Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Then perhaps Mortimer Sackville West? I've not come up with a photo of him, so I'm guessing blind... He was, however, an ace with 5 victories, killed 11.11.1917 Cheers Colin No, but you are going in the right direction. My man was also RFC, later an Air Commodore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 No, but you are going in the right direction. My man was also RFC, later an Air Commodore. Was he also a V.C. winner? I`ve gone West again. Ferdinand this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Was he also a V.C. winner? I`ve gone West again. Ferdinand this time?Yes indeed. His VC citation:"Captain West, while engaging hostile troops at low altitude far over the enemy lines, was attacked by seven aircraft. Early in the engagement one of his legs was partially severed by an explosive bullet and fell powerless into the controls, rendering the machine for the time unmanageable. Lifting his disabled leg, he regained control of the machine, and, although wounded in the other leg, he, with surpassing bravery and devotion to duty, manoeuvred his machine so skilfully that his observer was enabled to get several good bursts into the enemy machines, which drove them away. "Captain West then, with rare courage and determination, desperately wounded as he was, brought his machine over our lines and landed safely. Exhausted by his exertions, he fainted, but on regaining consciousness insisted on writing his report." I'm getting nowhere with Colin's. But meanwhile, who's this ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Too late - I had to do some work and only just found him only to see that NF had got is first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 I'm getting nowhere with Colin's. It's carved in stone..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Uncle George, I think your man is "All Quiet" author, Erich Paul Remark. I don`t know about "carved in stone", but it`s certainly a brick wall that I`ve hit with Colin`s man, I`m afraid. Probably me just being a blockhead. Anyway, I must go to work now, so I`ll leave you with another woodland theme wallah. Not a creature, but if you visit, you might be struck by the trouble over accomodation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Uncle George, I think your man is "All Quiet" author Yes that's him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Born 1859, died 1928, artillery general of a Bavarian regiment, received the Pour le Mérite in August 1917 and the Oak Leaves a couple of months later... He and his regiment were moved about quite a lot, hardly "missing" any front.... What's the German for "stone" - that he was a "von" goes without saying, but he was actually a "von und zu". Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 Born 1859, died 1928, artillery general of a Bavarian regiment, received the Pour le Mérite in August 1917 and the Oak Leaves a couple of months later... He and his regiment were moved about quite a lot, hardly "missing" any front.... What's the German for "stone" - that he was a "von" goes without saying, but he was actually a "von und zu". Cheers Colin He must be Dietrich Karl Hermann Freiherr von Stein zu Nord und Ostheim. Good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 This looks rather parochial after Colin's last. But who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 He must be Dietrich Karl Hermann Freiherr von Stein zu Nord und Ostheim. Good one! You got him - good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 This looks rather parochial after Colin's last. But who is he ? ? ? A chaplain by any chance? I can't make out what's on his helmet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 January , 2015 Share Posted 23 January , 2015 A chaplain by any chance? I can't make out what's on his helmet... Not a chaplain, no. He did, however, win the Medal of Honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 I can see a medal of Honor winner called Chester West, if I have been following directions correctly, but can't find a picture. More clues for my monsieur: Artillery officer, reaching the rank of Liet` Col. In action at Verdun, Aisne, Chemin des Dames. Awarded the Legion D`Honneur. Involved in a famous indiscretion. Had a son who was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 I hope NF is right with Chetsre West because I can't come up with anything else - and I'm not getting anywhere with NF's monsieur either. Not a creature, but if you visit, you might be struck by the trouble over accomodation. Has the "trouble over accomodation" to do with Malmaison at all? Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 24 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 24 January , 2015 It's Alfred Dreyfus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 As played by Herbert Lom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 It's Alfred Dreyfus Is the correct answer, Mr.Drill. From villain to hero: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 Another woodland connection, or tails of the riverbank. Caterpillars Who is this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 That's Benjamin Holt, inventor of caterpillar tracks Cheers Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 And this city gent made use of his idea.... He being? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 Colin, your bowler hatted gent looks like Ernest Swinton. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 That's Benjamin Holt, inventor of caterpillar tracks Cheers Colin Got it in one, Colin. Nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigwhammer Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 Yes, Pete - hole in one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 This man served in the RNAS Kite Balloon section during WW1. He is pictured some years later looking like he is on the phone to his turf accountant....... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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