, wounded three times. These were such great men.
Geoff McGuire
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Here you go cantom. And you are right, I stripped her down a while back to give her a good detailed cleaning and must have put the sight hood on backwards
I shall change it post haste!
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Outstanding thread. Some of those rifles are just immaculate!
One lonely Ross...
Compared to others here, I am a poor cousin, but since this thread got refreshed, I'm happy to add my bit to the Ross #### thread (pics previously posted elsewhere here on the board).
1905 Mk II 5*
1910 production, and marked to the Victoria Rifles
Now I need a Mk III...so if anyone has one too many taking up space (as if...) let me know.
Compared to others here, I am a poor cousin, but since this thread got refreshed, I'm happy to add my bit to the Ross #### thread (pics previously posted elsewhere here on the board).
1905 Mk II 5*
1910 production, and marked to the Victoria Rifles
Now I need a Mk III...so if anyone has one too many taking up space (as if...) let me know.
Very nice Bill!
Very few people have Mk I Rosses as you probably know.
BTW, that US marked bayonet would be most correct on the Mk II 3 Star in the middle, as many of them were sent south.
Very few people have Mk I Rosses as you probably know.
BTW, that US marked bayonet would be most correct on the Mk II 3 Star in the middle, as many of them were sent south.
Here is some more............
Cheers !!!!
Bill
