Ancestory
 

I recently researched my ancestors. Apparantly I am related to Ernest Shackleton, the great explorer, a naval deserter and an axe murderer.

No comments please. :)

I never knew that Shackleton was an axe murderer!!:eek:

My dads brother was killed in the St Valentines Day Massacre.... we were always a dodgy family!

RLE - sorry about that - your post was not showing when I put mine up. I will attempt to remove mine as you clearly got the Gold Medal

My Great Great Great Grandfather etc etc was the Master of Hounds to the Grand Duke of Anhault Dessau. His son, Moritz Wilhelm defected the Estate, and fought for Napoleon. He was taken prisoner, sent to Liverpool, and then fought for England! Which is why I'm here. Does that give me additional credits?

No Jindabyne,

It probably means that your forebears were traitors and deserters. However, in the interests of non-judgemental inclusivity, I'm sure they were actually the victims and really very nice people.

O-D

I like you O-D!!

I can see looks run in your family Cpl P

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...59-1722%29.jpg

Joined 1977, left 2000, Dad did national service 47-49 or thereabouts, and we try not to talk about great uncle Herman too much....

Did around 17 years but a good chunk of that was Lightnings; I understand such time carries a premium of total lightning time x 10. Time at MPC Valley under a certain OC who hailed from New Zealand attracts a further premium. ;)

All this talk about how many years one has 'got in', reminds me of the lines in a book called "101 Nights" by Ray Ollis. As might be imagined, it is a novel about 101 Sqn at Ludford Magna during the last unpleasantness with Herr Adolf.

At one point the 'hero' a F/S navigator is being upbraided by his new and operationally inexperienced flight commander. The gist is that the former's BEM 'pink' ribbon is faded and his logbook is made up in a non standard way. The flight commander then boasts about the number of flying hours he has.

The nav's response goes along the lines of: 'Sir, the BEM ribbon is not pink, it is pearl and it is not how many hours you've got in, but what you've got into the hours'.

Quite so!

Old Duffer