neverforget Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Looks like another fine mess he`s getting himself into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Well done! Go to 3.12 here; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Not seen this film before, but have happy memories of L+H films. Thanks to one of my uncles, I grew up believing that Stan Laurel was Clint Eastwood`s father. A further clue to help with my chap from the previous page would be that we have very good reason to remember him on Armistice Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Clue...He was born in North Shields in 1890 and died in 1965, and yes everyone knows him. He is making dinner. He is wearing WW1 U.S. gear. I thought he was born somewhere else, namely a county that no longer exists as it once did, in a cottage that bears a plaque stating that he was born there in 1890? But perhaps I'm thinking of somebody else? But there's a lorra little men it could be I suppose?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Beats me, I got the info from google. I always thought he was Clint Eastwoods Da. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 May , 2015 Share Posted 26 May , 2015 Beats me, I got the info from google. I always thought he was Clint Eastwoods Da. You shouldn't believe everything you read on Google. Always use a reputable source: Like Wikipedia, or better still, this: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Stan_Laurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 27 May , 2015 Share Posted 27 May , 2015 Good find, Uncle George. Shame to see that there were no takers. I`ve been away for a couple of weeks, and consequently haven`t been able to partake. I`ve missed WIT, but have to confess that a fortnight in a cozy lochside cottage in the Sottish highlands did come with it`s compensations. Nevertheless, I`ve been looking forward to getting back to it, and sad to see that it appears to have ground to a halt. I`ll offer up this author/politician, in an attempt to kick-start us again. Knighted, and convicted of high treason. Who is this???gh.jpg Well, it's not Roger Casement or Erskine Childers, the two candidates who first spring to mind. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 May , 2015 Share Posted 27 May , 2015 Well, it's not Roger Casement or Erskine Childers, the two candidates who first spring to mind. Ron My man was convicted of high treason in his country of birth, which wasn`t England or Ireland, but he was knighted in England. A prominent politician in his homeland, and the author of a very well known children`s book, which would appear to have a Scottish connection. His eldest son was killed in 1917 in the Somme area. Once more; I draw attention to the fact that Armistice day is highly relevant to his memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 28 May , 2015 Share Posted 28 May , 2015 With the Bedfordshires, yes. This shows him circa Boer War. He was notable in WWI for noncombatant activities. Clue : he demonstrated his pen was mightier than the sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 May , 2015 Share Posted 28 May , 2015 Henry Williamson? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 28 May , 2015 Share Posted 28 May , 2015 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, war correspondent WW1, Gallipoli and all that ? TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 29 May , 2015 Share Posted 29 May , 2015 Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, war correspondent WW1, Gallipoli and all that ? TR Indeed. An example of the reptiles of the press being right for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 June , 2015 Share Posted 1 June , 2015 My man was convicted of high treason in his country of birth, which wasn`t England or Ireland, but he was knighted in England. A prominent politician in his homeland, and the author of a very well known children`s book, which would appear to have a Scottish connection. His eldest son was killed in 1917 in the Somme area. Once more; I draw attention to the fact that Armistice day is highly relevant to his memory. Long silence. South African by birth. Strongly sympathetic to the British during the Boer war and WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 1 June , 2015 Share Posted 1 June , 2015 NF, when I read your original I thought that if it wasn't Ireland it might be South Africa (honest). I had a bit of a wander around the dramatis personae of the 2nd Boer war without making a hit. I confidently predict a Homer Simpson style "Doh!" when all is revealed. I haven't been close to identifying anyone for ages. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 June , 2015 Share Posted 1 June , 2015 NF, when I read your original I thought that if it wasn't Ireland it might be South Africa (honest). I had a bit of a wander around the dramatis personae of the 2nd Boer war without making a hit. I confidently predict a Homer Simpson style "Doh!" when all is revealed. I haven't been close to identifying anyone for ages. Pete. Two minutes of long silence should be enough to bring him to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 #2800: "Dear ???, The King, who learns that you are shortly to leave for South Africa, desires me to assure you that he ever gratefully remembers that the idea of the Two Minute Pause on Armistice Day was due to your initiation, a suggestion readily adopted and carried out with heartfelt sympathy throughout the Empire." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 Jan Christian Smuts? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 Jan Christian Smuts? Ron Sorry Ron, not him. Time to wrap him up I think. The children`s book that he is well known for is called Jock of the...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 Not that well known for, apparently! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 Not that well known for, apparently! Ron Can`t argue with that on this showing, Ron. The book was Jock of the Bushveld, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_of_the_Bushveld which I must say I had heard of, but haven`t read. Sir Percy seemed like quite a colourful character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 9 June , 2015 Share Posted 9 June , 2015 Can`t argue with that on this showing, Ron. The book was Jock of the Bushveld, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_of_the_Bushveld which I must say I had heard of, but haven`t read. Sir Percy seemed like quite a colourful character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Percy_FitzPatrick NF, a very interesting man. I however wouldn't have got him if you chained me to a typewriter for an infinite time. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 15 June , 2015 Share Posted 15 June , 2015 Right then: who's this ? ? ? Clue - mad as a March hare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 Drawn a blank so far with Nutters and Hatters......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 Drawn a blank so far with Nutters and Hatters......... He played a gallant part in the GW, but received a severe head injury on the Western Front which meant that he was eventually invalided out of the army. It also might explain a great deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 16 June , 2015 Share Posted 16 June , 2015 But I don't think he is wearing an Army uniform. Any clues there? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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