Uncle George Posted 20 December , 2015 Share Posted 20 December , 2015 Marching Men, by Marjorie Pickthall Under the level winter sky I saw a thousand Christs go by. They sang an idle song and free As they went up to calvary. Careless of eye and coarse of lip, They marched in holiest fellowship. That heaven might heal the world, they gave Their earth-born dreams to deck the grave. With souls unpurged and steadfast breath They supped the sacrament of death. And for each one, far off, apart, Seven swords have rent a woman's heart. Happy Christmas everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 December , 2015 Share Posted 21 December , 2015 Nice one Uncle George. Happy Xmas to all from me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2015 Share Posted 23 December , 2015 a happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous 2016 to all the inmates of WIT? and a peaceful and prosperous 2016. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Best wishes for 2016 to all inmates. To hopefully revive this sleeping giant; an unusual "founding father" candidate for you. A well known writer, he served WW1 in a medical capacity, and joined a "subversive" movement or sect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Greetings NF, Hope you had a Good Christmas and New Year. Now then, this man. A surreal clue... Is he French? A Breton maybe??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Hello Dai. I`m afraid Santa left us a dose of flu for Xmas, but I`m on the mend now thanks, just in time to go back to work. You have him right first time. Andre Breton it is.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton Author of Nadja, amongst other things. Joined the subversive Dada, and became the so called founder of surrealism. I found him quite an interesting fellow. Would have fitted in well with mess`rs Cleese, Cooke and other pythonesques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Curses, not quick enough on the draw, almost my specialist subject too. Good post Mr Plumb and good spot Dai. Similarish theme; who is this tiny person? We've had him before but it was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 One of the surrealist art movement of the 20s & 30s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 A bit more solid than that Dai, he was staggeringly influential. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Pete, I get the feeling you`re unloading plenty of clues for us, but I have to confess, I`m stumped. Waiting for a penny to drop somewhere in the deep portals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 It would be a pfennig that would drop. What he founded gave its name to a myriad of art forms. That noted artist A Hitler wasn't a fan and my man left in a hurry in 1933. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Walter Gropius? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 January , 2016 Share Posted 4 January , 2016 Spot on Ron. As founder of the Bauhaus he created a movement that spanned architecture and design. Massively influential and a giant of the 20th century. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Following Pete's tiny person - who is THIS tiny person ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Following Pete's tiny person - who is THIS tiny person ? ? ? Could it be Johannes Klein? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Klein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Could it be Johannes Klein? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Klein So very nearly there: my chap was credited with 22 aerial victories, and may have been murdered in 1944. I hope you're feeling better now NF. I must say I'm rather jealous of your impending trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 So very nearly there: my chap was credited with 22 aerial victories, and may have been murdered in 1944. I hope you're feeling better now NF. I must say I'm rather jealous of your impending trip! I was on the right track after all then. I have him now I think. Hans Klein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klein Thanks for your good wishes. I`m over my latest bout now. I had pneumonia 4 years ago, which left me with emphysema, so I`m prone to pretty regular chest infections. My wife is now on her 6th day in bed with flu, which my jab seems to have protected me against thankfully, but I did cop for a bad chest. I think having someone to look after helps us to ignore our own ailments and just carry on. I`m very excited about my Ypres/Arras trip, especially after having slept on it. It`s long overdue, but I feel it`s going to be the first of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 I was on the right track after all then. I have him now I think. Hans Klein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Klein Yes indeed. How about this chap, a General Officer of the GW (shown here in 1920). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 And another to continue your previous theme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Yes indeed. How about this chap, a General Officer of the GW (shown here in 1920). I`m useless at identifying uniforms, but somehow he doesn`t look British, French, German, or American to me so I`ve guessed Italian, and in line with your recent theme I`ve found someone called Lieutenant General Domenico Grandi? I`m not expecting you to affirm this, and suspect I may have led myself on a wild goose chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 General Ironside khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Well I couldn`t have been more wrong about U.G`s man. British, and of course, "Tiny". Good one. Given the current theme, you should have liitle trouble identifying the pilot in #3597 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 General Ironside khaki Well I couldn`t have been more wrong about U.G`s man. British, and of course, "Tiny". Good one. Given the current theme, you should have liitle trouble identifying the pilot in #3597 Yes, 'Tiny' Ironside. Your chap - Louis Gros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Yes, 'Tiny' Ironside. Your chap - Louis Gros? Not so I`m afraid. Wrong size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 January , 2016 Share Posted 5 January , 2016 Not so I`m afraid. Wrong size. He must be Paul Petit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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