Fattyowls Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Accuracy is of the first importance here on WiT. Yes, the General of Switzerland Conrad Ulrich Wille. Wille too was a stickler for precision. My copy of 'Boys' Bumper Book of Stereotypes, Standardisations and Slurs' (1935), (from Penguin's celebrated 'Alliteration and Assonance for Adolescents' series), tells me that the Swiss are are "proud, precise, petty, pedantic people". Wille, though like all Swiss he reviled cliché and shibboleth, fitted this characterisation like a glove. Is it available via the forum's link to Amazon/Abe books? It sounds just up my street. A classic post UG; it had me going for all of 24.744 seconds. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Here's another chap on a horse. Rather dashing, I thought. A good hat. Who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Is this Emperor Karl I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 And this is why I thought it might be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Is this Emperor Karl I? wit50.jpg And this is why I thought it might be him. No, but that also is a very good hat. My chap was not an Emperor, nor was he a King, but at one stage in his remarkable career he was his country's head of state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 2 June , 2016 Share Posted 2 June , 2016 Mustafa Kamal Ataturk. khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 No, but that also is a very good hat. My chap was not an Emperor, nor was he a King, but at one stage in his remarkable career he was his country's head of state. Blast! That rules out my guess of Dr Zhivago then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Mustafa Kamal Ataturk. khaki No. My chap was his country's Regent for a short period. Later, he was the head of state. Blast! That rules out my guess of Dr Zhivago then But, on the plus side, that is a very good hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 UG Is it Carl Mannerheim the Regent of Finland? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 UG Is it Carl Mannerheim the Regent of Finland? John Mannerheim, yes. A general in the Imperial Russian army during the GW; Regent, then President of Finland; scourge of the Bolsheviks. "The cosmopolitan Marshal of Finland cut a figure every bit as complex and as contradictory as Winston Churchill, his British equivalent and cavalier contemporary." Mannerheim: "The man of arms who turned his life into an exquisite work of art ... He spoke six languages, served the last of the Tsars, fought the Japanese, routed the Reds during the Finnish civil war, squared up to Stalin and played cat and mouse with Hitler." He is said to have lit a cigar in front of Hitler, chiefly in order to annoy him. "The closest thing there is to a Finnish national shrine." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/09/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Cripes! I really should have got that one - I only did some work on Mannerheim, Baden-Powell and the Scouting movement a few weeks back. This photo is from 22 Aug 1933 during the Scouting Peace Cruise. See this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Good one Uncle George. At first, I thought it might be this fellow, and seeing as he doesn`t appear to have graced our pages as yet, Who is this Bon Chapeau ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Well as we seem to be going through our big hat phase, how about this one. This appeared in WIT Mark 1. He is one of those characters we never bothered to post as an adult as it would have been gone in seconds. Although from memory this one lasted barely any longer. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Inexplicably WIT is suddenly very popular with the Ukrainian Division David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Well I remember Billy boy from ye olde WIT days, but I`m stumped on the Ukranians so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 As an aside; the Ukranians as such fought on both sides during the war, so that helps narrow it down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Hi Guys Not able to participate as normal, I have an aged mother in law in hospital after an operation so wifi not good, having to do it in shifts neverforget, your chap I believe is German General Otto Liman von Sanders commander of the Turkish 1st Corp David your young man is William "Billy" Bishop VC, the group of Cossacks have me stumped. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 David your young man is William "Billy" Bishop VC, the group of Cossacks have me stumped. John John Billy Bishop it is. The Cossacks are not for naming, it was just an attempted joke on my part about our current millinery sub theme. I'll get my coat David PS Hope all goes well with the poorly relative. A stressful time for your wife I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Hi Guys Not able to participate as normal, I have an aged mother in law in hospital after an operation so wifi not good, having to do it in shifts neverforget, your chap I believe is German General Otto Liman von Sanders commander of the Turkish 1st Corp David your young man is William "Billy" Bishop VC, the group of Cossacks have me stumped. John Correct on both counts John. I hope all goes well with your mother-in-law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Well having failed my audition for cover writer for Private Eye, I'll revert to WIT archivist. These five pictures were posted with the two part question - "Who are they, and what two things do they have in common?" David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 The Cossacks are not for naming, it was just an attempted joke on my part about our current millinery sub theme. I'll get my coat David Don`t forget your hat! Not a scouser as far as I know. (Sorry Pete me ole mate. Tee hee.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Well having failed my audition for cover writer for Private Eye, I'll revert to WIT archivist. These five pictures were posted with the two part question - "Who are they, and what two things do they have in common?" wit45.jpg wit46.jpg wit47.jpg wit48.png wit49.png David Good one David. I`m not sure if I should offer a part answer or not, but I recognise three of them, all actors of course, and all served in WW1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Good one David. I`m not sure if I should offer a part answer or not, but I recognise three of them, all actors of course, and all served in WW1? They were and they did. But the second connection is more specific David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 (edited) They were and they did. But the second connection is more specific David I thought there might be more to it than the obvious link I picked up on. Were they all in the Artists Rifles by any chance? Pic 1 Rains. Pic 2 Rathbone. Pic 4 Marshall. EDIT> Scrub the Artists Rifles, I believe it was the London Scottish Regiment. Edited 3 June , 2016 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2016 Share Posted 3 June , 2016 Pic 3 Ronald Colman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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