Ghazala Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 Good grief! You lot still here? Where have you been Ian. We have been on tour to Skindles, Chit Chat and then returned to base at Other. It has been entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 I have stravaiged hither and, often, yon. I have left no tern unstoned in my quest for the lost chord. I think it may be a demented third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 While it is splendid to have Ian returning, shall we return to that which is "on topic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 Who's this?Two clues: NOT an Hussar and NOT Timothy Spall (It is possible we've had him before, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 31 August , 2014 Share Posted 31 August , 2014 While it is splendid to have Ian returning, shall we return to that which is "on topic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 1 September , 2014 Share Posted 1 September , 2014 Who's this? Two clues: NOT an Hussar and NOT Timothy Spall (It is possible we've had him before, of course) It's Charles Pooter, after he shaved off his beard. (I thought Timothy Spall, or rather Albert Pierrepoint, first.) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 1 September , 2014 Share Posted 1 September , 2014 Nor even Alfred Hitchcock. A big (and I mean BIG) gun might help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 1 September , 2014 Share Posted 1 September , 2014 Nor even Alfred Hitchcock. A big (and I mean BIG) gun might help you. Well it's not Big Bertha herself, but is it someone to do with Krupp? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 1 September , 2014 Share Posted 1 September , 2014 Professor Rauschenberger? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 No. No. In fact, his big gun was absolutely monumental. (Hoping the picture, which I swiped off the Extensive Library, is the right bloke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Who's this? Two clues: NOT an Hussar and NOT Timothy Spall (It is possible we've had him before, of course) Is it Charles Sargeant Jagger and the big gun his sculpture of a howitzer on the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Phew! That must mean I did swipe the right picture from the EL! It is. Well done, madam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Phew! That must mean I did swipe the right picture from the EL! It is. Well done, madam. That's why I hate being back at school. I got that in a heartbeat when reading your post from this morning but unfortunately I'm reading it exactly 12 hours after you posted it. Although why I'm still getting cross after all these months is beyond even me! Well done JPL My VC winner has so far attracted no interest. Just a reminder: He won his VC in Delville Wood and he was a 'first' David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 He was the first South African V.C. I think, David. William Foulds. Delville Wood was the clue of course, though my great-uncle Albert`s Ox/Bucks btn were also involved there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Can I offer this rather unusual character up for your consideration??? Military officer. Author. Right winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Phew! That must mean I did swipe the right picture from the EL! It is. Well done, madam. I didn't know who he was until your monumental big gun clue. (Sorry ridgus). Here's a 1920's portrait of CSJ by his brother David. JP (Mademoiselle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 He was the first South African V.C. I think, David. William Foulds. Delville Wood was the clue of course, though my great-uncle Albert`s Ox/Bucks btn were also involved there. Correct NF. Reckless bravery marked Faulds by all accounts. Another first VC this evening David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 Yes. Stunning bravery; and performed without the adrenalin rush that would have helped one to perform more "offensive" acts of bravery. Though I would happily take a ticking off for the spelling mistake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulds Post 868 was on the whole a thoroughly unpleasant fellow. On the other hand though, he is known for doing some good, that could be associated with Haig, and also with poet McCrae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 Right winger. Association or Union? (Heaven forbid League!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 September , 2014 Share Posted 3 September , 2014 (edited) Funnily enough, shooting was something else he is known for, but regarding his right wing edness; I was thinking more of his political leanings. EDIT> To bump him along a bit; Kenneth Alford wrote a piece of music in his "honour". If you can make the connection that I suggested between Haig and McCrae, that might point you in the direction of his absolutely legendary creation. Pretty much only the decent thing to say about him really though I`m afraid. By his own admission, he probably shot more Tommies than Germans. DSO. MC. One of his written works was criticised by T.E.L. Despite this it was made into a film. Edited 3 September , 2014 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Graham Seton Hutchison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Sorry about the delayed response. Been on grandparent fatigues. Quite right Ian, that`s the chap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Seton_Hutchison Boasted of shooting 38 of his men as they were about to surrender. Astonishingly, to me at least; it was he who formed the Old Contemptibles Association, and then took on a leading role in setting up the British Legion. (Poppies) Alford`s tune was called The Mad Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 4 September , 2014 Share Posted 4 September , 2014 Who might this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 This is Lowell Thomas, Eddie. I hadn't realised that he lived into the 1980s! He was only two years younger than TEL. What a thought that the man himself could possibly have lived that long David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 My delayed other VC 'first' David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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