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Gadge
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For those wanting a more 40s moniker for games here's a list of traditional HM forces nicknames.

This is a navy list but most transfer to all arms.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show ... 4002009002




"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 9:44 am
 Yith
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Some may not be correct for 40s... ;)

Powell - Cozy - 1970s/80s drummer, played with heavy rock bands Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Whitesnake

Ramsay - Alf - Football manager who guided England to victory in the World Cup in 1966

heh...

BTW, my group didn't like "Yith" as a nickname, despite it being coined in 1936, so I have become known as "Teddy".

Gadge is "Inky"...

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 9:58 am
Gadge
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Well yeah some are blatantly post 1945 like fred west.

But most that are are stated.




"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 11:18 am
 Yith
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yup... its a good list... :)

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 11:27 am
dieselmonkey
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Hmm, there's not one for my surname, looks like i'll have to stay with 'Evo'. :lol:

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 11:56 am
Gadge
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Unfortunately there's not one for you , me or yith!




"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 12:32 pm
 Yith
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such uncommon surnames...

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 1:39 pm
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uncommon........ try cheetham. :rofl: :rofl:

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 6:57 pm
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uncommon........ try cheetham. :rofl: :rofl:

or Armistead :cry:

 
Posted : 03/12/2008 10:51 pm
CHThree
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:roll: :wink:

 
Posted : 04/12/2008 12:00 am
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"Marshy" Fenn for me, but "Marshy" sounds too much like "Marshall!" in an airsoft game... ...and no-one dare start calling me "Boggy" :wink:

A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.

 
Posted : 04/12/2008 1:30 am
dieselmonkey
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"Marshy" Fenn for me, but "Marshy" sounds too much like "Marshall!" in an airsoft game... ...and no-one dare start calling me "Boggy" :wink:

Looks to me like you've got two choices then; Swampy, or Sherilyn. :lol:

 
Posted : 04/12/2008 9:30 am
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"Marshy" Fenn for me, but "Marshy" sounds too much like "Marshall!" in an airsoft game... ...and no-one dare start calling me "Boggy" :wink:

Looks to me like you've got two choices then; Swampy, or Sherilyn. :lol:

what about Warbler

Fenn, Marsh, Marsh Warbler.

Probably not real but it sounds like it could be, and I think it should be. :lol:

 
Posted : 04/12/2008 5:37 pm
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