Uncle George Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 5 minutes ago, neverforget said: William March? Yes indeed: the author of that curious book (a copy of which I have owned for over forty years), 'Company K'. Graham Greene (the author!) described it as "among the most important of all war novels". It contains an account of the cold-blooded murder of a number of prisoners of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 8 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Yes indeed: the author of that curious book (a copy of which I have owned for over forty years), 'Company K'. Graham Greene (the author!) described it as "among the most important of all war novels". It contains an account of the cold-blooded murder of a number of prisoners of war. I have to admit that I didn't know of him, but following your clues, the extensive library led me here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 8 minutes ago, neverforget said: I have to admit that I didn't know of him, but following your clues, the extensive library led me here And also to this chap: Who is he??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 6 minutes ago, neverforget said: And also to this chap: Who is he??? Thanks very much NF for that short film. - I'd not seen it. 'Company K' is worth reading; but I found it a little odd, and it's over-praised, I think. As for your chap - is he Marine, writer, artist John W Thomason? Here's one of his: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Just now, Uncle George said: Thanks very much NF for that short film. - I'd not seen it. 'Company K' is worth reading; but I found it a little odd, and it's over-praised, I think. As for your chap - is he Marine, writer, artist John W Thomason? Here's one of his: Sorry U.G. I was just posting that he isn't an American, as I belatedly realised that my comments were misleading. As penance for my sins I will disclose that he is in fact a British ex soldier/author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 1 hour ago, Uncle George said: It looks strikingly like Bernard Hepton- "Colditz" and "Secret Army". OK,I know it's not but the likeness is there. OK, Nurse- I'll take my tablets now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 I'm fairly sure it's 'Sapper' but can't remember his real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 seaJane, Sapper is H C (Herman) McNeile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 On 11/04/2017 at 13:39, seaJane said: I'm fairly sure it's 'Sapper' but can't remember his real name. On 11/04/2017 at 13:46, Knotty said: seaJane, Sapper is H C (Herman) McNeile. Sapper is quite correct seaJane, as is H. C. Mcneile of course. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._McNeile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 27 minutes ago, neverforget said: Sapper is quite correct seaJane, as is H. C. Mcneile of course. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._McNeile Keep taking the tablets, Mr. V. ? Taken the tablets- It IS Bernard Hepton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Taken the tablets- It IS Bernard Hepton Don't panic Mr. Mannering. Help is on it's way!! ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 15 minutes ago, neverforget said: Don't panic Mr. Mannering. Help is on it's way!! ?? Is that a clue? Ok-It's ........... Clive Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Ok-It's ........... Clive Dunn Or is it Tom Courtenay playing Clive Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 We don't call this the WIT thread for nothing ? Here's another Hepton/McNeile lookalike, with a connection to at least one of them Tried to enlist in WW1 but the medics turned him away. Who is he??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 51 minutes ago, neverforget said: Tried to enlist in WW1 but the medics turned him away. Who is he??? No ww1 service at all then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Wife loves the fur stole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9.5mm Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 John Barrymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 35 minutes ago, RaySearching said: No ww1 service at all then ? John Barrymore would have been about 35/36 years of age in 1917. khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 (edited) Apologies for the delayed response. Unexpected invasion by the grandkids.? John Barrymore the 1st it is. The connection is that he played a part in the Bulldog Drummond movie, and more lightheartedly that he resembles both "Sapper" and Hepton. The link below will show that he attempted to enlist, but was turned down because of varicose veins. He would have been 32 at the outbreak of war. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrymore Just went with the flow of things with this candidate. Normal service will shortly be resumed. Edited 11 April , 2017 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 NF Attempting to enlist doesn't warrant an inclusion on who is this Any further breaches of the W.I.T rules will lead to your goodself being banned from the thread for five whole days consider yourself duly chastised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Revenons a nos moutons (no, that isn't a clue!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Back on topic then His face is familiar at this point I have no idea who he is but I think he may have been an actor in a Horror film Dracula maybe Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 He is Bela Lugosi , actor and GW soldier in the Austro Hungarian army where he was wounded on the Russian front. khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 Spent the war in a camp-but who and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 11 April , 2017 Share Posted 11 April , 2017 2 hours ago, RaySearching said: NF Attempting to enlist doesn't warrant an inclusion on who is this Any further breaches of the W.I.T rules will lead to your goodself being banned from the thread for five whole days consider yourself duly chastised I most certainly do consider myself duly chastised! Thank goodness I took the precaution of stuffing an exercise-book down the back of my trousers, or I probably wouldn't be able to sit down for at least the length of my proposed 5 day suspension. Apologies once more for the diversion, and for my indiscretion in inflicting upon you all my demonic sense of humour. ? I shall now inflict upon myself a voluntary suspension/ban of half an hour while I run the grandkids home. (He did look a bit like both of them though.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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