Uncle George Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 #6177 Elsbeth Schragmüller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 20 minutes ago, David Ridgus said: NF the film is called Oberst Redl and is available to watch with subtitles on YouTube. Brandauer is brilliant in it David Thanks for the nod, David. I'll watch that on Sunday night when I'm back at work, breakdowns permitting. One of the compensations of working 12 hour night shifts. ? That said, the phrase "kiss of death" leaps to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 Just now, Uncle George said: #6177 Elsbeth Schragmüller Is the correct answer. Well played. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsbeth_Schragmüller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 He writes of his time at Chelsea Barracks, "where young officers began to 'pass off the square' more rapidly and to complete the courses that were considered necessary before they could be sent into battle. My lack of proficiency in drill had already put me behind some of my military contemporaries, and when these began to go to France and get killed I became impatient for my time to come." Who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 Hm, is it a Grenfell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 (Alfred) Duff Cooper - 1st Viscount Norwich from his book Old Men Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 And this VAD is ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 20 April , 2017 Share Posted 20 April , 2017 23 minutes ago, seaJane said: And this VAD is ... Duff's other half - Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners) David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 20 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 20 April , 2017 Another writer:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 20 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 20 April , 2017 (edited) Deleted Edited 20 April , 2017 by Stoppage Drill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 21 April , 2017 Share Posted 21 April , 2017 (edited) DELETED-PICTURE WILL NOT COPY Edited 21 April , 2017 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 April , 2017 Share Posted 22 April , 2017 Can I request a slightly more generous clue in order to progress with #6187 please. In the meantime; in contrast to our little run of espionage persona, who's role was to supply accurate information, we have this chap, who was head of a team responsible for something rather different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 22 April , 2017 Share Posted 22 April , 2017 (edited) American ? Journalist? Propoganda? First name George Edited 22 April , 2017 by johnboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 22 April , 2017 Share Posted 22 April , 2017 On 21/04/2017 at 00:21, Stoppage Drill said: Another writer:- Fought in WW1 as a major. Very Humble chap ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 22 April , 2017 Author Share Posted 22 April , 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, johnboy said: Fought in WW1 as a major. Very Humble chap ! Well done. No further clue required - amazing. C.H. (Charles Humble) Dudley Ward, served with Welsh Guards and wrote their history in a similar style to Kipling's Irish Guards effort, also wrote a few Divisional histories. I was stimulated to present him as a subject by Ridgus's comments on the lovely Diana Manners/Duff Cooper. She was a possible spouse for the Prince of Wales. 'David', however, was smitten by the married Freda Dudley Ward, at least until he met 'that woman.' Edited 22 April , 2017 by Stoppage Drill Subject brother in law to Freda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 April , 2017 Share Posted 22 April , 2017 40 minutes ago, johnboy said: American ? Journalist? Propoganda? First name George Nailed this one too. George Creel. Head of the so called "Committee of Public Information". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Creel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 A rare photograph here of a senior British politician. And, sitting left in the second photograph, a senior British politician. Who are they ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 UG, the chap sitting in the group photo looks like Fenner Brockway to me. Is the grainy photo Clem Atlee. More confident about the first than the second. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 (edited) I think I have previously posted the seated chap so for now I'll sit on my hands. If I'm right, Pete is mistaken and we are talking about one H.M. and double eight would be relevant? No idea on the first picture though. Edited 30 April , 2017 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 Ah yes, it was the hairstyle which threw me: when someone said he was his own worst enemy Ernie Bevin is supposed to have said "Not while I'm alive he ain't". Still none the wiser on the grainy chap. Thanks NF. Pete. P.S. Extraordinarily relieved with the result at St Andrews yesterday as I am sure you are NF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 1 hour ago, Uncle George said: A rare photograph here of a senior British politician. And, sitting left in the second photograph, a senior British politician. Who are they ? ? ? I new I had seen this photo before Here it is in colour He is a one of the Conchies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 25 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: UG, the chap sitting in the group photo looks like Fenner Brockway to me. Is the grainy photo Clem Atlee. More confident about the first than the second. Pete. Mr Attlee is an honourable and gallant gentleman, and a faithful colleague who served his country well at the time of her greatest need. But, that's not him. Not Fenner Brockway either. NF and Ray Yes, he's Herbert Morrison; conscientious objector during the GW, Foreign Sec. amongst other things thereafter. https://letchworthinthegreatwar.wikispaces.com/CONSCIENTIOUS+OBJECTORS?responseToken=01b8e91988be1d2d9b3ded76fe155e067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 7 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Ah yes, it was the hairstyle which threw me: when someone said he was his own worst enemy Ernie Bevin is supposed to have said "Not while I'm alive he ain't". Still none the wiser on the grainy chap. Thanks NF. Pete. P.S. Extraordinarily relieved with the result at St Andrews yesterday as I am sure you are NF. Thanks Pete it certainly was a relief, especially after having missed a penalty and being somewhat harshly reduced to ten men. Predictably, the B6 Brigade did their level best to help send us down too, and I hear that their fans actually cheered Blackburn when they scored against them. Despite their worst efforts though I think the odds of survival are in our favour.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 33 minutes ago, neverforget said: ... and double eight would be relevant? Double eight? (Forgive my ignorance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 UG, it's not Harold Macmillan perchance? I've only ever seen one photo of him during wartime. Bevin's quote about Morrison is a favourite of mine, as is Ernie, but while searching I was struck by the similarities between Brockway and Morrison, and not just the rather bouffant hairstyles. Illuminating. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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