David Ridgus Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Delete that question mark Mr B, Jan Christian it is. Does anyone know the sculptor and his tenuous connection to the Great War? Pete. Well it's Epstein and he was a Vorticist and as you and I know Pete, every Vorticist has a. fought in the Great War and b. appeared in this thread! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Spot on David. I'd quite forgotten that period when the thread turned into a debate about the place and importance of the Vorticists, how time flies. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Here's another overseas entry; who is to the left of "Poirot" (i.e on his right): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 8 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Delete that question mark Mr B, Jan Christian it is. Does anyone know the sculptor and his tenuous connection to the Great War? Pete. Tenuous ? Didn't Jacob Epstein serve in 23rd (?) London Regiment - the Jewish Legion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 8 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Fitzgerald and Mack the Knife I assume. You assume correctly, be-bop doodly woodly wah wah stat ! It was the time she forgot the words, and sang not only scat, but made up a few lines about "singin' in old Berlin Town . . . . " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Here's another overseas entry; who is to the left of "Poirot" (i.e on his right): WIT H.PNG Pierre Auguste Roques?? Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 I just have the mental picture of Lady Ella belting out his words at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin in 1960 ! Ah, the Deutschlandhalle - I remember it from the 1970s. Demolished 3 years ago. I assume you have the LP? Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Tenuous ? Didn't Jacob Epstein serve in 23rd (?) London Regiment - the Jewish Legion ? He did, bad choice of a word. His service is quite interesting but brief as far as I can tell. He was producing sculpture into 1917 and in the spring of 1918 he apparently pulled strings with Churchill's mother Jenny to avoid being sent back to France. His training however was captured on film........ Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 I`m wondering if Steve`s post #1331 is Dubail? Another brave lady whom I`m sure someone will swiftly identify, but who doesn`t seem to have appeared on WIT as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Tenuous ? Didn't Jacob Epstein serve in 23rd (?) London Regiment - the Jewish Legion ? High-end numbers of the Royal Fusiliers, I think. 38th, possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdr Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Well 1337 is Belgian Gabrielle Petit Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Well done Carl, Petit is correct. Went to her death with dignity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Petit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Now, I really can`t believe that this famous maverick hasn`t yet entered the fray. Another one that`s going to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 8 January , 2015 Share Posted 8 January , 2015 Colin's right, Roques in 1911 with Japanese General Nogi Maresuke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 My maverick is well known for his truly biblical exploits against Johnny Turk as well as on the Western front against the Germans. Recipient of: Distinguished Service Order and Bar. Croix de Guerre with palm. Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.......(To name just three.) At least two historic "firsts" to his name. Both connected to flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 I`m wondering if Steve`s post #1331 is Dubail? Another brave lady whom I`m sure someone will swiftly identify, but who doesn`t seem to have appeared on WIT as yet. es.jpg Emilienne Moreau ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Emilienne Moreau ? Sorry, Mr.Drill. cdr (Carl) already bagged that one #1339. It was Gabrielle Petit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Thomas Dinesen, VC. Quite right. Meryl Streep's brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 # 1341 Charles Rumney Samson in Sopwith Schneider ? Known for flying anything off anything anywhere against anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 # 1341 Charles Rumney Samson in Sopwith Schneider ? Known for flying anything off anything anywhere against anybody. That sounds about right, RodB. As well as driving one of these anywhere against anybody: He was one of the war`s most extraordinary characters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rumney_Samson First to take off from a ship in an aeroplane. First to conduct a night-bombing raid. He also commanded the first British armoured vehicles used in combat. Bombed a Turkish staff car but only succeeded in breaking the windscreen; one of the occupants was Mustafa Kemal. Created havoc around Antwerp with his armoured vehicles, and occupied Lille with a total force of three men. In short, a bit like having Rambo on your side I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Who is this ? ? ? Despite her name, no connection to TEL (!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Dorothy Lawrence UG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Dorothy Lawrence UG? No. Her name was not Lawrence. Nor was it Shaw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 No. Her name was not Lawrence. Nor was it Shaw... Arabia? Long shot I'll admit. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Arabia? Long shot I'll admit. Pete. Er, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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