Knotty Posted 11 February , 2017 Share Posted 11 February , 2017 (edited) No more Hoares to Paris? Sir Samuel Edited 11 February , 2017 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 February , 2017 Share Posted 11 February , 2017 Sir Samuel Hoare it is. Perhaps he is best known as one of the Guilty Men, and the subject of George V's only joke; but he was the head of the Secret Intelligence Service in St Petersberg during the GW, helped the Intelligence Service's recruitment of Mussolini, and as Ambassador to Spain during the Second war deployed "bluff, leaks, bribery and subterfuge" to undermine Franco's regime. "Soapy Sam" had a number of admirable liberal intentions as Home Secretary, and played an honourable role in the kinder-transport programme. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/13/benito-mussolini-recruited-mi5-italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 February , 2017 Share Posted 11 February , 2017 Continuing something of a theme ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 12 February , 2017 Share Posted 12 February , 2017 Wrong again. Half remembered memoriesalways lead to problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 February , 2017 Share Posted 12 February , 2017 Took a while of searching but I think this is Joseph W Boyle a Canadian. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Boyle John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 12 February , 2017 Share Posted 12 February , 2017 On 11 August 2014 at 22:02, David Ridgus said: ... Unfortunately this period also saw a suspected second outbreak of the visual recognition software that threatened to sink the thread way back in January. As before the signs were a 100% hit rate and a simple announcement of the name without preamble or back story. A pithy comment by the Lord Protector seemed to do the trick however and of course we will never know for sure whether there was a problem or not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 Who is this fine old soldier, showing complete contempt for the Hun??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 Haven't the foggiest, but she's wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 6 minutes ago, seaJane said: Haven't the foggiest, but she's wonderful! She certainly is. So much going on in that face and behind those eyes. Quite a character and a Belgian national treasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 Is she Marthe Cnockaert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 4 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is she Marthe Cnockaert? Not her Uncle George. A lion who led a donkey. Oh and a parrot and a dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 Mother of the trenches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 13 minutes ago, EDWARD1 said: Mother of the trenches Indeed. A truly grand old stick. http://www.flandersfields.be/en/her-side-war/madame-tack-and-mietje-boeuf-diksmuide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 I've been wanting to submit this bloke for a while. He falls into an earlier theme, but didn't quite make it as far as I remember. It is a rather exclusive club, but he also has claim to a place on a much shorter roll of honour. /Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 He's pretending to be mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 34 minutes ago, Beechhill said: I've been wanting to submit this bloke for a while. He falls into an earlier theme, but didn't quite make it as far as I remember. It is a rather exclusive club, but he also has claim to a place on a much shorter roll of honour. /Dan My rather Fasti reply Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 9 minutes ago, RaySearching said: My rather Fasti reply Ray Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 March , 2017 Share Posted 21 March , 2017 I knew I knew him but couldn't for the life of me remember who he was, unforgettable though he is I still can't remember who he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 On 21/3/2017 at 21:24, neverforget said: I knew I knew him but couldn't for the life of me remember who he was, unforgettable though he is I still can't remember who he is. Since he hasn't been named (it's neither Blackadder or his Finnish cousin), I'll leave another hint. He shares nationality and last name with a rather famous author (or at least the author's nom de plume). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 The only Danish author i can think of is Hans Andersen ... and that wasn't a nom de plume ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 23 March , 2017 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Thomas Dinesen VC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mva Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 10 minutes ago, Stoppage Drill said: Thomas Dinesen VC. Karen Blixen's ( "out of Africa") brother : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dinesen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 1 hour ago, Stoppage Drill said: Thomas Dinesen VC. Thanks for putting me out of my agony Mr. Drill. I recognised the picture straight away, but just couldn't recall who he was. When I was born, God gave me the choice of either being hugely attractive to women or having a good memory. I can't remember which option I chose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 2 hours ago, Stoppage Drill said: Thomas Dinesen VC. There we go. Thomas earned the one of - afak - two Danish VC's in WW1. I had no idea he was related to Blixen, mva. Quite a set of offspring! /Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 We've had him before! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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