What did your family do in WW2?

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My paternal grandfather served on corvettes escorting convoys to and from the States, Canada and Russia. Nasty business bobbing around in the Atlantic in a coatal patrol vessel!

His brother served on torpedo boats guarding the Channel, and was involved in various other coastal defence roles.

My paternal grandmother was a nurse and saw some terrible things on the wards in Haslar and other hospitals.

My maternal great-uncle saw remarkably little action in North Africa with the army. Rommel must have been scared of him lol!

Think my maternal grandfather was in the army too, but we don't talk about him. Families!

My maternal grandmother worked in some capacity on the railways, I forget what exactly.

PS

My maternal great grandfather served and died on the Western Front in WW1 as a sergeant in the artillery. He was killed by German artillery while he and others from his unit were on stretcher duty in the last year of the war. We have his medals, his tobacco tin (of all things) and the letter his CO wrote to his widow. He had never seen his youngest daughter, my grandmother.