My grandfather and ww2 British soldiers

[marco14]

Hello everyone,
Maybe like you can see is NAP (Kev) making my grandfather in a bust.
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/belgium-bravery.532868/

This was my biggest wish to have him here back with me in a miniature (Bust)

I must think always a lot about the stories he told me about the war , and glad he survived , he spend in the war from 1/12 1942 till 15/9/1944 ,then he was back home ,and go to the armed resistance till the
war was over.
His wife (my grandmother) was a nurse in the war,but she take care of the wounded soldiers att her home, here in Belgium the soldiers are more British and Canadian.They hide also British soldiers att there home most in de barn ,there was a lot of hay there.

They hide there and getting food from them and can sleep also, if the Germans came along they hide as fast they can ...the soldiers

I can tell so much about his stories but I wanna let you see a Original picture from 4 British soldiers
who where inside the house of my grandfather and grandmother.

Kind regards
Mario

 

[Nap]

Hi Mario

Thanks for sharing the story and image , love the way the soldiers all have pipes .

Risking so much by hiding soldiers at such a dangerous time

RESPECT

Nap

 

[marco14]

Hi Kev,
Yes hé, also my grandfather have a pipe ore smoke a pipe, absolute it was very risking and my grandfather have encountered that ,because his best friend
have tell the Germans that he was in the resistance ,and in the evening the Germans went to his house and arrested him with 4 other man who where also
with the resistance.

They will be all executed the next day ,but my grandmother got save the life of the mayor his wife, and the mayor was going to the Germans officer and say
they must not shoot him,and so have the mayor save his life,but unfortunately his other 4 friends where shot and died,he cry a lot and they say to him who
went to the Germans to rapport him and so one day att night he leave the house and he killed that person,

That is war

Mario

 

[marco14]

here you see also a British corporal on his motorbike who was there

 

[1969]

Amazing piece of family history Mario, thanks for sharing.
Steve

 

[marco14]

Amazing piece of family history Mario, thanks for sharing.
Steve

Hi Steve,

Thank you very much,it's my pleasure,and I can tell so so much more
Mario

 

[Helm]

Very interesting Mario
Steve

 

[Henk]

As a Dutchman, I very much understand your family's perils during the war. The Belgians are often overlooked, but they were a vital, and equally brave, part of the lifeline to get pilots shot down over Holland or Belgium, back to England, via the hazourdous journey via Holland, Belgium, France and either Switzerland or Spain. To have a family member so closely associated with the resistance must be a great source of pride. The figure that Kev, and Jim, are making for you, is a fitting tribute, and non better to do it.

 

[sd0324]

These are fascinating stories about real people. I thank you guys for posting these. I really find these stories of family history very interesting and historical. I was stationed in Northern Italy and got to visit families and hear stories similar from the old people when they heard I was interested in history. We had some good food, and talked about their history and they remembered the Americans too. My barracks building at Aviano actually had Nazi Mason marks on the cornerstones. Lol.


Steve

 

[marco14]

As a Dutchman, I very much understand your family's perils during the war. The Belgians are often overlooked, but they were a vital, and equally brave, part of the lifeline to get pilots shot down over Holland or Belgium, back to England, via the hazourdous journey via Holland, Belgium, France and either Switzerland or Spain. To have a family member so closely associated with the resistance must be a great source of pride. The figure that Kev, and Jim, are making for you, is a fitting tribute, and non better to do it.

Hi Henk,
Nice to hear you are a Dutchman, we can speak in our language but nobody is gonna understand it that's true what you say
they don't talk much about the Belgians in the war ,absolute,but you know I know what happens here and what they did.
Always when I see my grandfather he talked about the war ,and I say honestly that he sometimes was crying,because he say to me
and I never forget this....... why do I get medals,why do they honor me???? I have killed people who have also family ,but I got no choice
it was them ore me ,people who whent in the war are thinking very different then us.
My grandfather died at the ge of 93

Mario

 

[marco14]

These are fascinating stories about real people. I thank you guys for posting these. I really find these stories of family history very interesting and historical. I was stationed in Northern Italy and got to visit families and hear stories similar from the old people when they heard I was interested in history. We had some good food, and talked about their history and they remembered the Americans too. My barracks building at Aviano actually had Nazi Mason marks on the cornerstones. Lol.


Steve

Hello Steve,
Yes,these are true stories that we never forget from people who are there and see everything. If they talk ,I couldn't say a word, they risk there life for us,you was also a soldier (militair) ???
I was also in the army,
Did you ever go to Normandy??? the stories you here there from the Americans, French,British Canadians , just like it happens yesterday for them ,the days there are to short too see everything
if you been there , so very much respect for al those man (veterans,and those who give the ultimate sacrificie.... never forget these people.

Mario