neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 By gad, he looks familiar but I just can`t place him. Had to double check that Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn could both be ruled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Hmmm. Don't recognize this one. Was he decorated for any particular incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 By gad, he looks familiar but I just can`t place him. Had to double check that Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn could both be ruled out. He WAS an actor: a Shakespearean actor, and associated with the works of GBS. Hmmm. Don't recognize this one. Was he decorated for any particular incident? I don't recognise the ribbon, but monochrome photography can play its tricks. This chap won the MC for downing an Albatross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Aha. You have given too much away. I have identified him with the help of Google. An interesting history. I shall keep it to myself for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Aha. You have given too much away. I have identified him with the help of Google. An interesting history. I shall keep it to myself for now! So what is the wordplay to which I allude? (NB - only of note for those with a prurient cast of mind.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 So what is the wordplay to which I allude? (NB - only of note for those with a prurient cast of mind.) I think I have been steered in the right direction by Dai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 So what is the wordplay to which I allude? (NB - only of note for those with a prurient cast of mind.) Are you alluding to his joystick???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Ooh you are awful Uncle but I like you. I've got him now too belatedly.Credit due to Dai for getting him in the first place.I have one to continue the love theme.An ace. Beware! I`ve gone a bit further than your joy-stick with my love connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 So you all have him, but I'll put him to bed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10760014/Exploits-of-WW1-Boys-Own-flying-ace-emerge.html Robert Loraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 He looks American to me. American aviators. He is neither Howard Hughes nor Charles Linbergh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 I have one to continue the love theme. An ace.lb.jpg Beware! I`ve gone a bit further than your joy-stick with my love connection. One hopes it is not Hans Klein. That would be to take schoolboy humour too far. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 You'll probably guess this one pretty quickly (I've mentioned him before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 seaJane Nautical stuff not my forte. He is a Commander RN? Surgeon Commander? And those chevrons??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 (edited) One hopes it is not Hans Klein. That would be to take schoolboy humour too far. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klein Ha ha. Not him alas, but I`m going to have to come clean; I`ve stretched the love connection as far as it can go. Only just made the "ace" yardstick, and also rose to the rank of colonel in WW2. EDIT> Think of the old hippies, flower power, and the centre of their universe. Edited 27 November , 2015 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 You'll probably guess this one pretty quickly (I've mentioned him before). cropped.jpg One or two wild guesses lined up. I`ll try Robert Hill, C.V.O? (The principal Medical Officer of the Fleet Flagship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 I don't recognise the ribbon, but monochrome photography can play its tricks. This chap won the MC for downing an Albatross. His Wiki entry has him serving in the Boer War, which would fit with the ribbon being the QSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 One or two wild guesses lined up. I`ll try Robert Hill, C.V.O? (The principal Medical Officer of the Fleet Flagship) Nope seaJane Nautical stuff not my forte. He is a Commander RN? Surgeon Commander? And those chevrons??? He was a surgeon commander after Nov 1918 when the Medical Branch became military rather than civil (this was photograph was taken after his wartime service). The chevrons are a mystery to me I'm afraid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 EDIT> Think of the old hippies, flower power, and the centre of their universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Alexander Maclean, M.B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Alexander Maclean, M.B? No, sorry. Think farther south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 The chevrons are a mystery to me I'm afraid! These are overseas service chevrons, I believe. http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/servicechevrons.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 These are overseas service chevrons, I believe. That figures - thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Colonel Edward Meeker Haight !!! Haight-Ashbury. I was there man....... In 1979, when the streetcars were all out of order. The ferries to Alcatraz weren't running. Nothing was available.......let alone free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 Colonel Edward Meeker Haight !!! Haight-Ashbury. I was there man....... In 1979, when the streetcars were all out of order. The ferries to Alcatraz weren't running. Nothing was available.......let alone free! You should have stayed at home. There was plenty going on in Wales at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Julie Got him, Dai. Well played. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Meeker_Haight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 27 November , 2015 Share Posted 27 November , 2015 You should have stayed at home. There was plenty going on in Wales at the time. https://en.wikipedia...Operation_Julie Indeed. Well the natives had to amuse themselves somehow, cos most of the pubs in Wales were shut on Sundays in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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