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Well...................................

Aye
Malcolm

Ermmm........

It's me in WW1 kit for the 80th anniversary of the disbandment of the MGC as a serving WO2 I thought I looked the part Tash and all.

I liked the look of it..... what with me having dozens of 'em

Seriously though, I picked the VC 'cause I feel it's worthy of promoting such an item as often as possible.

Les.

Since I am an elderly ex-pat Briton living in the '60s USA and butlering for two gay crime fighting superheroes who possess a penchant for revealing lycra; both as camp as a row of tents and use a brush-covered cave as a garage. (And no, it's not Mr Tron and 'young friend' of his; vide the censured thread a few months back.)

Alfred

Damn, where's my secret anti-avatar spray when I need it?

Mine is a picture of Alexander McClintock DCM, see below. The picture was in the archives of defunce United Press International and had never been printed! God it was hard running it down. It's now thje cover of the reprint of his fine book which CEF Books & Tom Morgan have.
Later I located another picture of him in US OTS training, Plattsburgh, NY.
I want to hear from Steve Fuller!

Great, great uncle was a Sherwood Forester. And just to add to Andrew's post... ah, those were the days...

Mine is the badge of the 16th Battalion CEF my Great-Uncle's Battalion.
Take care,
Neil

Just put this on another thread as well. My avatar is of a print that looks like my dog, Blacky.

Brum

27th Division, commanded by Generals Snow and Forestier-Walker, two men i am researching.

For those who are dreamning of old Forest glory, all I can say is, lucky this is a WW1 site for it means by definition we are old enough to remeber


regards
Arm.

Oooooh.........

CSM Harry Betts MC DCM & Bar,One of only two 1/1st Cambridgeshire soldiers to be Recommended for award of the Victoria Cross,sadly & in my opinion wrongly denied him;@ one time purported to be one of the youngest WOs in the Army,A fearless and extremely gallant NCO who on @ least four occassions stormed German Machine Gun Posts,thus saving the lives of many of the Men under his command,a true Hero in the proper sense of the word,sadly Harry attempted his feat once too often & was killed attempting to clear his last MG nest:~truly one of Fenland's finest

now changed for the present to Polly from a US Forensic TV Show cos she's mighty purty!!!

Mine is a photo of Private George Phaup of the 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry. He was killed in action on Tuesday 23rd April 1918 age 28. He is one of the local casualties I have done a little research on.

My Avatar is from a photo postcard of an unidentified Grenadier in the 109th Reserve Infanterie Regiment, part of the XIV Reserve Korps I have been studying for many years.

Ralph

Mine's a gif file I created that scans through some of my various relatives who served in WW1.

All served with the AIF except my GGrandfather who served in the 2nd HLI. (he's the one with the glengarry on)

Tim L.

Mine at the moment is the only one I could find that looked a little like myself on joining - I was going to change when I found something more fitting, or appropriate - Not so sure now as it seems like mine…

3-3808 Sergt. William Hector White, 9th R.Highrs.

Born St. Giles, Edinburgh. Enlisted Perth. Killed in action, Loos, 25 September 1915, aged 33. Buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France, IV. G. 5.

AUCHTERMUCHTY CASUALTIES.

Mrs White, Orchardflat, Auchtermuchty, has received information that her husband, Sergeant Wm. H. White, 9th Black Watch, is missing, The Dundee Advertiser, 12 October 1915, 8.

SERGEANT KILLED.

Official information has been received of the death in action of another Perth man. He is Sergeant William H. White, 9th Black Watch, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hector White, Brighton Villa, York Place, Perth. Sergeant White, who was 33 years of age, was brought up in Perth Barracks, where his father acted as colour-sergeant of the 42nd. Deceased who was well known in Perth, was married, and his wife and three of a family reside at Auchtermuchty. He enlisted in Kitchener’s Army at the outbreak of hostilities. The Dundee Advertiser, Friday, 5 November 1915, 9.

Below is a photograph of his grave taken by Derek Robertson on a recent trip to France.

Incurring the wrath of Paul Guthrie, I changed my avatar from Marge Simpson to a picture of Sgt Ernest Mildenhall. He was my great-grandmothers second husband. There is quite a story attached to him, but only Cynthia on this forum knows.......

Mine is of my Great-Grandfather, John P.Robertson, no.73601, 28th Bn. (North-West) CEF 1914-1918. He was quite a fella.

That's him with the X above his head. I'd be delighted to hear from anyone who could add any detail regarding the group photograph.
I think that it's an early 1915 picture, possibly taken in this country?

quite simple of me, it is me!

Mines my Grandad George Ernest Green ( below ), but he looks nothing like that, he is quite striking in his appearence but thats how he turned out when shrunk to fit as the avatar.----does anybody know how to make the photo better ? i have tried again but he comes out all blurred

I want to try, i have a few good photo programs.
mail it to me trough our website, see my signature. I am webmaster of it

I served 11yrs in the REME and 4yrs with the REME TA, just under half my life in green uniform! Hence the badge and corps colours

Mines a dahlia - "Grenadier"

See my signature...in memory of him

Mine is my Granddad - Pte Percy Smith - see signature... Unfortunately I don't possess a photo of him in uniform and I never got the opportunity to meet him, so it is my way of remembering him.

You thought the one good thing to come out of Belgium was chocolate ---you were wrong the other is --Bkristof who re-did my avatar and made it a lot better

THANKYOU

no problem mate. We live on this ball on confusion to make it better I believe. Helping eachother is a good start...

By the way don't forget the Belgian beer!

=it's me; I was told I am a direct descendant from a very brave breed whose achievements in WW1 should not be forgotten:

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Et Plastique Bertrand; avec les pantalons rouge de PVC

[quote=DirtyDick,Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:11:57 +0000] [quote=bkristof,Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:49:20 +0000] By the way don't forget the Belgian beer! [/quote]
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Et Plastique Bertrand; avec les pantalons rouge de PVC [/quote]
ça plane pour moi!

At the moment I am using a drawing of the Red Whortleberry, the badge of my Clan (Clan Davidson).
However, as a lot of the Pals know (especially from the early days of this site) I used to go through avatars at a rate of knots!
They have also included...

..and...

plus the famous Dancing Nut

HELP, he's escaped from the ...........................


Aye
Malcolm
whose excellent avatar was a pressie from LEE!!!

And a damn fine avatar it is too mate!

And from Lee's Avatar Museum (soon to get a Lottery grant to expand it's gallery)....

The first Regiment I served with, 10 happy years of 27 in the Army the rest was very good as well.

John

Mine's simply the cap badge of the 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in honour of my Great Grandfather who served with them in East Africa before a transfer to the Labour Corps after contracting malaria.

Mine is my great uncle John William Lawton who served with the MGC and died on 14 Septemebr 1917 from wounds.

The original is about 18" wide by 24" high and is the only picture the family have of him. I also have one the same size of my grandfather, his brother, and both can be seen in the gallery.

Those of you with eagle eyes will have noticed the cap badge is the Bedfordshire Regiment in which they both enlisted.

Stu

The Badge of the Somerset Light Infantry

My grandfather, Ewen MacDonald MacCormick, details listed below.

Mines from a sketch of the cap badge of the 11th Battalion Border Regiment, the Lonsdale Pals Battalion-coloured orange to make the lettering stand out(alright so you still can't read it at 150x150 pixels but I know it's there and it makes the avatar more colourful)

I have been debating within myself whether to change my avatar or not, but at the moment it is a a cut-out from a painting of an American Officer in France, 1918.

-Doughboy

My avatar is of me at a Great War Association battle event in Newville, Pennsylvania. It was snapped while we were checking our gear as we prepared for a raid.

Here are a few other event photos from the group I belong to

Vince

Chester, I'm impressed with the montage. The photos of dogs in war time are very evocative and powerful. So is the picture of you by Egbert's grandfather's grave. Where is this exactly, please?

Thanks.

Gwyn

My dragon is home made. It changes its clothes and accessories with the moving seasons. Given that my name's Gwyneth, I think the connection is obvious!

When I'm in reflective mood, I sometimes decide to use to use a peace symbol. It's a photo I took in the reconstructed church at Bennwihr, Alsace, the village which was completely obliterated in the fighting for the Colmar Gap.

Gwyn

QUOTE (Dragon @ Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:22:56 +0000)
So is the picture of you by Egbert's grandfather's grave. Where is this exactly, please?

Thanks.

Gwyn


Thanks for your interest Gwyn: CWGC Merville Communal Annex

Mine is of my Great Uncle, Frank Henry Carr, 4th Royal Irish Dragoons. No idea when the pic was taken though.

Oh, and the avatar is only a tiny bit of the picture ... he's sitting on his horse.

Kate

Mine is Lauren and I standing at Meinen Gate during the ceremony ...