Knotty Posted 22 May , 2018 Share Posted 22 May , 2018 Acacia Avenue reference Totally missed that posting- sorry, I kept going back to the original posting. Where did the photo come from? I did not see that one in my delving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 22 May , 2018 Share Posted 22 May , 2018 29 minutes ago, Knotty said: Totally missed that posting- sorry, I kept going back to the original posting. Where did the photo come from? I did not see that one in my delving. Getty- with Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 22 May , 2018 Share Posted 22 May , 2018 Ok, who is this fellow, and what is his naval connection to the Black Sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 22 May , 2018 Share Posted 22 May , 2018 He only served on the Western Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 23 May , 2018 Share Posted 23 May , 2018 13 hours ago, Nepper said: The following only have one vowel but multiple uses of same:- Archway, Balham, Canary Wharf, Chalk Farm, Debden, Holborn, Northolt, Northwood, St. John's Wood, Stepney Green, Temple, Woodford. The only station name using all five once only is South Ealing (Mansion House also uses all five but has two O's) Thanks Nepper. You obviously have even more spare time than I do! The one I had in mind was St John's Wood, so that must be unique for another reason (the "seasonal reference" I mentioned was to cricket - it is the station for Lord's). Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 May , 2018 Share Posted 23 May , 2018 Ok another clue then, he had the same surname as one of Robin Hoods lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 On 23 May 2018 at 16:06, Knotty said: Ok another clue then, he had the same surname as one of Robin Hoods lot! So presumably he is Private Scarlet or Private Tuck! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 Or Miller, or Littlejohn; using 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as a reference (with baddies played by the former 2nd Lt. B. Rathbone - 2/10th (Scottish) King's Liverpool and Capt. W. C. Rains of the London Scottish). Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 Neither of your two David, but Pete he is one of the two names you offered. He was with the Middlesex Regiment becoming CSM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 May , 2018 Share Posted 24 May , 2018 (edited) He is: (Connection with Black Sea. Not a clue. Unless....... he lived in Hammersmith....... Crimea Sidings on the Underground Railway-on the way to Portobello Sidings?) And to follow the Robin Hood connection with the Miiddlesex Regiment, I have just been writing up one of my local casualties, Captain Duncan Beresford Tuck, 16th att. 2nd Bn dow 30th March 1918 ( died from further damage to wounds on his legs sustained with the Public Schools Bn at Beaumont Hamel, 1st July 1916). In addition, I note another Die-Hard casualty was Private William James Scarlett (yes-really-Will Scarlett,) 1st Bn., killed on the Somme,15th July 1916 Company Sergeant Major William Henry Littlejohn 204331. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 20 February 1917, Western Front. Object description Son of William and Mary Ann Littlejohn, of London;Husband of Florence Annabel Littlejohn, of 10, Coulter Rd., Hammersmith, London. Civil Servant (Exchequer and Audit Department). Author of several war poems, the best being published in "The Muse in Arms"- Suvla Bay, A Hospita Ship and A Prayer. Still stuck on the Black Sea-unless the Allied failure there was because there is another one in the Black Sea as well. A Prayer LORD, if it be Thy will That I enter the great shadowed valley that lies Silent, just over the hill, Grant they may say, "There's a comrade that dies Waving his hand to us still!" Lord, if there come the end, Let me find space and breath all the dearest I prize Into Thy hands to commend: Then let me go, with my boy's laughing eyes Smiling a word to a friend. W. H. Littlejohn Edited 25 May , 2018 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 On 23/05/2018 at 09:08, Ron Clifton said: The one I had in mind was St John's Wood, so that must be unique for another reason (the "seasonal reference" I mentioned was to cricket - it is the station for Lord's). Does your chauffeur not deliver you to the Grace Gates along with a Fortnum and Mason hamper and a couple of bottles of bubbly? Standards, dear boy, standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 The 4 regiments and dates below will link to the 2 regiments and dates thereafter. Which 2 names emerge as a result? (Names, Ranks and Serial Numbers,please) 1) Scots Guards. 30th December 1914 2) Duke of Wellington's Regiment 20th December 1917 3) East Surrey Regiment 28th September 1916 4) 12th Lancers 21st August 1918 This should give you an answer that connects to: Sherwood Foresters 14th February 1916 Loyal North Lancashire 12th March 1918 Not difficult....just a bit different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 A Hospital Ship Indeed it was William H Littlejohn, and his poem Hospital Ship in Forgotten Poets of the First World War, is illustrated with a photograph of the Russian HS the “Vpered” sunk in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast on 8th July 1916, by U-38. THERE is a green-lit hospital ship, Green, with a crimson cross, Lazily swaying there in the bay, Lazily bearing my friend away, Leaving me dull-sensed loss. Green-lit, red-lit hospital ship, Numb is my heart, but you carelessly dip There in the drift of the bay. There is a green-lit hospital ship, Dim as the distance grows, Speedily steaming out of the bay, Speedily bearing my friend away Into the orange-rose. Green-lit, red-lit hospital ship, Dim are my eyes, but you heedlessly slip Out of their sight from the bay. ····· There was a green-lit hospital ship, Green, with a blood-red cross, Lazily swaying there in the bay, But it went out with the light of the day— Out where the white seas toss. Green-lit, red-lit hospital ship, Cold are my hands and trembling my lip: Did you make home from the bay? W. H. Littlejohn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 14 minutes ago, Knotty said: Indeed it was William H Littlejohn, and his poem Hospital Ship in Forgotten Poets of the First World War Is that a book, or Lucy London's rather good website or facebook page? Good find none the less, and I feel proud to have contributed in a small way. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 10 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Lucy London's rather good website Hi Pete That’s the website I found it on, stumbled onto it whilst searching for someone else sometime backhen WIT was looking at poets. I actually took some time out to have a wider look and it is a very good reference, the number of names listed is quite surprising, Littlejohn stuck out because of the Hospital ship photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 along with a Fortnum and Mason hamper and a couple of bottles of bubbly? Standards, dear boy, standards. Alas, no. Diabetes, dear boy, diabetes. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 34 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Alas, no. Diabetes, dear boy, diabetes. Ron I am prepared to sacrifice my time on this...if Sir's chauffeur can arrange a time to be at the Grace Gates, then I am prepared to supervise the disposal of the hamper and the bubbly. Lords? yes, every time I go there it is full of completely p*ssed lawyers droning on all day about how much money they make. Drunk before the first ball and slumbering gently long before the first new ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 1 hour ago, Knotty said: ndeed it was William H Littlejohn, and his poem Hospital Ship in Forgotten Poets of the First World War, is illustrated with a photograph of the Russian HS the “Vpered” sunk in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast on 8th July 1916, by U-38. That I did not know- I merely thought that Knotty should have attended some more Geography lessons while at school. Interesting as "Vpered" means "progress" or "forward" and is the title of a Russian "revolutionary journal- which I have buried away in my old bookselling stock- Never thought the name would turn up on GWF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 25 May , 2018 Share Posted 25 May , 2018 1 hour ago, Knotty said: Hi Pete That’s the website I found it on, stumbled onto it whilst searching for someone else sometime backhen WIT was looking at poets. I actually took some time out to have a wider look and it is a very good reference, the number of names listed is quite surprising, Littlejohn stuck out because of the Hospital ship photo. I like Lucy's site as among many other things it provides a good counterpoint to the adulation of a certain stationmaster's son who spent his adolescence in Birkenhead. Lucy was kind enough to help me when i was writing something about war poetry; she is a star. As a website goes Women Poets of WW1 is none too shabby either. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 Guest's conundrum is proving most difficult. While we try and work it out, who might this chap be? You may recall that when I posted #9670, it was confidently stated in reply that "it cannot be a UK general, because of the beard." But you will remember that he was a UK general - the Reverend Dr. J.M.Sims. Principal Chaplain to the BEF. Which explained the beard. But this chap was not a padre of any stripe. He had command of a Brigade in the British Army. Who was he, and how did he get away with the beard ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 Now, the list of regiments and dates was a "Bank Holdiay special" The answer is a "Slap-with-a wet-fish" asnwer. One further clue should clinch it. All 6 dates and regiments link to this chap: Lieutenant John Buswell WYMAN Royal Flying Corps. War Office: Officers' Services, First World War, Long Number Papers (numerical). Officers Services (including Civilian Dependants and Military Staff Appointments): Long Service Papers. Lieutenant John Buswell WYMAN Royal Flying Corps. Held by: The National Archives - War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Date: 1914 - 1922 Reference: WO 339/107149 Subjects: Armed Forces (General Administration) | Army | Conflict | Operations, battles and campaigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 In case anyone is wondering about the absence of our Pal “neverforget”on WiT recently, he has had a few ups and downs, I won’t go into details on his downs but the big up is he became a grandad again this week whilst on a break in York. He wishes to be remembered and will return to the fray quite soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 OK- a final clue- Can't really make any eauier without putting up neon display lights. 21st August 1918 refers to this man, Major (On CWGC Lt-Col.) Ronald Beaumont Wood, 12th Lancers , attached 6th Tanks. Killed in action on the Western Front. Not surprisingly, given his peacetime regiment, a good polo player. Photograph with thanks to IWM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 (edited) Very good Mr V, a novel twist on proceedings Charles Watts 6303 - Brompton M Jagger Sgt 386 -Talana K A Richards 12396-Etaples R B Wood Lt-Col - Bienvillers B Rolling 17281- Ypres (Menin) G Stones 241852-Laventie Now back to the bearded one! Edited 26 May , 2018 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 May , 2018 Share Posted 26 May , 2018 Well done,Knotty- a Bank Holiday treat. Couldn't get more obvious than someone called Ronnie Wood! There is a serious point- it may seem disrespectful to use the names of those killed for a light-hearted post on GWF. But look at what happens in Israel- the war grave of Harry Potter is now featured as a tourist attraction-not for anything he did,just that J.K.Rowling came along later Now back to the bearded one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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