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"We saved the damn Frenchies from Jerry once, and we'll do it again!" -Erik Tan


Erik Tan, 38, male


Personality: Erik is a staunch, conservative bloke who believes in the proud U.K. and its history of power and prestige. He has an aggressive style of attitude towards his fellows in the field and tries to implement his dominance and expertise over his brothers in the army. Erik has an extreme hate of the Germans, Austrians, and Turks due to The Great War which is reflected by his racist attitude towards his foes on the field. He is also an avid smoker.
History: Erik was born in 1903 to a middle-class family in a small town West of London near the end of the Thames River. As a young child he was raised by a widowed father who drank occasionally and during his midday rants blamed the German doctor in his town for his loss, which Erik picked up on. Around Late 1910, with tensions on the rise between Germany and France, as well as Austria and Serbia, the British masses could be noted to act irrationally towards locals of German or Austrian descent. In Early 1911, his father developed a stronger drinking problem, leading to him breaking objects and screaming at the ceiling. Unfortunately, in mid-1911, Erik's father went on a violent outburst and proceeded to murder the German doctor who he blamed for his wife's untimely death. The local enforcement arrested his father a few days after, and Erik was put into the town's orphanage. In his time in the orphanage from the time of the murder to around 1920, he led a depressing life. He developed a relation with an older teen who provided him with blunts for a pound or so and became an avid smoker. In school, he barely held his ground with average C grades and despised his education and the educational system. He mainly passes his time doing one of two things, either smoking, or reading or listening in to progress or affects of The Great War, in which he gained an even more passionate hate of German people. Over the years, he slightly recovered his education and began to develop an interest in British history, which at the time was very patriotic and pro-imperialist. All these factors fed his love of the United Kingdom and his hatred of her enemies, specifically Germany. In 1920, at the age of 19, he was accepted into the British Royal Military Academy and excelled in his classes. In cohesion with this, he went into basic combat training and advanced combat training and tactics in a boot camp. His determined performance in both areas led to him leaving the boot camp as a corporal in 1923 and advancing to 2nd Lieutenant with his graduation from the BRMA a year later. He continued to perform admirably in the British Army and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1931. When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and war was officiated, an influx of enlisted troops and officers poured in. Due to this, by 1934, most officers were reduced to small infantry squadrons or a single or duo vehicular unit. Then, with Germany's bombing of mainland Britain, ground troops were driven down, leaving Erik commanding only a single Bren carrier tied with a British Q-2 Pounder Mk II and its crew of 3. Over this time with his small squad of crewmen, he began training them. Not with training like boot camp, but rather specific abnormal tasks to make them experts of their roles. By 1940, he had a professional crew who knew how to handle their equipment and had gained respect from his brothers. When the D-Day invasions were planned and officiated, his crew was assigned to come onto Utah Beach after it was secured by first wave forces. This would be the first taste of combat he and his crew would have, and they thought they were ready.


Inventory: Sten SMG, binoculars, a map of Normandy with strategic markings, his personal Webley revolver, a lighter, a box of 8 cigarettes, and a private pocketbook with unknown contents.
Money: £85
Position: 1st Lieutenant of the British Royal Army, 12th Mechanized Division. Commander of Bren carrier with Q-2 Pounder Mk II with 3 soldiers under his command.


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Cpl. Timoth "Tim" Blaskow - Bren Driver
Irish man on left
Inventory: Lee Enfield 

Cpl. George "Geeman" Glastwin - 2 lber Gunner
Welsh man on right
Inventory: Lee Enfield

Pvt. Samuel "Jock" McKinnel - 2 Iber Loader
British man in center
Inventory: Lee Enfield

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