FAMOUS MILITARY MEN
GREAT GRANDPA FOY, FOURTH FROM THE LEFT IN THE BACK ROW, WAS A SOLDIER IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE WAS WOUNDED FIGHTING IN FRANCE THEN LATER WAS SENT TO INDIA WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE WAS IN DAD'S ARMY, MORE PROPERLY KNOWN AS THE HOME GUARD
UNCLE MICHAEL WAS ALSO A SOLDIER. HERE HE IS WEARING HIS SPECIAL MEDAL. NEXT TIME YOU SEE HIM ASK HIM HOW HE CAME TO EARN IT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT HE USUALLY LOOKED LIKE AFTER A TOUGH WORKOUT
GRANDPA WHEN HE WAS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OUT ON THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS WHERE HE WAS ON A RADAR STATION
(RADAR - RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING)
AND HERE HE IS DURING HIS EARLY SERVICE IN THE NAVY.