Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 This chap didn't suffer the same fate as Adolph Messimy, though you may think he should have done . . For anybody new - this is a second incarnation of the thread with 80,000 views, 8000+ posts and 330 pages. For some unexplained reason and without any warning or notice it was translated to Skindles, where images cannot be posted. Shurely shum mishtake ? Link to post Share on other sites
David Ridgus Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Is this chap French as well? David Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle George Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 This chap didn't suffer the same fate as Adolph Messimy, though you may think he should have done . . gorra.jpg Is this Viviani? Link to post Share on other sites
Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Yes. French, but Viviani . . . non. Right lines though . . . . Link to post Share on other sites
Ghazala Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Only four posts so far? Well done David on having the last word on the old thread. In regard to jam or cream on a scone first there is a TEL connection there as this is what he served to Thomas and Florence Hardy at Clouds Hill. Could not resist the first mention of TEL and sincerely hope this is not "off topic". Link to post Share on other sites
Ghazala Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 For Stoppage Drill. Was it TEL and Gilbert Clayton? I think so. Link to post Share on other sites
neverforget Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 (edited) Finally found you all again, after the dumbfounding move to here. Couldn`t understand where the thread had disappeared to yesterday when I tried to clock in. I expect I wasn`t the only one that would have appreciated a notice of some sort from the mod`s. Let`s hope that they will afford us the courtesy of still allowing access to the old thread. Otherwise, are we going to be working from memory when trying to avoid duplications? My memory isn`t what it used to be, that`s for sure, but Memory Man himself is gonna start to struggle with 8000 posts. When I`ve finished having my moan, I will see if it is still possible to still do a search in the old thread. Long-winded prospect, but at least we won`t lose track of who has already appeared. (Hopefully) EDIT: Just checked, and we can still use the search facility in the old thread. Edited 18 July , 2014 by neverforget Link to post Share on other sites
David Ridgus Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Only four posts so far? Well done David on having the last word on the old thread. In regard to jam or cream on a scone first there is a TEL connection there as this is what he served to Thomas and Florence Hardy at Clouds Hill. Could not resist the first mention of TEL and sincerely hope this is not "off topic". Thanks Eddie. I don't think we will be allowed to characterise him as our patron saint any longer but I can't see how TEL could ever be off topic on the GWF David Link to post Share on other sites
AlanCurragh Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Of course TEL is not off topic - now can we please get on with having wild guesses about old chaps in photos? The old thread is back in Chit Chat and fully searchable Link to post Share on other sites
David Ridgus Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Finally found you all again, after the dumbfounding move to here. Couldn`t understand where the thread had disappeared to yesterday when I tried to clock in. I expect I wasn`t the only one that would have appreciated a notice of some sort from the mod`s. Let`s hope that they will afford us the courtesy of still allowing access to the old thread. Otherwise, are we going to be working from memory when trying to avoid duplications? My memory isn`t what it used to be, that`s for sure, but Memory Man himself is gonna start to struggle with 8000 posts. When I`ve finished having my moan, I will see if it is still possible to still do a search in the old thread. Long-winded prospect, but at least we won`t lose track of who has already appeared. (Hopefully) EDIT: Just checked, and we can still use the search facility in the old thread. Folks I am still planning on doing the listing of who we had on 'WIT?' and then making it available for checking. Before starting what will be a fairly mammoth task I will be asking the mods whether the statistical side of things was one of the off topic issues they had with the thread though. I might be sad but even I won't spend that amount of time if I can't share the fruits of my labour David Link to post Share on other sites
Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Of course TEL is not off topic - now can we please get on with having wild guesses about old chaps in photos? The old thread is back in Chit Chat and fully searchable Thank you, Sir. Link to post Share on other sites
Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Looks like #1 here will be the alpha and omega, so I'll kill him off and we can go back to where we came from. Paul Painlevé, French PM a couple of times, supported Nivelle (steady, Ridgus) before the 1917 offensive. Sacked him, and appointed Pétain, and eventually appointed Foch as generalissimo. Escaped censure for April 1917 and the mutinies - poor old Messimy had taken the rap for Plan XVII three years earlier. Link to post Share on other sites
AlanCurragh Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Oh the subtle sense of contempt in that "Sir" - anyway, back to the guessing... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 I take it that there are still some to identify in the old thread, and that answers should be posted here, with relevant post number? Not that I have an answer to any of the unanswered, yet. Just askin' Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2014 For Stoppage Drill. Was it TEL and Gilbert Clayton? I think so. Yes, of course. Arab Bureau. The idea of raising the tribes in the Hejaz against the Turks was his. Without him, and his idea, no TEL legend. (Steady yourself, Ghazala !) Oh the subtle sense of contempt in that "Sir" - anyway, back to the guessing... I am sorry that you took it that way. I assure you that it was a mark of respect. You have been big enough to change your mind. Link to post Share on other sites
AlanCurragh Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Thank you - let's leave it now and move on Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle George Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Who wrote this ? ? ? "Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Joffre, Jellicoe, French, Haig, Foch, Lloyd George, Wilson and Grey are figures which grow more and more ludicrous and petty as they recede down the tide of time. In the twentieth century millions of deaths and mountains of guns, tanks and ships are not enough to make a bourgeois hero. The best they achieved was a might-have-been, the pathetic figure of T.E. Lawrence." Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Liddell-Hart? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle George Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Liddell-Hart? Mike No. He was a playwright. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Clifton Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Sidney and/or Beatrice Webb? Or George Bernard Shaw? Ron Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Arnold Ridley? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle George Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Sidney and/or Beatrice Webb? Or George Bernard Shaw? Ron Yes, one of those.This person: "I am enclosing two tickets for the first night of my new play. Bring a friend - if you have one." WSC: "Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second - if there is one." Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle George Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Arnold Ridley? Mike No, sorry. See above. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted 18 July , 2014 Share Posted 18 July , 2014 No, sorry. See above. I'm sure he would have been happy to have been mentioned in the same breath as Shaw, so I will say Shaw? Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Stoppage Drill Posted 18 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 July , 2014 Yes, one of those. This person: "I am enclosing two tickets for the first night of my new play. Bring a friend - if you have one." WSC: "Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second - if there is one." One of my favourite quotes - GBS and WSC. Did it really happen ? Look, I'm going to abandon ship on this thread and climb back aboard our old favourite, which Alan has been generous enough to reinstate to Chit Chat. Link to post Share on other sites
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