Who Do You Think You Are? [UK Series]

A family of Gypsies and Theives - Oh Great

 

A family of Gypsies and Theives - Oh Great


Oi! Watch it your talking about my descendants too mister!!

She' a strange lady that one.

 

Least he gave her a copy of her family tree and it was huge...

 

Paul / Minden

Whilest Paul is quite correct in stating that the 8th Indian Div did not fight "up there" at Cassino many people fought all round Cassino but still claim to have fought at Cassino..... fact is that the 8th Indian did cross the Rapido and took their place on the left flank of the 1st Canadian division through the Liri Valley- Gustav and Hitler lines on the banks of the River Seccio which joined the Liri and Rapido Rivers as they in turn joined the Garigliano River on it's way to the coast.

The rail station at Cassino was the scene of the 28th Kiwi battalion being hammered during Battle #2 while the 16/5th Lancers - newly landed from North Africa were in support.

As paul says - the Liri valley battles might have been more interesting- certainly the Sangro would have been ....

Cheers

 

Glad this thread has been bumped up as I was going to ask do you think the idea for this program has run it's course over the years it's been on or do you think it's good to still have a history program on TV still as there don't seem to be that many?
I'm just finding it a bit of a tired format now to be honest .
I do like the history aspect of the program but maybe could be presented in a fresher way now.

I was thinking the same thing over the last few weeks. I liken it to Secret Millionnaire and Dragons Den - After a while the concept becomes the same old same old.

This series did seem to steer clear of military connections in the main-After what Paul said about his research into the Fox family I was quite looking forward to the military side of Amelia Fox's family but oddly they steered clear of that part of the family.

I wonder if the producers are thinking the same thing and have deliberately stayed away from the military aspect in an attempt to show there is more to family tree's than WW1 and WW2 to create new interest.

Assuming it still creates interest in history and genealogy then it can't be a bad thing can it?

 

I must admit I always look forward to seeing what's in the programme but I think it's getting a bit tired now. The celebs are very lucky getting it all done for them and not having to spend hours and hours looking for their relatives. Genealogy is great and can be addictive as I have found out to my cost-the price of those BMD certificates keeps going up-nice little earner for the GRO!

Lesley

 

WDYTYA
New Series starts Wednesday 15th August, BBC1 9pm

First up is Samantha Womack

Other celebrities:
Annie Lennox
Alex Kingston
Gregg Wallace
Hugh Dennis
William Roach
Celie Imrie
Patrick Stewart
John Bishop
John Barnes

Not been advertised much on BBC (probably the Olympics)

Lesley

 

Patrick Stewart one looked WW2ish from the quick clip i saw.

 

Samantha Womack's has a Great War bit - apparently her ggf was in the HLI, RGA and, during the War - when he was shot, SG.

According to Wiki, she has a brother named Hugh. A bit disturbing as her maiden name is Janus!

Roxy

 

Patrick Stewart one looked WW2ish from the quick clip i saw.
His Fathers service has been touched on before, was mention that he was in the Parachute regiment, I found this which does not exactly help, but Andy will be intrested given mention of Dunkirk.My father was, in many ways, a man of discipline, organisation and charisma - a regimental sergeant major no less. One of the very last men to be evacuated from Dunkirk, his third stripe was chalked on to his uniform by an officer when no more senior NCOs were left alive. Parachuted into Crete and Italy, both times under fire, he fought at Monte Casino and was twice mentioned in dispatches. A fellow soldier once told me, "When your father marches on to the parade ground, the birds in the trees stop singing. Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence | Society | The Guardian But now I have found this! Alf was a career soldier, a Regimental Sergeant Major. He served with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and later the Parachute Regiment before being demobbed in 1945 at the end of World War II. Patrick Stewart

 

Tonight 9pm BBC1
WDYTYA

Masterchef host Gregg Wallace.

Lesley

 

WDYTYA
Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard for all you trekkie fans!)
Tonight BBC1 9pm

Lesley

 

WDYTYA
Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard for all you trekkie fans!)
Tonight BBC1 9pm

Lesley

A bit of 1940 France too I believe

 

Well done to forum member Tim - Nice little piece about the BEF

 

Really enjoyed the programme, even the BEF .
Makes you wonder why Patricks older brother had doubts about whether his father REALLY was his father-he looks like a mirror image of him!

Good series so far

Lesley

 

Surprised the Airborne lot havn't give us a Who's who considering half of the programme was about 2 Para - I even think they were my diaries they were using

 

I thought last nights was fascinating, I think people now tend to forget about the Allied tropps who didn't escape from Dunkirk, and stayed on to fight before being evacuated from elsewhere. Plus I found the bit on Operation Dragoon very informative, I was always under the impression that this was avery much an American operation, it's certainly a gap in my knowledge bank so if anyone can recommend me some reading I would appreciate it.