neverforget Posted 12 November , 2015 Share Posted 12 November , 2015 Right then. Harry Clemens Ulrich Graf Kessler. Co-librettist of Der Rosenkavalier no less. I didn't know that before. And his mother a horizontal collaborator (allegedly) of the Kaiser. Nice one..... but tough! Very well played Dai. I`m glad we got there in the end. I thought he was a quite interesting and unusual character, and I`ve been making it far too easy just lately. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Graf_Kessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 12 November , 2015 Share Posted 12 November , 2015 Shall we try something a little different? "Only connect" the following veterans of the Great War: General Sir Nevil Macready Brigadier-General Sir William Horwood General Viscount Byng of Vimy Marshal of the RAF Lord Trenchard Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 November , 2015 Share Posted 12 November , 2015 Hello hello hello Ron. I think they were all police commissioners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 13 November , 2015 Share Posted 13 November , 2015 Correct nf. Specifically, of the Metropolitan Police. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Cheeky one this. Does anyone recognise this French lady??? You would certainly recognise her English brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Well that rules out Marie-Claire Lauder and Fifi Lloyd-George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Well that rules out Marie-Claire Lauder and Fifi Lloyd-George! Indeed so. Neither of those. She was a bit of a jail-bird, banged up at least three times. Suffragette and novelist. Daughter of a naval commander. She would no doubt have been a major embarrassment to her illustrious brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Is she Jeanne-Elizabeth Schmahl ? Only name that comes up on Googling French Suffragettes of that period. Some of the clues fit I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Sorry Dai, good try but not her I`m afraid. There is an Irish connection too with both her and her brother being half Irish. She was actually born in Scotland, and her very well known brother (who was a notorious womaniser) was born in England. Confused? I bet you are, but it`s all true. To help clear the fog, remember her father was a naval commander, and said brother was an army commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Charlotte Despard, sister of Sir John French (who was, incidentally, my second choice as the general who was a notorious womaniser!) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Charlotte Despard, sister of Sir John French (who was, incidentally, my second choice as the general who was a notorious womaniser!) Ron Well done Ron. Charlotte Despard (nee French) I`m expecting an ear-bashing from Dai. I don`t think she would have been much fun to have around. Her romantic novels included two called Chaste as Ice, and Pure as Snow. To be fair to the old girl though, she stood by what she believed in, and it`s hard to criticize her motives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Despard Who was your first choice then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Very good. I see what you did there. (Mental note to self. Must re-edit my "Worst Puns of the Great War" card index file.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Who was your first choice then? One we've had before: "the best quartermaster since Moses." Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 Ah yes, Uncle George`s recent offering; "Randy Jack". Didn`t know he was a lady`s man too. Apologies Dai. I did say it was a cheeky one. Here`s another duo for you to solve. Both men share the same surname, and each take individual credit for breakthroughs in the same field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 14 November , 2015 Admin Share Posted 14 November , 2015 She would no doubt have been a major embarrassment to her illustrious brother. and maybe her illustrious brother was an embarrassment to her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 and maybe her illustrious brother was an embarrassment to her? Quite so, Michelle. I`m sure he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2015 Share Posted 14 November , 2015 My two "medics": One was born in England, and the other in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 Ah yes, Uncle George`s recent offering; "Randy Jack". Didn`t know he was a lady`s man too. Don't you think his nickname was a bit of a clue? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 #3342: Cup of tea and a biscuit if you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 Earl Grey of Garilbaldi? I'll get me greatcoat and close the door as I go out........ These are really hard. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 #3342: Cup of tea and a biscuit if you get it.Nice clue!L B and O H Robertson, pioneers in the transfusion of blood. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 Nice clue! L B and O H Robertson, pioneers in the transfusion of blood. Ron Got it in one, Ron. Well solved. The demonstration and acceptance of the life-saving potential of blood transfusion in the resuscitation of combat casualties came in two parts. First, Canadian surgeon Major Lawrence Bruce Robertson showed that direct transfusion of blood from the veins of a donor to a patient could save the lives of many casualties. Second, US Army Captain Oswald Hope Robertson (no relation) showed that stored blood could be given quickly and safely in forward medical units, and set up the world`s first blood-bank, on the western front. With these demonstrations, the Royal Army Medical Corps adopted transfusion and declared it the most important medical advance of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_transfusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 The Belgian, Dr Hustin, was a native of Ethe; a village that suffered so terribly in the opening weeks of the war. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 The Belgian, Dr Hustin, was a native of Ethe; a village that suffered so terribly in the opening weeks of the war. Steve That`s very interesting, Steve. I spotted him on the blood transfusion link. Was another good prospective candidate actually. I also came across this chap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Halsted and although he hasn`t even the most tenuous link to ww1, is worth taking a look at if the subject interests you. I bet his sister was as high as a kite for a week after her direct transfusion from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 15 November , 2015 Share Posted 15 November , 2015 An absolutely fascinating and illuminating find, NF, thanks. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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