Sunday 2 January 2011

A bit of family history!

So we asked dad to some questions for a school project and here was some of his interesting facts!
I dont want to waste this info so here it is

FAMILY NOTES
All your Grandfathers served King(Queen) and Country Grandad Peter Royal Air Force Cold War

Great Grandad George Main Royal Engineers XXX.Corps – France-Germany (Lübeck)
Great Grandad George Wood Royal Engineers 51.Highland Division in North Africa, Italy, France-Germany
Gt.Gt. Grandad William Main Infantry The Boar War in South Africa
Gt,Gt, Grandad George Smith Infantry First World War – France
Gt.Gt.Gt.Grandad John Main no Service – lived during the “Long Peace”

Gt.Gt.Grandad George Smith – was a Railway Passenger Train Guard and was Yard Foreman Of the Edinburgh Waverley Station – One of the biggest in Great Britain.
Grandad Peter (Petrus) – Has a great Model Railway – German Federal Railways 1956-71
Gt.Gt.Grandad William Main – His Hobby was Photography
Gt.Grandad George Main – Great Golfer, and played the banjo and was a super crooner (like Bing Crosby) Gt.Grandad George Wood – was a shooting Champion and a Great Gardener


Thanks dad for this history!!

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