Lucie Stanley (1887 - 1971)

This print was created from an original drawing in my Great Grandmothers Autograph book.

Family in World War II - Stanley George Jones (1918 - 1996)

Stanley George Jones

He would take me for walks when I was a little kid and I'd ask him about the war. He'd tell me about being captured, he was taking a piss when a panzer came by and the machine gunner leveld his sights at him and said "Hande Hocke", he told me about shitting his pants when they were dive bombed by stukas as well, he said it was unbelievable that screaming whistle and the bombs. He said that he wasn't the only one to shit their pants...

He told me about shooting german motorcycle couriers, timing the shots so that the motorcycle and driver would go into a ditch, after 3 days, the machines and men piled up and the smell was unbeliveable. I asked him what the Germans would do to snipers, he said "bad things, they didn't like snipers, we didn't like snipers, bad things would happen if they caught you".

He was captured July 22 1942 in Egypt

"On the night 21/22 July 1942 attempt to seize the El Mreir Depression was made by 6 Brigade, but lack of armoured support caused it to be overrun. Two battalions were destroyed with a loss of about 900 men"
Source http://www.army.mil.nz/culture-and-history/nz-army-history/historical-chronology/1939.htm

Family in World War 1 - Albert George Jones (1888 - 1958)

The man looking out of the trench (from the middle of the image) directly into the camera, thats my Great Grandfather, Albert George Jones.

Olive Elizabeth Smith and Daughter Maud Olive Millard

West Vancover 1949