David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Okay this may not fly but lets give it a go. This is part of the display at the National Portrait Gallery for their Portraits of the Great War exhibition last year. I thought it might be interesting to see how many of these 40 folk we could identify. If we treat it like a chessboard and call the rows a to d from the bottom up and the columns 1 to 10 from left to right. To share it out I wondered if we have one of our self denying ordinances and restrict ourselves to 2 pictures for each Inmate each day. I reckon about half of them are pretty straight forward but some others might prove a bit trickier (which probably means we'll have them all by tomorrow!) So I'll start with a couple of easy ones: a2 is Noel Chavasse c7 is Jack Cornwall (or more likely his brother, I gather from Ron) David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Is C2 Edith Cavell? D1 Isaac Rosenberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 B1 is Wilfred Owen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Uncle George. A wild guess: Queen Elisabeth of Belgium? My eyes are struggling to see her to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 C6 Albert Ball. Uncle George. A wild guess: Queen Elisabeth of Belgium? My eyes are struggling to see her to be honest. No, NF. Surely you have the chap, with that heavy clue!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Is C2 Edith Cavell? D1 Isaac Rosenberg. B1 is Wilfred Owen. Identification is great - chessboard referencing less so! A to D from the bottom up. B2 Cavell, A1 Rosenberg, C1 Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Nice one David My two for today A8 Captain Flores Sandes British woman with the Serbian Army B6 Albert Ball VC How's that John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 B6 Albert Ball, perhaps! [further to post #4808] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Okay this may not fly but lets give it a go. This is part of the display at the National Portrait Gallery for their Portraits of the Great War exhibition last year. I thought it might be interesting to see how many of these 40 folk we could identify. If we treat it like a chessboard and call the rows a to d from the bottom up and the columns 1 to 10 from left to right. To share it out I wondered if we have one of our self denying ordinances and restrict ourselves to 2 pictures for each Inmate each day. I reckon about half of them are pretty straight forward but some others might prove a bit trickier (which probably means we'll have them all by tomorrow!) So I'll start with a couple of easy ones: a2 is Noel Chavasse c7 is Jack Cornwall (or more likely his brother, I gather from Ron) NationalPortraitGallery.jpg David Great idea David. I`ll take a5 (Mata Hari) and a8 (Flora Sands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Excellent start folks. I'll endeavour to keep score and post which references are still outstanding intermittently UG you double booked with John so feel free to pick another. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Sassoon, bottom right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Sassoon, bottom right. A10 it is!! NF Sandes already nabbed so you get another go too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Excellent start folks. I'll endeavour to keep score and post which references are still outstanding intermittently UG you double booked with John so feel free to pick another. David Actually it was me who repeated John`s due to S.P.S again, so scrub my Flora Sands, and I`ll take d4 instead (Maria Bochkareva). Hoping U.G`s red-faced clue will kick in soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 11 May , 2016 Admin Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Top row 3 is Godley VC , top row 6 is Dease VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Curses, Michelle beat me to it on Godley and Dease. A5 is Graves however. Pete. Have we had B3 Walter Tull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Top row 3 is Godley VC , top row 6 is Dease VC Curses, Michelle beat me to it on Godley and Dease. A5 is Graves however. Pete. Have we had B3 Walter Tull? Thank you Michelle the heroes of Nimy Bridge Graves and Tull are yours Pete (but at d5 and c3) Blimey, 14 already! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Graves and Tull are yours Pete (but at d5 and c3) I was looking at an Australian chess board; but if we are being all northern hemisphere about this D10 might well be Albert Jacka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Well this is going well apart from the confusion about notation and that's probably my fault as of course I should have had the letters along the bottom and the numbers up the side. However on this grid the bottom left is a1 the top left is d1, bottom right is a10 and the top right is d10. (I think you are now getting some idea as to why I teach History and English and not Maths!) David I was looking at an Australian chess board; but if we are being all northern hemisphere about this D10 might well be Albert Jacka. And now you've had three goes when the limit for any one day is two!! My friend, I somehow doubt you were the teacher's pet! David PS and now you know they will all want another go!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Sorry, I've also failed to follow the self denying ordinance about only two per day. I'll fill one chamber in the Webley and go and do the decent thing........ Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Sorry UG I have missed your last posting of the gentleman with a red face, will start investigating but it's getting late. And I'm waiting for 00:01 to have another shot at the chessboard:-) John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Hoping U.G`s red-faced clue will kick in soon. It's an exceedingly good clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 It's an exceedingly good clue. So is he Kipling? And if he's 'little' how small is the lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 And I'm waiting for 00:01 to have another shot at the chessboard:-) John At last! Someone on this thread who follows the rules And stop sniggering at the back Owls! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 Too many Saturday afternoon detentions for breaking the rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 11 May , 2016 Share Posted 11 May , 2016 And now you've had three goes when the limit for any one day is two!! My friend, I somehow doubt you were the teacher's pet! I've let the forum down, I've let the inmates down, but most of all I've let myself down. If I was a better and nicer person I'd be ashamed of myself. I'll limit myself to one tomorrow in an attempt to free myself from the doghouse............................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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