Stoppage Drill Posted 13 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 13 April , 2017 4 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Blimey that was a (unsuccessful) search! But I learnt something new: paper money in its early years went by the delightful (for the etymologists among us) name of Notgeld. That translates directly from German as "Emergency money." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 13 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 13 April , 2017 Writer and poet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 14 April , 2017 Share Posted 14 April , 2017 #6139 He is Feldwebel-Leutnant Robert Monteith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 14 April , 2017 Share Posted 14 April , 2017 And who is Feldwebel-Leutnant Robert Monteith? And in which army did he serve? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 14 April , 2017 Share Posted 14 April , 2017 In the British Army (RHA); and in the Irish Brigade; and in the German army: http://www.irishbrigade.eu/recruits/monteith.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 14 April , 2017 Share Posted 14 April , 2017 20 hours ago, Stoppage Drill said: Writer and poet Alfred Lichenstein. KIA September 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 14 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2017 3 hours ago, Uncle George said: Alfred Lichenstein. KIA September 1914. Well spotted. Alfred Lichtenstein. He foresaw his own death in a couple of poems written in August. 'Leaving for the Front' is dated 7 August, and he predicted in the last line, "In thirteen days I will probably be dead." In fact he survived 7 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 On 12 April 2017 at 18:23, Fattyowls said: a cad and a bounder Talking of which: [Pete I am mortified to think that I might have offended you by my post #6104. They say if a joke needs to be explained, it has failed. So I won't try. But, my sincere apologies.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 Charles a Court Repington? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 25 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Charles a Court Repington? Ron Yes that's him Ron. " ... a famous bounder, a gossip, a fight-picker and feud-feeder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 12 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Yes that's him Ron. " ... a famous bounder, a gossip, a fight-picker and feud-feeder." Normal career army officer of the time then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 1 hour ago, Uncle George said: [Pete I am mortified to think that I might have offended you by my post #6104. They say if a joke needs to be explained, it has failed. So I won't try. But, my sincere apologies.] Mon oncle, absolutely no need to apologise; I got the joke and really enjoyed it. I just need to know who Colin thingy is. We are after all virtually good mates. Always work on the assumption I am not being serious about anything; I was serious once, it was a Tuesday in 1982 if I remember correctly. Lasted for about an hour, didn't take to it to be honest. Pete. P.S. Presumably this is Repington in is younger svelte days in 6161. I've seen him described as elephantine in print, might have been in Horne's 'Price of Glory' although I can't think why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 1 hour ago, Fattyowls said: P.S. Presumably this is Repington in is younger svelte days in 6161. I've seen him described as elephantine in print, might have been in Horne's 'Price of Glory' although I can't think why. A quick search of the extensive library shows your memory to be well up to snuff Pete. Horne refers to him as elephantine whilst delivering a very back handed compliment about his astuteness as a military critic being somewhat surprising as his main talent was for purveying dinner table tittle tattle. The context was Repington being impressed by Castelnau saying, on the way to dinner at the Ritz, that the French race would die on the battlefield rather than succumb to slavery under the Germans. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 21 minutes ago, David Ridgus said: the French race would die on the battlefield rather than succumb to slavery under the Germans. David Taking into account the fact that my civvy role is as toolmaker in a company that produces the new BMW mini, I can totally sympathise with this sentiment. Talking of which; one more night to go and then I am temporarily relieved for 4 days from my "incar"ceration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 18 April , 2017 Share Posted 18 April , 2017 Who's this ? ? ? He was what my role model Terry-Thomas might have called, "An absolute stinker of the first order." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 He is Alfred Redl. "Redl has been called one of history's greatest traitors, since his actions caused the slaughter of half a million of his countrymen." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Redl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 42 minutes ago, Uncle George said: He is Alfred Redl. "Redl has been called one of history's greatest traitors, since his actions caused the slaughter of half a million of his countrymen." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Redl Shame about the lack of response with this interesting chap. I recognised him as someone I had posted a long time ago, but felt I had to sit on my hands as per the current protocol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 1 hour ago, neverforget said: Shame about the lack of response with this interesting chap. I recognised him as someone I had posted a long time ago, but felt I had to sit on my hands as per the current protocol. But the film about him, with Klaus Maria Brandauer paints a different tale- that late Imperial A-H wasn't a very pleasant place to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 (edited) Wasn't aware that there was a film about him. Wouldn't mind seeing that if it's available somewhere as the espionage aspect of both wars is of particular interest to me. My understanding is that he "batted for both sides" (not in the biblical sense). EDIT: Okay, in the biblical sense as well. Edited 20 April , 2017 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 1 hour ago, neverforget said: ... as the espionage aspect of both wars is of particular interest to me. "Batted for both sides (in the biblical sense)" - what a glorious mangling of idioms! Anyway, I posted Hoare's memoir a little while ago, and post it again in case you missed it: https://archive.org/stream/fourthseal031079mbp#page/n43/mode/2up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 15 minutes ago, Uncle George said: "Batted for both sides (in the biblical sense)" - what a glorious mangling of idioms! Anyway, I posted Hoare's memoir a little while ago, and post it again in case you missed it: https://archive.org/stream/fourthseal031079mbp#page/n43/mode/2up Many thanks for the link. The book looks like it is right up my street so I will order it later this afternoon. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 "Thou shalt not take up bat for one side and yet bat concurrently therewith the other side; it is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:23) To be read (and lived) in conjunction with: "Bowl not lest ye be bowled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 9 minutes ago, Uncle George said: "Thou shalt not take up bat for one side and yet bat concurrently therewith the other side; it is an abomination." Besides which, it's just plain greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 (edited) Predictable that I should now post a spy. Who is he??? Pathetic attempt on my part to throw you off the scent. It is in fact a lady. Brother and father both succumbed to nocturnal stabbings. One of the first women of her country to acquire a university degree, she was known as a doctor, and was appointed chief of operations in Antwerp. Edited 20 April , 2017 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 6 hours ago, neverforget said: Wasn't aware that there was a film about him. Wouldn't mind seeing that if it's available somewhere as the espionage aspect of both wars is of particular interest to me. NF the film is called Oberst Redl and is available to watch with subtitles on YouTube. Brandauer is brilliant in it David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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