neverforget Posted 24 April , 2016 Share Posted 24 April , 2016 David Cuthbert Thomas! From Robert Graves` poem of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 24 April , 2016 Share Posted 24 April , 2016 Well I used the extensive library to look for four time DSO winners but none of them seemed to match this chap. I wondered about the Olympian Albert Jackson but he always seemed to wear a moustache. Need to sleep now, will try again tomorrow if still going David Edit: and of course you are right NF. 'Dick Tiltwood' of the Sherston Chronicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 April , 2016 Share Posted 24 April , 2016 Well I used the extensive library to look for four time DSO winners but none of them seemed to match this chap. I wondered about the Olympian Albert Jackson but he always seemed to wear a moustache. Need to sleep now, will try again tomorrow if still going David Edit: and of course you are right NF. 'Dick Tiltwood' of the Sherston Chronicles Not him I`m afraid. This chap commanded a btn in the naval division, and fought at the Somme, Arras, etc..... I`ll belt up now........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 NF Archibald Buckle? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 NF Archibald Buckle? David Please sir. Commander Buckle it is. http://www.foblc.org.uk/2008/07/commander-w-buckle-dsornvr.html#.Vx2-T_krK1s School teacher and leader of the Anson Battalion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Walter_Buckle And a link to a website with others: http://www.ww1schools.com/temporary-gentlemen.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 LotWP: Some speak of Alexander, And some of Hercules, But where are there any like Nancy and Jenny, Where are there any like these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 UG I think that this was written by Robert Graves, called A Song for Two Children Nancy was his first wife and Jenny his first and eldest daughter, who I assume he is referring to. I will let the experts take over here. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 WAIWA? And on what occasion? "The ADC is a real fire-eater, and longs for the fray." Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 UG I think that this was written by Robert Graves, called A Song for Two Children Nancy was his first wife and Jenny his first and eldest daughter, who I assume he is referring to. I will let the experts take over here. John Yes: I liked Michelle's alliteration in her last answer, but the best I can do is, the uninhibited Nancy Nicholson. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Nicholson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 WAIWA? And on what occasion? "The ADC is a real fire-eater, and longs for the fray." Ron Haig's ADC Colonel Fletcher? I don't know if he was a fire-eater, but he seems to have had a certain chutzpah. I enjoyed the deft way he checked if the wind direction was appropriate for the use of gas at Loos - viz, by lighting a cigarette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Not Alan Fletcher. My man's rank was more appropriate for an ADC. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Not Alan Fletcher. My man's rank was more appropriate for an ADC. Ron I think it`s Haig, on Patton. 20th July 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 I'm still plugging away at LotWP. Who is this ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 I'm still plugging away at LotWP. Who is this ? ? ? That`s Roland Leighton, lover of Vera Brittain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 That`s Roland Leighton, lover of Vera Brittain. Yes it is. I was surprised to see we haven't had him before (unless I've missed him ... ) "Perhaps (To R.A.L.) Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue, And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You ... " http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/perhaps-to-r-a-l/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Yes it is. I was surprised to see we haven't had him before (unless I've missed him ... ) "Perhaps (To R.A.L.) Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue, And feel once more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of You ... " http://allpoetry.com/Perhaps-(To-R.A.L.) I posted him a while back. Not surprisingly Ghazala quickly jumped on him. He`s here in a different format as a lotwp in any case. WWAW???: "I request that hereafter you send officers relieved of their command to GHQ by motor car, and there have them court-martialled. I consider that as in 1793, there are only two punishments; dismissal and death. You want to win; to do so, use the most rapid, brutal, energetic and decisive methods." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 I think it`s Haig, on Patton. 20th July 1917. Yes, Captain George S Patton it is. A remarkably accurate judgement on what must have been a fairly short acquaintance - Patton was Pershing's ADC, and some other officers also accompanied them, on whom Haig also notes brief comments. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 I posted him a while back. Not surprisingly Ghazala quickly jumped on him. He`s here in a different format as a lotwp in any case. WWAW???: "I request that hereafter you send officers relieved of their command to GHQ by motor car, and there have them court-martialled. I consider that as in 1793, there are only two punishments; dismissal and death. You want to win; to do so, use the most rapid, brutal, energetic and decisive methods." The reference to 1793 presumably makes him French. Sounds a bit blood thirsty for Joffre, is it Pete's mate Nivelle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 neverforget WWAW The French Minister of War Adolphe Marie Messimy in a letter to General Joffre during 24/25th August 1914,during the retreat. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 "Knotty" post="2392878" timestamp="1461607019"]neverforget WWAW The French Minister of War Adolphe Marie Messimy in a letter to General Joffre during 24/25th August 1914,during the retreat. John Absolutely correct John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Another for UG's LofWP sub-thread. Who is this? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 25 April , 2016 Admin Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Phyllis Gardner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Yet another LotWP. But who ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Another for UG's LofWP sub-thread. Who is this? wit 26.jpg David Cathleen Nesbitt, lover of Rupert Brooke (and the first actress to play Yasmin in Flecker's 'Hassan' on the English stage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 25 April , 2016 Share Posted 25 April , 2016 Phyllis Gardner? Afraid not Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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