Fattyowls Posted 12 April , 2023 Share Posted 12 April , 2023 2 hours ago, neverforget said: My blood group came back as O apostrophe. You are a card NF. A very interesting WiT? But aren't they all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 12 April , 2023 Share Posted 12 April , 2023 6 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: You are a card NF. A very interesting WiT? But aren't they all? They certainly are Pete. The thread that just keeps on giving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 12 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 12 April , 2023 Just to keep you on your toes for half an hour or so W i t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 10 hours ago, Bob Davies said: Just to keep you on your toes for half an hour or so Ballet dancer or chiropodist? Think he is Leicestershire Regiment, although, I'm not great on cap badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 10 hours ago, Bob Davies said: Just to keep you on your toes for half an hour or so W i t? Is he Charles Morrison DSO MC, he of the British Battalion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 Just now, ilkley remembers said: Ballet dancer or chiropodist? Think he is Leicestershire Regiment, although, I'm not great on cap badges. Neither but I am sure he could dance Yes, a Leicestershire Regiment Officer, very competent and much admired by his men. Granite is a word you could associate with him, especially during the attack on the Hohenzollern redoubt 13-10-1915. No, not Charles Morrison DSO MC @Uncle George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 We'll, if he's Leicestershire Reg he isn't one of the three V.C.s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 Just now, neverforget said: We'll, if he's Leicestershire Reg he isn't one of the three V.C.s No. Mount Sorrel is a name associated with him but not Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 Is this the guy who ran the quarry at Mountsorrel just outside Leicester in civilian life which led the hummock just south of Hill 62 being named after it? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 1 minute ago, Fattyowls said: Is this the guy who ran the quarry at Mountsorrel just outside Leicester in civilian life which led the hummock just south of Hill 62 being named after it? Pete. One of two Martin cousins perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 Colonel Sir Robert Edmund Martin perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, neverforget said: One of two Martin cousins perhaps? Seen a Charles Hamilton Martin mentioned in association with the quarry..Captain in Leicestershire regiment I think http://mountsorrelarchive.org/category/military/world-war-1/ Edited 13 April , 2023 by ilkley remembers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 Him, along with Pete's suggestion were the two I had in mind, but haven't been able to establish if it was either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 It is an area of interest to Bob; check out the area as it is today - he contributed to the thread a bit further up. Both the original and the later Mountsorrel are of interest to me to by coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 (edited) Robert Edmund Martin at Le Touquet 1915 but is it the same as @Bob Davies man? Can't tell myself https://stpaulsheritage.info/Project_activities/research_projects/TheMartins/ Edited 13 April , 2023 by ilkley remembers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 14:55, Uncle George said: Is she Marie Depage? Nopes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 3 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Is this the guy who ran the quarry at Mountsorrel just outside Leicester in civilian life which led the hummock just south of Hill 62 being named after it? Pete. 3 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Colonel Sir Robert Edmund Martin perhaps? Yes Pete, you have him. @Raster Scanning posted a picture in 'Postcards' a few weeks back (1st/2nd April) with 'Major Martin' mentioned, so I was looking up about him on the net. There is a fair bit of info about him. https://leicestershirelalala.com/on-the-trail-of-leicester-and-leicestershire-soldiers-a-century-ago/ http://mountsorrelarchive.org/category/military/world-war-1/ This link has a picture of him at the Quarry in Mountsorrel, alongside his cousin Captain Charles Hamilton Martin and the quarry workers. https://royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/106855-martin-sir-robert-edmund-kt-cmg-td-dl-jp?q= 3 hours ago, neverforget said: One of two Martin cousins perhaps? Yup, you have Him! 3 hours ago, ilkley remembers said: Robert Edmund Martin at Le Touquet 1915 but is it the same as @Bob Davies man? Can't tell myself https://stpaulsheritage.info/Project_activities/research_projects/TheMartins/ Thanks Ilkley, I never saw this one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 23 hours ago, Bob Davies said: Alice Fitzgerald? Edit; neither of our guesses @Uncle George I found her at last! and we are a few miles out Not Marie Depage nor Alice Fitzgerald. You'll have to look closer to home ... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 3 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Not Marie Depage nor Alice Fitzgerald. You'll have to look closer to home ... M. "The war machine springs to life" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 4 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Colonel Sir Robert Edmund Martin perhaps? Well done @Fattyowls you got that with very few clues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 1 minute ago, ilkley remembers said: very few clues Thanks IR and a good one Bob, I know the Mountsorrel near Ieper and had heard of Martin but had not seen a picture. Moutsorrel is one of the few quarries around Leicester which I haven't been in although I've been past. Intriguingly my recent post of Raymond Chandler on here was inspired by a probably retired Mountsorrel GP. I was looking at a photograph of her as a young medical student and thought of the quote about blondes and bishops kicking holes in stained glass windows....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 I should also mention NF who provided a very good assist. It's a team game and there is no I in team. I'm starting to sound like one of those pictures meant to inspire team spirit in the workplace so I'll sign off..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Thanks IR and a good one Bob, I know the Mountsorrel near Ieper and had heard of Martin but had not seen a picture. Moutsorrel is one of the few quarries around Leicester which I haven't been in although I've been past. Intriguingly my recent post of Raymond Chandler on here was inspired by a probably retired Mountsorrel GP. I was looking at a photograph of her as a young medical student and thought of the quote about blondes and bishops kicking holes in stained glass windows....... Cheers Pete, His early story in the Great War is told in this book Link; https://archive.org/details/leicestershire00hilluoft/mode/2up written by Captain J D Hills MC Croix de Guerre. He goes on to command the 1/4th Leicesters. May 22nd 1915 or there abouts. That story is told in an easily found book written by Captain John Milne. 'Footprints of the 1/4th Leicestershire' Regiment'. Though no online copy that I can find. This is a picture from the 5th Leicesters book. 'Major Martin' at the time is sitting 4th from left. Edited 13 April , 2023 by Bob Davies Punctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 13 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 13 April , 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 10:35, Marilyne said: Any idea who this is?? She has not yet made an appearance on this thread has to do with my usual busyness... M. Putting Marilyne back to the top of the not found yet pile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 April , 2023 Share Posted 13 April , 2023 5 minutes ago, Bob Davies said: Putting Marilyne back to the top of the not found yet pile I think she might have hinted that she's British? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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