I have just found the most wonderful thing - Eric MC...

[Oakey]

I think you would like this.

It's an old family photo album, it took me a while to work out whose but I believe it's my mothers uncle who died decades ago. I do remember hearing when I was a child that he'd been in the Navy and had been to Bikini Atoll. This photo album not only contains photos of troops going to war, but old aircraft carriers, submarines, and atom bombs.

Photos to follow as soon as I install the scanner!

Right, here we go, first image with more to follow:


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Info on this here: http://www.submariners.co.uk/Dits/Articles/scotsma...

That's it, the remainder of the album is filled with postcards of places he visited inc India, China, Gibraltar, Honolulu, Bermuda, the Philipines, the US and Australia where he died in a motorcycle car (I think from a letter here) accident near Perth around 1968.

Edited by Oakey on Tuesday 1st December 13:51

[Soovy]

Holy hell. I am off to put the kettle on.

Please post them!

[Lastinclass]

[Oakey]

Typical isn't it, Windows 7 didn't automatically install the scanner so I'm now waiting on Epsons slow download to complete. I haven't even looked through the entire album. My first thought was "I must post these on PH"

[escargot]

Bookmarked.

[Silent1]

If you need them potatochopped or anything let me know, i have the day free and wouldn't mind tarting them up.

Same goes for hosting, if you want them hosted email me.

[SkinnyBoy]

escargot said:

Bookmarked.

Absolutely.

Funny, I was reminded of this today when I found Deacon Blue's song about Harold Agnew "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy now" in my iTunes. Hadn't heard it for yonks.

[rhinochopig]

From your title I'd assumed that you and Eric had become a couple.

Nice pics though. Do you have any background to them at all?

[soad]

Bookmarked - can't access the photo links via work pc. Grr...

[Devilstreak]

rhinochopig said:

From your title I'd assumed that you and Eric had become a couple.

That just made me

[Pothole]

in that 4th pic, have you just found the damning evidence in the murder of the lead squaddie by the second in the line?

[LukeBird]

Will be bookmarking this!

[Pothole]

the Carrier is HMS Bulwark, btw

ETA HMS Bulwark RO8 Commando Carrier. Completed in November 1948 Harland and Wolff Belfast. She served in the Royal Navy from 1948 until 1981. Originally built as a light fleet carrier, HMS Bulwark had an amazing record in action and in peace time exercises

Edited by Pothole on Tuesday 1st December 11:34

[Odie]

The squadies are carrying SLRs and wearing 58 pattern webbing, doesnt look like they are wearing DPM though, hmm. Doesnt appear to be BFA's on the SLRs too. Im sure someone will be along with more info who knows more.

Interesting photos.

What Regiment is it? Royal Marines?

[Cooky]

It is certainly 'Booties' embarking the old Bulwark, they seem to be sporting Belgian FN's and from their dress I'd say it was early 1960's.

HTH

[lazyitus]

Top quality thread.

[Odie]

Cooky said:

It is certainly 'Booties' embarking the old Bulwark, they seem to be sporting Belgian FN's and from their dress I'd say it was early 1960's.

HTH

Have too agree first general DPM issue was from 68, RM should be wearing denisons though but i dont think that would show up well on photos.

Nice picture of a Wessex and some mushroom clouds too.

Edited by Odie on Tuesday 1st December 11:59

[nonuts]

wow - thanks for sharing, I think there's a lot of people that would be intersted in these!

[Oakey]

The woman who wrote to my grandmother to tell her about the funeral and the accident, obviously 'tact' wasn't a word in her vocabulary;

"the accident happened in a blinding rainstorm. He was badly hurt and lived for 4 hours. His car is like a concertina, the engine is in the back seat and there's no bonnet visible"

[Oakey]

This photo:



Would appear to be this:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/4218...

British nuclear tests On May 15, 1957, Britain attempted to detonate its first hydrogen bomb (code name Yellow Sun) at Malden Island, in the Pacific Ocean. Although the bomb’s small yield indicated that fusion had not occurred, data from the test were successfully applied to the November 8 test over nearby Christmas Island.