David Ridgus Posted 5 January , 2015 Share Posted 5 January , 2015 The gent on the geegee: Something's whispering "Italy" in my ear and he's not exactly a giant-sized specimen - is it Old Shorty himself, Vittorio Emanuele III, "Sciaboletta"? Not enough gongs and the hat doesn't look right to me. However i can't think of an alternative so what do I know! Knowing Steve's penchant for the Gallic I'm going to be looking in that neck of the woods David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 5 January , 2015 Share Posted 5 January , 2015 Have we had this lady before? I suspect my late mother was named after her. R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 5 January , 2015 Share Posted 5 January , 2015 Formidable_lady.png Have we had this lady before? I suspect my late mother was named after her. R. Elsie InglisEdit: Doesn't matter if they've been up before. Some of us (i.e.,me) forget things and need reminders! I recognized those striking eyes and the hair though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 He's got a straight walking stick! Maybe the crummock was just a gimmick? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Steve`s man looks like one of two almost identical Frenchies to me, but I`ll go for Sordet first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Who`s V.C. citation is this ??? For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when, on two occasions, our advance was temporarily held up by strongly defended "pill boxes". ???, in the face of devastating fire from machine guns, gallantly led small parties to attack these strong points, and, successfully silencing the machine guns with bombs, captured the garrison at the point of the bayonet. On another occasion, when a Corporal, who had become detached from his company, had been captured and was being taken to the rear by the enemy, ???, single handed, rushed to the rescue of his comrade, shot one enemy, and bayonetted the remaining two, thus releasing the Corporal. On five occasions, he rescued wounded men under intense shell and machine gun fire, showing an utter contempt and disregard for danger. Always foremost in volunteering for any dangerous mission, it was during the execution of one of these missions that this gallant soldier was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Michael O'Leary? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 No Mike, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 No Mike, sorry. I should have read it to the end. O'Leary survived, I think? He came straight into my mind, but then, wrong thoughts often do? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 One wrong attempt brings a picture of him: His memorial resides on a road named after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 I bet the Corporal, being marched off to a nice safe POW cage, was chuffed to bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 No Wigwhammer, not Italian; as David hinted at and Neverforget hadn't forgotten, it is Sordet. I thought it only fair to put him on a horse ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Elsie Inglis Edit: Doesn't matter if they've been up before. Some of us (i.e.,me) forget things and need reminders! I recognized those striking eyes and the hair though, Correct. (Both Elsie and Inglis appear in names in my mother's family.) R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 I should have read it to the end. O'Leary survived, I think? He came straight into my mind, but then, wrong thoughts often do? Mike He did indeed Mike. He died in the 1960s His citation was as follows: "For conspicuous bravery at Cuinchy on the 1st February, 1915. When forming one of the storming party which advanced against the enemy's barricades he rushed to the front and himself killed five Germans who were holding the first barricade, after which he attacked a second barricade, about 60 yards further on, which he captured, after killing three of the enemy and making prisoners of two more. Lance-Corporal O'Leary thus practically captured the enemy's position by himself and prevented the attacking party from being fired upon." He even had a play written about him by George Bernard Shaw! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 One wrong attempt brings a picture of him: vc.jpg His memorial resides on a road named after him. I'm on a roll at the moment, I think this is Private Patrick Bugden David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Indeed sir. A roll you are on, and Paddy Bugden it is. Well done David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 I think that just leaves my Hussar at post 1268 outstanding. Although an Hussar of many years service he died as a Coldstreamer David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Steve`s man looks like one of two almost identical Frenchies to me, but I`ll go for Sordet first. To keep David`s Hussar/Coldstreamer company. This would have been my next guess. So who is Sordet`s lookalike??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 6 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2015 If #1251 hasn't been answered, I think Manoury ? I re-enter this thread with trepidation - I was spending so much time on it before, and also, I freely confess, losing track of what was outstanding, and to be even more frank, some of the characters were too obscure for me. The worst thing of all though, is when the little grey cells don't spark as they should, and somebody else gets an answer that you feel you should have known. All far too compulsive - I was lying awake at nights trying to think of somebody to post . . . . the quirkier the better, really, for jolly's sake. So who is this The Great War connection is sound - the subject was involved from 4th August 1914 until early 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 SD, as you can read his trade name on the caption, either you've been away longer than you think or you want his real name: Peter Carl Mackay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 I think that just leaves my Hussar at post 1268 outstanding. Although an Hussar of many years service he died as a Coldstreamer David He is Captain Henry Platt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 6 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2015 SD, as you can read his trade name on the caption, either you've been away longer than you think or you want his real name: Peter Carl Mackay Oh ******. Not the first time I've done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Who are these ? ? ? http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/-images/2007/09/23/7590/army.mil-2007-09-24-103142.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 NF, yours is General d'Amade. His territorial divisions and Sordet's cavalry corps gave help to the BEF during the great retreat but were then both limogéd in September Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 He is Captain Henry Platt. He is indeed. Interesting chap, I've just picked up his memoirs as an e-book. I would have liked to mark the return of the thread's Lord Protector with an obscure animal but I fear that well ran dry many moons ago. So anyway here is a VC winner to identify: The image caught my eye when I stumbled upon it because it is quite unusual to see someone so animated in a picture of that time. It looks very much a 'snap' of later days. He came to a very bathetic end some years after the war David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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