Uncle George Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Talking of east ones, here`s another that I would have expected to have seen on here before now. As recently as 12 March 2016! (If it IS Alanbrooke, that is!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Field marshal Viscount Alanbrooke khaki Spot on, Khaki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke .."And the wonderful thing is that 3/4 of the population of the world imagine that Churchill is one of the Strategists of History, a second Marlborough, and the other 1/4 have no idea what a public menace he is and has been throughout this war ! It is far better that the world should never know, and never suspect the feet of clay of this otherwise superhuman being. Without him England was lost for a certainty, with him England has been on the verge of disaster time and again...... Never have I admired and despised a man simultaneously to the same extent. Never have such opposite extremes been combined in the same human being." Also: "Genius mixed with an astonishing lack of vision – he is quite the most difficult man to work with that I have ever struck but I should not have missed the chance of working with him for anything on earth!". As recently as 12 March 2016! (If it IS Alanbrooke, that is!) Apologies all round. My short-term memory fails again. I did check on David`s list, but should have searched here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 All checks done on this one, and I think I`m safe. This Jock lies in the "one and only" category, as well being credited with several "first to" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Henry Horne, commander of First Army, the first and only Baron Horne of Stirkoke. He was basically Haig's artillery specialist at Aldershot, I Corps and First Army before being given command of a Corps. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Henry Horne, commander of First Army, the first and only Baron Horne of Stirkoke. He was basically Haig's artillery specialist at Aldershot, I Corps and First Army before being given command of a Corps. Ron Not Horne Ron. He was responsible for raising and training a division. Though born in Scotland, and married in Wales, he served as a colonial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Oh, is he wossname who was in charge at Kut? Townshend, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 He is Major-General Sir William Bridges, the first Australian CGS, commander of 1st Australian Division at Anzac, and the first Australian general to be killed during the war. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 He is Major-General Sir William Bridges, the first Australian CGS, commander of 1st Australian Division at Anzac, and the first Australian general to be killed during the war. Ron Absolutely correct Ron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bridges_(general) First Australian Chief of the General Staff. During the First World War he commanded the 1st Australian Division at Gallipoli where he died of wounds on 18 May 1915, becoming the first Australian general to be killed during the war. He was the first Australian—and the first graduate of Kingston—to reach the rank of major general, the first to command a division, and the first to receive a knighthood. He is one of only two Australians killed in action in the Great War to be interred in Australia, the other being the "unknown soldier." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 Who is this far-sighted visionary ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 That is Jan Bloch who predicted that a European war would involve unforeseen high casualty rates. He gave his lecture at the Royal United Services Institute in 1901,a year before his death. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 That is Jan Bloch who predicted that a European war would involve unforeseen high casualty rates. He gave his lecture at the Royal United Services Institute in 1901,a year before his death. John It is indeed. An excellent article about him here: http://www.historytoday.com/paul-reynolds/man-who-predicted-great-war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 That's the article that I have bookmarked,so I was able to recognise him. Bloch's material was very visionary but generals could/would not accept that in more modern world, strategy and equipment would move forward at an exponential speed, a case of what if, but that's history. A good WIT find there UG John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 One wonders how many felt this man`s not so beautiful embrace??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 He reminds me of a song - Kiss me honey honey Kiss me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 He reminds me of a song - Kiss me honey honey Kiss me! Not something that I think Shirls would have sung to him, unless she had just eaten plenty of garlic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 28 March , 2016 Share Posted 28 March , 2016 Ah, Burley Shassey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Not something that I think Shirls would have sung to him, unless she had just eaten plenty of garlic.Are we looking at a Romanian connection here then?John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Are we looking at a Romanian connection here then? John Not Romanian, but the hint at vampirism was a relevant one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Not Romanian, but the hint at vampirism was a relevant one. Is he Albert Hustin, the blood transfusion pioneer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 I'll go with Fritz Haarmaan from Hanover John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Is he Albert Hustin, the blood transfusion pioneer? I'll go with Fritz Haarmaan from Hanover John Neither of these, but John is very much more close than the Uncle is. Very close indeed in fact, but you both have the wrong nationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 It is Bela Kiss, should have paid more attention to Ghazala who obviously knew straight away. Not a nice chap to meet if you were a young lady. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Wow! A nasty piece of work. A real life 'Kiss of Death'. (Sorry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 It is Bela Kiss, should have paid more attention to Ghazala who obviously knew straight away. Not a nice chap to meet if you were a young lady. John On the contrary; I`ve testaments from many a young lady who all assure me that in fact, Ghazala is a perfectly nice chap! It is indeed Bela Kiss, which like you I`m sure our TELstar knew from the start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 29 March , 2016 Share Posted 29 March , 2016 Briefly back to paintings but with a very tangental TEL connection Who is the painter, and what is the loose connection to the thread's patron saint? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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