Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Isabel Ross ? High-end numbers of the Royal Fusiliers, I think. 38th, possibly? Prob'ly. 23rd was the Sportsman's wasn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Isabel Ross ? ? Not Isabel. "...today her name in Serbia is a byword for courage and bravery, emblazoned upon street signs, taught to schoolchildren, and celebrated every 14 February – the anniversary of her death – in numerous similar ceremonies across Serbia." Quote from an article in 'The Scotsman' of 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Mabel - either Stobart or Dearmer then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Dr Elizabeth Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Ah, Elizabeth. Buried next to Mabel Dearmer, I see. (Thankyou Google) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Mabel - either Stobart or Dearmer then ? No, you sussed the TEL alias in post 1354. "At the beginning of the war, at the invitation of the Russian government, she volunteered to serve in Serbia. She worked in shocking conditions at the fever hospital in Kragujevac, with two Greek doctors and no trained nursing staff. There she contended with dirt and unwashed patients, sometimes two to a bed. Working intensely on the typhus ward, she was exhausted, and contracted the fever herself. She died on her 37th birthday, 14th February 1915." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Yes, Elizabeth Ross. "She was an unconventional person and highly resourceful. She had many adventures, and was once lost in the desert and robbed by brigands, requiring Government assistance to reach safety. It was said that she was made a chieftain of one of the tribes. Her work in Persia was interrupted for only brief periods, once for a short convalescence at home, and once to take up an appointment as a ship's surgeon, travelling to the coast of India and Japan. Persia called her back, however, and she returned to work there until the outbreak of the Great War." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Another unconventional Great War lady: David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Another unconventional Great War lady: dri 272.jpg David The remarkable Milunka Savic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Staying with unconventional ladies for the moment, whose painting is this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 The remarkable Milunka Savic Indeed it is UG. The 'Serbian Joan of Arc' David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Staying with unconventional ladies for the moment, Oh, if you insist . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 The bloke in the back was notable for a couple of things in three different but connected fields. Clue : those guns were useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 Staying with unconventional ladies for the moment, whose painting is this??? pb.jpg Oh, if you insist . . . . . Actually, I don`t. Just going with the flow, and in light of recent events thought that this one was rather pertinent. I`ll kill this one off now then: The artist, if anyone is interested, is Romain Brooks, and the painting is entitled "The cross of France." A portrait of Ida Rubenstein with a resolute expression while Ypres burns in the distance behind her. http://weimarart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/romaine-brooks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 So now it`s back to strapping geezers. Who is this??? Promoted in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 The bloke in the back was notable for a couple of things in very different fields. Is it Robert Smith-Barry, by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 So now it`s back to strapping geezers. Who is this??? sg.jpg Promoted in the field. And there was me saying there were no animals left to post. Is this Sgt. Stubby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 And there was me saying there were no animals left to post. Is this Sgt. Stubby? The very chien, Monsieur. Seen here in all his glory. Ridiculous, I know, but made me smile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 Not at all nf. The thread has a long and proud tradition of identifying animals and birds. It was Mr Drill's posting of TEL's camel Ghazala that both introduced us all to our stalwart friend Eddie and started TEL on his inexorable rise to be the thread's patron saint. Which reminds me we must have a TEL related post in the not too distant future. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 Is it Robert Smith-Barry, by any chance? No... my accompanying text may have been a little misleading. I think "notable for a couple of things in three different but connected fields" is more accurate. Clue : those guns were useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 Prob'ly. 23rd was the Sportsman's wasn't it ? Indeed they were (1st Sportsmans'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 How about this chap? Don't think we've had him before. Clue: not an Hussar. Indeed, not a Pongo at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 No... my accompanying text may have been a little misleading. I think "notable for a couple of things in three different but connected fields" is more accurate. Clue : those guns were useful. Was he anything to do with the invention of the gun that fired between propeller blades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 How about this chap? Don't think we've had him before. Clue: not an Hussar. Indeed, not a Pongo at all. V.C. recipient ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 10 January , 2015 Share Posted 10 January , 2015 V.C. recipient ? Almost: 2 DSOs and a CMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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