The Italians on whole were good soldiers, but due to poor leadership and equipment there heart was not in it, lets face it even their allies dump on them.

Also didn't he get into trouble for some of his ideas ?????

The RAF has people from all sorts of Universities wanting to join the RAF as pilots, so they will chose the very best.

You not only have to be fit, you need to have that bit extra of mental toughness that gets threw the pain barrier. I was just a skinny kid when I joined and I neve took supplements

Army records are in Glasgow and you can the address from the internet.

When I was in the PARA's you had to do the P Course along side the men and you had to be seen to qualify. As far as your car goes then you could probably park up around the officers Mess

In the Army you are often at it day and night, also there can be a lot of stress, this is inclined to bring on attacks more easily

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Normally they are laid up in a Church, usually the garrison church where the Regiment based, if there was local Cathedral then they would wind up there. There some in St Pauls in London that are over 200 years old

Try ancestry.com they have a pile old records including the military. If you book on for just a month ill cost you about £13,00 and you have military records, medal cards and a whole load of other stuff for you trawl through. Once have joined for a month you can access these records as much ass you ...

If the detonator is in the grenade when it goes off so does the grenade. I have known that the firing detonator has failed to ignite the fuse which mean the the grenade stays intact

I think you will find that the RAF has the choice of the brightest people from university

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At my age I don't think that I will bother