Do I recall that you had a German grandfather incarcerated on the Isle of Mann? I had a German grandfather with a Liverpool wife and three English kids He brought the family from Falmouth to Liverpool, then jumped on a Cunarder to Canada - April 1914. The wife and children followed 2 years later. They never went back. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Marj Bennett" <marged36@btopenworld.com> To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ENG-LIV] YOUR LANCASHIRE FATHER Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:05:41 +0100 My Lancashire (Liverpool) father was Robert Edward Mackay Campbell Ingham, born September 1912. When he was five, his father died when his ship, the "Laurentic" was torpedoed off the coast of Northern Ireland in January 1917. Robert, or Bert as he was known, went to train on the Training Ship "Indefatigable" when he was twelve, and then went to sea as an ordinary seaman, and later an Able Seaman. He had come ashore by the time I was born in 1936, but because of his background at sea, was called up for service the minute WW2 broke out, and he served right through the six years of the war, taking part in the Dunkirk business, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Malta Convoys, the Russian Convoys, and finally Tobruk. He came physically unscathed through the war, although the psychological scars of war took their toll and sadly he died in 1953, aged only 41, when I was 17. I still miss him and would love to ask him all the questions that I never had the chance to ask during our short relationship after the war. I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak about him on this list, as I am the only remaining member of my family now and very few people remember him. Marged ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3964/7672 - Release Date: 06/13/14 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________ SafeAuto Car Insurance Get a car insurance quote in 3 steps & pay only state minimum coverage http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/539ba90dc93d5290d66c7st03duc