Very much the Swede I was thinking of - one of my favourites as well
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I don't really know anything other than the fact that he got shot, and my mum only found that out fairly recently through his military records. Apparently he never said a word about the war. Nor did my grandad. My family's military history is not terribly impressive :-)
I do know my grandad came back from the war despising the British empire. He spent a lot of time stationed in Trinidad and he couldn't believe the poverty he saw. Began to dawn on him that everything you were told about the glorious empire was bull****.
Funny the lessons people seem to take from their time at war. Both him and your Indian friend ended up hating the British :-)
My great, great, great grandfather was from Limerick. He fought in the Crimean War and was part of the Charge of the Light Brigade. And survived :-)
He was court martialled for striking an officer on 01st January. :-) Rumour is he was fond of a drink.
He moved to England and ended up creating four generations of Arsenal fans :-)