RaySearching Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Thomas Fasti Dinesen Ashcroft Collection Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 23 March , 2017 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2017 27 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: We've had him before! Ron Raysearching got him first (this time) with a cryptic answer - see his post #5619 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mva Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 if you read French, : http://santerre1418.chez.com/fr/portraits/dinesen.htm (about 1918 in the Somme), translation from his memoirs, I haven't the original text, sorry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 1 hour ago, mva said: if you read French, : http://santerre1418.chez.com/fr/portraits/dinesen.htm (about 1918 in the Somme), translation from his memoirs, I haven't the original text, sorry ! Great article. I see that his resting place is marked by a boulder, similar to another Scandinavian who is a hero of mine. I like that. I put forward another recipient for identification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 A hint for #5632: An extraordinary act of heroism, even amongst winners of the V.C. Lost a limb during the course of his action, but undaunted, this young man carried on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 So we must be seeking an unarmed Ausi who was awarded the VC cannot be many of them Unfortunately I chose being hugely attractive to women when I was born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Is he William Jackson VC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 14 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is he William Jackson VC? He is indeed U.G. First and youngest of Aussie's V.C. winners. Story here http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/jacksonvc.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 29 minutes ago, RaySearching said: Unfortunately I chose being hugely attractive to women when I was born I must confess I had to clean that old joke up a bit before I could post it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Going back to "Jacko" for a moment, his citation: Pte John William Alexander Jackson, 17th AIF Battalion, gazetted 8 September 1916 (age 18, also DSO) ‘For most conspicuous bravery. On the return from a successful raid, several members of the raiding party were seriously wounded in "No Man's Land" by shell fire. Private Jackson got back safely and, after handing over a prisoner whom he had brought in, immediately went out again under very heavy shell fire and assisted in bringing in a wounded man. He then went out again, and with a serjeant was bringing in another wounded man, when his arm was blown-off by a shell-and the serjeant was rendered unconscious. ‘He then returned to our trenches obtained assistance, and went out again to look for his two wounded comrades. He set a splendid example of pluck and determination. His work has always been marked by the greatest coolness and bravery.’ (Gazette supplement 29740) Simply mind-blowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Pte 588 William Jacksons Service records make interesting reading Awarded the DCM which was cancelled and upgraded to VC (can you return the DCM please) LINK TO SERVICE RECORDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 39 minutes ago, RaySearching said: Pte 588 William Jacksons Service records make interesting reading Awarded the DCM which was cancelled and upgraded to VC (can you return the DCM please) LINK TO SERVICE RECORDS Wow! Churlish doesn't really cover this example of bonkers Army red-tape does it. Thanks very much for posting his S.R. A most enjoyable and fascinating read. Much appreciated. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 It is July 1914, and a young MP meets one who will become one of the great and good of the Great War. The MP writes: " ... the great man directed upon me a veritable stream of comments and confidences. [...] A vivacious talker, indeed, almost a gossip, strongly opinionated and very indiscreet, he seemed one of those who use words as a smoke screen for their advance [...] "He then proceeded with almost religious fervour to deploy the case against the [Channel] tunnel. 'If the tunnel is built, it will constantly warp and bias the whole structure of our foreign and military policy [...] In war, British strategy and tactics will be prostituted to its defence.' " Who are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Sir Charles Hoare and Lord Kitchener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 Blimey that was quick. (The pedant would point out that Hoare's Christian name was Samuel.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 23 March , 2017 Share Posted 23 March , 2017 32 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Blimey that was quick. (The pedant would point out that Hoare's Christian name was Samuel.) You are correct Samuel I do not know how the Charles crept in Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 Well, I didn't even get out of the starting blocks with that last one. Who's eloquentl but bitter words are these??? "Let him who thinks that war is a glorious, golden thing, who loves to roll forth stirring words of exhortation, invoking honour and praise and valour and love of country, let him but look at a little pile of sodden grey rags that cover half a skull and a shin bone and what might have been his ribs, and let him think how grand and glorious a thing it is to have distilled all youth and joy and life into a foetid heap of hideous putrescence!" (He was killed in action 1914) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 2 hours ago, neverforget said: Well, I didn't even get out of the starting blocks with that last one. Who's eloquentl but bitter words are these??? "Let him who thinks that war is a glorious, golden thing, who loves to roll forth stirring words of exhortation, invoking honour and praise and valour and love of country, let him but look at a little pile of sodden grey rags that cover half a skull and a shin bone and what might have been his ribs, and let him think how grand and glorious a thing it is to have distilled all youth and joy and life into a foetid heap of hideous putrescence!" (He was killed in action 1914) A guess: the poet Charles Péguy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 40 minutes ago, Uncle George said: A guess: the poet Charles Péguy? Not him Uncle. Better known for his better half, who was a writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 She also became a well known pacifist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 (edited) Geoffrey Thurlow? Mixed up, make that George Catlin. Edited 25 March , 2017 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 1 minute ago, seaJane said: Geoffrey Thurlow? Not him either Jane. There'll be bluebirds over........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 Writer, pacifist and nurse. That ought to do it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 Though that applied to George Catlin's other half too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 25 March , 2017 Share Posted 25 March , 2017 She lost her brother too. Our man was her fiance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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