I think I remember telling you about my great Scottish uncle being killed in the first war Tommy. He left a wife and small girl. In 1926 the wife and daughter moved to Australia. The daughter married an Australian in 1943 and he was killed in 1943 defending Australia. She was left with a son. War never did her any Favours. She served with the Aussie military until the end of the war.

I think I remember telling you about my great Scottish uncle being killed in the first war Tommy. He left a wife and small girl. In 1926 the wife and daughter moved to Australia. The daughter married an Australian in 1943 and he was killed in 1943 defending Australia. She was left with a son. War never did her any Favours. She served with the Aussie military until the end of the war.

What part of Scotland are your kin from, Pete? BTW, my Fort Erie friends went to see the RCMP musical ride last week. Have you ever seen that? Quite a spectacle. 

It's always puzzled my why the USA took so long to introduce an independent air force, the RAF was founded in 1918.  

It's always puzzled my why the USA took so long to introduce an independent air force, the RAF was founded in 1918.  

Me too, Mark. Must have been petty bickering among the services with the U.S. Army wanting to maintain control. You know how selfish & self-serving those general officers are. I have been to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, a beautiful place to visit 

Yes, the second was USS Laffey DD724, both named in honor of Seaman Bartlett Laffey.

I see that Laffey was an Irishman who distinguished himself in the civil war

I think I remember telling you about my great Scottish uncle being killed in the first war Tommy. He left a wife and small girl. In 1926 the wife and daughter moved to Australia. The daughter married an Australian in 1943 and he was killed in 1943 defending Australia. She was left with a son. War never did her any Favours. She served with the Aussie military until the end of the war.

What part of Scotland are your kin from, Pete? BTW, my Fort Erie friends went to see the RCMP musical ride last week. Have you ever seen that? Quite a spectacle. 

From the Firth of Clyde on the west to Douglas on the east and then north to Dumbarton on the west and east to Falkirk. 

My Father's father was born in the Falkkirk, Polmont area and moved to the Glasgow area for work because where he was from, was mostly coal mining. His father had started off working the mines when he was younger and then became an engineer. His son became an engineer also and worked on the Clyde building ships in the first war. He also once worked in the London sewers in one of those old type diving suits with the brass helmet with air pumped to him from above while he fixed pipe down in them  His sir name was Andrew.  He married a girl who also had the sir name of Andrew and her father was an Andrew from Ardrossan and her mother was a Douglas from the Douglas area that moved a bit further west to Kilmarnock. I guess you would say they were mainly from Ayrshire and Lanark counties. Don't know what county Falkirk is in.

The would be considered all lowlanders.

Only seen the Musical ride on TV and at Military Tatoos, not in person.

I was going to post the ride from You tube  but don't seem to be able to post videos anymore???

I have problems posting videos too.

Good Lord.  I was in the wrong century.  No wonder I'm never dressed appropriately.  I need professional history help. 

We can start off at the beginning girl. Repeat after me, Canada won the war of 1812.

We will have to ask the expert I guess Mark.

I have problems posting videos too.

Maybe we should ask the expert Mark, Where's Greystar.

I think I remember telling you about my great Scottish uncle being killed in the first war Tommy. He left a wife and small girl. In 1926 the wife and daughter moved to Australia. The daughter married an Australian in 1943 and he was killed in 1943 defending Australia. She was left with a son. War never did her any Favours. She served with the Aussie military until the end of the war.

What part of Scotland are your kin from, Pete? BTW, my Fort Erie friends went to see the RCMP musical ride last week. Have you ever seen that? Quite a spectacle. 

From the Firth of Clyde on the west to Douglas on the east and then north to Dumbarton on the west and east to Falkirk. 

My Father's father was born in the Falkkirk, Polmont area and moved to the Glasgow area for work because where he was from, was mostly coal mining. His father had started off working the mines when he was younger and then became an engineer. His son became an engineer also and worked on the Clyde building ships in the first war. He also once worked in the London sewers in one of those old type diving suits with the brass helmet with air pumped to him from above while he fixed pipe down in them  His sir name was Andrew.  He married a girl who also had the sir name of Andrew and her father was an Andrew from Ardrossan and her mother was a Douglas from the Douglas area that moved a bit further west to Kilmarnock. I guess you would say they were mainly from Ayrshire and Lanark counties. Don't know what county Falkirk is in.

The would be considered all lowlanders.

Only seen the Musical ride on TV and at Military Tatoos, not in person.

I was going to post the ride from You tube  but don't seem to be able to post videos anymore???

Ah yes, "Roamin in the glowmin on the bonnie banks of Clyde, roamin in the glowmin wi a lassie by my side" Sir Harry Lauder. My ex's were from Dundee & are lowlanders. The Firth of Fourth & Tay River Bridge.

May have sorted out the video thingy. You don't seem to be able to add a video on a page with text on it and have you have to send it on a blank page.

In those two videos I posted, you see this gentleman John Richardson a Capt. with the Ontario Regiment. I meet him a few years back when I took my father to a Regimental Re-union in Oshawa.

He was at the same Battle of Aquino Airport where they were trying to break through the Hitler Line. They lost 13 tanks that day, my father's being one of them.

I have problems posting videos too.

Maybe we should ask the expert Mark, Where's Greystar.

I would recommend that you take the problem to the Aimoo Help Group. In the meantime, can you post the link to the video?

I have problems posting videos too.

Maybe we should ask the expert Mark, Where's Greystar.

I would recommend that you take the problem to the Aimoo Help Group. In the meantime, can you post the link to the video?

It seems to work if you do it the way I mentioned Grey.

The beauty & precision along with the "skirl" of the pipes playing Scotland The Brave. I saw a Tattoo at Niagara On The Lake.