My great great grandfather; Private Thomas McDonald (11978, 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment). Killed In Action Monday 3rd July 1916. This was an attack on the German position south of Thiepval in which they lost 14 officers and over 300 ORs. The attack was claimed to have been shattered by heavy machine gun fire and accurate shelling. Remembered with Honour on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Kevin McCann Prescot -----Original Message----- From: Cpwill5@aol.com [mailto:Cpwill5@aol.com] Sent: 11 November 2005 11:44 To: ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-MERSEY] ADMIN: Armistice day. We will remember them As this is Armistice Day please feel free to pay tribute to all of your ancestors who served and sacrificed so much. Even those who survived were never the same afterwards *If you are replying to this please remove the 'ADMIN' from the subject line* thanks Here are mine: Sgt John CARNEY DCM, 2nd East Yorks died 15th January 1918 from battle wounds sustained WW1 (buried in Litherland cemetery) Sgt Thomas Patrick CARNEY DCM (2) MSM 2nd East Yorks, survived WW1 and their three brothers that I've yet to trace, fate unknown My dad Norman MATTHEWS from Birkenhead, gunner Royal Marines WW2, volunteered age 19, survived but was never the same. His hair turned white during service and he came home from Burma a broken man and skeletal. Never talked about his wartime service My uncle Fred GARVEY RAF WW2, survived, just! He was home on leave when the family home on Bootle took a direct hit during the blitz of Liverpool. He was asleep upstairs and woke up to find himself downstairs!! Caryl Admin ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L BIRKENHEAD-L ==== ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List ==== <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/ENG-MERSEYSIDE.html ">ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L List netiquette</A> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx