Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2016 Share Posted 3 November , 2016 Hi Ray, is it a young Walter Congreve? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 3 November , 2016 Share Posted 3 November , 2016 Sorry Pete not a young Walter Congreve whilst not a clue I will add he was a casualty Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2016 Share Posted 3 November , 2016 50 minutes ago, RaySearching said: Sorry Pete not a young Walter Congreve whilst not a clue I will add he was a casualty Regards Ray No need to apologise Ray, I wasn't confident. The ears didn't look right. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 4 November , 2016 Share Posted 4 November , 2016 Do those lanyards mean he was an ADC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 November , 2016 Share Posted 4 November , 2016 19 hours ago, seaJane said: Do those lanyards mean he was an ADC? I believe so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 We seem to have stalled on our last chap. How about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 If a clue is needed; served, and wrote poetry, but not what I'd call a war poet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 To Easy Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 On 11/4/2016 at 00:17, seaJane said: Do those lanyards mean he was an ADC? No, they are cap lines, intended to secure the lancer cap if it was knocked off. Hussars had similar lines, which can often be seen wound round the middle of the busby.. Aiguillettes to denote staff officers and ADCs (and NCO ranks in the Household Cavalry) were worn only on one side. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 Thank you for that Ron. He looks awfully familiar but I am flummoxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 (edited) He was also an artist of some repute Regards Ray Edit more of an illustrator than an artist Edited 30 November , 2016 by RaySearching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 On 11/3/2016 at 19:55, RaySearching said: Thought I would have another go No clues this time Regards Ray Caton Woodville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 30 November , 2016 Share Posted 30 November , 2016 Your welcome to have another guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 3 December , 2016 Share Posted 3 December , 2016 another clue Born 1870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 December , 2016 Share Posted 3 December , 2016 3 hours ago, RaySearching said: another clue Born 1870 Clive McDonnell Dixon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 December , 2016 Share Posted 4 December , 2016 Well done Jane Help yourself to a drink from your drink cabinet well deserved Painted by Captain Clive MacDonnell Dixon, aide-de-camp to Sir George White, both caught up in the siege of Ladysmith. Dixon produced a book dealing with this experience and illustrated with his watercolours Clive an Interesting artist and Illustrator An early casualty of the Great War Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 4 December , 2016 Share Posted 4 December , 2016 As its that time of year here is Clive's 1899 Xmas menu Regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 4 December , 2016 Share Posted 4 December , 2016 Thanks Ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 He edged forward. The place, so familiar to him in previous times, now seemed so strange after five months away. It was quiet, too quiet. 'Hello,' he called out nervously, 'is there anyone there - Pete, Steve, UG, Mr Drill, Caryl, seaJane, Ron, knotty?' His voiced echoed and then was swallowed in the darkness. It seemed like the WIT house was finally deserted. But perhaps it it could be brought back to life. He had no pictures, for heaven's sake every participant in the war (including all the animals) had already been used. In desperation he thought he'd try a WAIWA. Who is this he whispered: "He marched with the battalion all the way after Merville, and apparently enjoyed it, but I doubt if the Staff Officer with him did - trudging along in the mud! ...He is tremendously keen and seems to like turning out in the dark on a winter's morning and marching with the Battalion. He is not to be allowed in the line for the present, much to his disgust!" He waited for an answer scarcely daring to breathe... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 WSC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, seaJane said: WSC? No, but reading it back I can see how it could be, were it not for the date, which I didn't include - December 1914 Edited 3 January , 2017 by David Ridgus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 Welcome back old friend, to the show that never ends, etc etc. Bad timing for me as I was just off to bed. Totally knackered after my first 12 hr shift following another lengthy lay off. Good news is I've only one more to do tomorrow and then it's four days off. I'd love to think that is going to mean four days of furious action here just like the good old days. Anyway, I'll take a stab at Winnie for your WAIWA, if only because your description immedeately conjoured up a mental image of him doing just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Welcome back old friend, to the show that never ends, etc etc. Bad timing for me as I was just off to bed. Totally knackered after my first 12 hr shift following another lengthy lay off. Good news is I've only one more to do tomorrow and then it's four days off. I'd love to think that is going to mean four days of furious action here just like the good old days. Anyway, I'll take a stab at Winnie for your WAIWA, if only because your description immedeately conjoured up a mental image of him doing just that. You see, it's just like one of those Stallone movies - the old gang soon come out for another mission when asked! My reply to Jane crossed with yours but you'll see Winston was still in the Admiralty at this point David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 "I am by no means sure I have been right. It is no part of my case that I am always right." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 3 January , 2017 Share Posted 3 January , 2017 1 hour ago, David Ridgus said: "He marched with the battalion all the way after Merville, and apparently enjoyed it, but I doubt if the Staff Officer with him did - trudging along in the mud! ...He is tremendously keen and seems to like turning out in the dark on a winter's morning and marching with the Battalion. He is not to be allowed in the line for the present, much to his disgust!" It's not this chap, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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