My Uncle Ronnie died today

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My Uncle Ronnie died today

There is one story in family legend about him, hope it's true!

Apparently sometime after the war he got hauled into court for riding his bike on the pavement, the Judge asked him to accept the charge, and he simply said 'Not on your Nelly'. Was all over the local paper!

Not much of a story given what goes on today, but for the 50's extreme insolence!

[Mich the Tester]

89, joined up in 1940, spent the end of the war in the Far East - no one in the family knows what happened but it was to do with Japanese Snipers, spent the rest of his life a hermit - he'd hardly speak to anyone at all, let alone talk about the war, makes you wonder what he saw.

RIP Unc

By the accounts of my grandfather, probably some extremely disturbing sights. RIP indeed.

[Sysman]

My Granddad 92 and still going strong, was in the Navy loves to tell a few stories, and in fact they are great tales.. his brother on the other hand, was out in the far East, would never speak to a sole about it either, even to my Granddad..

When I was a nipper a standard question was "What did your dad do during the war?"

I could never answer that because my father simply never spoke on the subject.

Eventually when I was about 40 he told me that at the age of 19 he had seen his CO take a direct shell hit.

[Mich the Tester]

There is one story in family legend about him, hope it's true!

Apparently sometime after the war he got hauled into court for riding his bike on the pavement, the Judge asked him to accept the charge, and he simply said 'Not on your Nelly'. Was all over the local paper!

Not much of a story given what goes on today, but for the 50's extreme insolence!

Good on him. A small act of resistance against jobsworths, regulators and busybodies. I hope you bought him a pint for that.

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My Uncle Ronnie died today

Good on him. A small act of resistance against jobsworths, regulators and busybodies. I hope you bought him a pint for that.

Are you saying I was 18 in the 50's??!!

[Mich the Tester]

Are you saying I was 18 in the 50's??!!

You could have bought him a pint 50 years after his glorious day.

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My Uncle Ronnie died today

Here's the old fella....

[vetran]

My Condolences.

Many did us a silent service that we can't repay.

[vetran]

He never talked that much about it although he did teach me what to do should I ever find myself being bled white by leeches.

And you didn't shoot Tony & Gordon - shame.

[VectraMan]

My Grandfather spent 10 years in India in the RAF, before, during and after the war and would never speak of it. Seems to be a common theme.

My other Grandfather managed to be an aide to a general in Bomber Command, which sounds quite cushy. I suppose somebody had to do it.