.. The family in uniform slides/Pioneer1.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Pioneers - Giacinto De Marco is in the middle of the middle row. Pioneers - Giacinto De Marco is in the middle of the middle row. slides/Pioneer1.JPG slides/Army.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 WW2 Slough. Giacinto De Marco in the uniform of the British 270 (Alien) Coy Pioneer Corps - Italian WW2 Slough. Giacinto De Marco in the uniform of the British 270 (Alien) Coy Pioneer Corps - Italian slides/Army.JPG slides/Internees.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Isle of Man WW2. Italian internees. Agostino De Marco is in the front row on the left of the priest. In the top row third from the left is Alfonso De Marco and fifth is his brother Alessandro. Both are Agostino's nephiews Isle of Man WW2. Italian internees. Agostino De Marco is in the front row on the left of the priest. In the top row third from the left is Alfonso De Marco and fifth is his brother Alessandro. Both are Agostino's nephiews slides/Internees.JPG slides/zza003.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Posing - 1926 Napoli. Photo taken on the roof of the Caserma Regina Elena Barracks. The group are posing as if in action. The pose is rather stylised particularly as the furthest soldier is holding a mandolino instead of a weapon. Giacinto De Marco is the kneeling soldier on the left of the picture. Posing - 1926 Napoli. Photo taken on the roof of the Caserma Regina Elena Barracks. The group are posing as if in action. The pose is rather stylised particularly as the furthest soldier is holding a mandolino instead of a weapon. Giacinto De Marco is the kneeling soldier on the left of the picture. slides/zza003.JPG slides/Army1.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 The oldest picture of Agostino De Marco. Uniform unknown. The oldest picture of Agostino De Marco. Uniform unknown. slides/Army1.JPG slides/AFSJerry2.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Geraldo De Marco (left) joined the Auxillary Fire Service in 1941. The service was volantary and gave assistance to the local fire service, In this case, Hove fire service. Under the National Fire Service (Emergency Provisions) Act 1941, the Home Office set about creating a national service and until 1947 administered and controlled a national force of 350 000 men and women. Geraldo was transferred into the NFS as a full time fireman and served in that role until the middle of 1946 when he was released. Geraldo De Marco (left) joined the Auxillary Fire Service in 1941. The service was volantary and gave assistance to the local fire service, In this case, Hove fire service. Under the National Fire Service (Emergency Provisions) Act 1941, the Home Office set about creating a national service and until 1947 administered and controlled a national force of 350 000 men and women. Geraldo was transferred into the NFS as a full time fireman and served in that role until the middle of 1946 when he was released. slides/AFSJerry2.JPG slides/Soldier.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Portrait of Giacinto in dress uniform. He was later promoted to corporal. Giacinto did not see active service. He told me that his regiment did spend two days in full kit guarding the British embassy after the Duce was shot on April 7, 1926 by Violet Gibson, an Irish woman and sister of Baron Ashbourne. Mussolini was "slightly wounded in the nose" by the attack (how could she miss the duce's most prominent feature). The fascists whipped up an anti-British frenzy and the troops were called in. Spending an uncomfortable two days camped on the pavement, my father was severly admonished by an officer for smoking some Players cigarettes his father had sent him from England. The officer said "these men are paid a few pence a day, how dare you flaunt your luxuries in front of them". Portrait of Giacinto in dress uniform. He was later promoted to corporal. Giacinto did not see active service. He told me that his regiment did spend two days in full kit guarding the British embassy after the Duce was shot on April 7, 1926 by Violet Gibson, an Irish woman and sister of Baron Ashbourne. Mussolini was "slightly wounded in the nose" by the attack (how could she miss the duce's most prominent feature). The fascists whipped up an anti-British frenzy and the troops were called in. Spending an uncomfortable two days camped on the pavement, my father was severly admonished by an officer for smoking some Players cigarettes his father had sent him from England. The officer said "these men are paid a few pence a day, how dare you flaunt your luxuries in front of them". slides/Soldier.JPG slides/SoldatiA.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Napoli 1926 - Napoli 40th Reggimento Fanteria. Giacinto 3rd row from front, 5th from right Napoli 1926 - Napoli 40th Reggimento Fanteria. Giacinto 3rd row from front, 5th from right slides/SoldatiA.JPG slides/fanteria1.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 1927 Napoli 40th Reggimento Fanteria. Orderly Officer 1927 Napoli 40th Reggimento Fanteria. Orderly Officer slides/fanteria1.JPG slides/Tom.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 Tom Boulind, Giacinto's Welsh brother-in-law emigrated to Australia. Here he is in the uniform of the Australian Imperial Force during WW2. Tom Boulind, Giacinto's Welsh brother-in-law emigrated to Australia. Here he is in the uniform of the Australian Imperial Force during WW2. slides/Tom.JPG slides/Fratelli.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:15:39 +0100 Jalbum 8.0 1920 Geraldo & Giacinto De Marco aged 9 and 14 in a military style Italian school uniform. 1920 Geraldo & Giacinto De Marco aged 9 and 14 in a military style Italian school uniform. slides/Fratelli.JPG