neverforget Posted 26 October , 2017 Share Posted 26 October , 2017 (edited) He was the first of his kind, but his high-flying career was brought to an end not by a drag Queen, but by a King in drag, and consequently he was stripped of his honours (M.B.E. and B.E.M.) (I will be sleeping till 3pm. Working nights.) Edited 27 October , 2017 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 27 October , 2017 Share Posted 27 October , 2017 One to many clues there NF, the sketch is of 2Lt Ernest Brooks, he of the silhouette at Brookseinde photograph and other well known images. (Follow links to have a good look at his work) http://digital.nls.uk/first-world-war-official-photographs/archive/75171407 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=brooks%2C ernest&filter[webCategory][0]="photographs"&items_per_page=50 Ended up taking some photos of the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) in his bath and wearing a dress and wig, which invoked his majesty’s (KGV) displeasure and led to his eventual fall from grace, culminating in the removal of his awards following a criminal conviction for insulting behaviour (because of no witness, it would probably have be an indecency charge) The following link will take you to the forum thread showing the conviction sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 October , 2017 Share Posted 27 October , 2017 Et voila! Ernest Brooks it is. https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2014/06/30/photos-world-war-i-images-museums-battle-great-war/?referer= Well done John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 28 October , 2017 Share Posted 28 October , 2017 (edited) Another one inspired by a recent visit. A soldier and a sailor, both with their vices - the youngster more so than the older. Who are they, and why is that? https://postimg.org/image/2eolorpsor/ Edited 28 October , 2017 by Andrew Upton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 October , 2017 Share Posted 28 October , 2017 Father and son? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 28 October , 2017 Share Posted 28 October , 2017 15 hours ago, neverforget said: Father and son? Father and only son indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 If a bit more of a clue is needed, the younger also helped the first here to link the second to the third: https://postimg.org/image/2qy5mlhdfv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 Thanks for that Andrew. Have to say I'm struggling with this one. Looks a good one though. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 Ok I recognise 1 2 and 3. The old grey matter is now firing on all cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 Evan Morgan and his father Viscount Tredegar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Uncle George said: Evan Morgan and his father Viscount Tredegar. Correct identification - and so the answer to part two is...? Edited 29 October , 2017 by Andrew Upton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 9 minutes ago, Andrew Upton said: Correct identification - and so the answer to part two is...? Could the link you are looking for be the Royal Welch, or poets, or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 Vices? 1st Viscount handed his yacht to the Royal Navy, on the condition that he be appointed its captain. 2nd Viscount was court martialled for divulging secrets to teenage girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 October , 2017 Share Posted 29 October , 2017 2 hours ago, Uncle George said: yacht to the Royal Navy, As a hospital ship if I recall correctly from my visit to Tredegar House. I got the impression that it wasn't girls Evan was interested in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 I think between Uncle George and SeaJane we have most of the answer I was looking for. The father is indeed Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, created 1st Viscount Tredegar (2nd Creation) on the death of his uncle Godfrey Charles Morgan in 1913 (who had survived participating in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 on his horse Briggs). Vice/Viscount was something of a play on words, as apart from his desire to command his own requisitioned boat during the war he seems to have lead a fairly unexceptional life. Evan Morgan was quite a different kettle of fish. During the war he served as a Lieutenant in the Irish Guards in various appointments, and apparently met Robert Graves whilst convalescing in the UK from the multitude of illnesses he acquired. Graves got in touch with Evan after Sassoon published his open letter in 1917 condemning the war to see if Evan could use his Cabinet contacts for Sassoon to be deemed medically unfit instead. Evan supposedly succeeded, and as a result Sassoon was sent to Craiglockhart to be treated by Dr Rivers. After the war he became 2nd Viscount Tredegar on the death of his father in 1934. He was also Chamberlain of the Sword and Cape to Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI, but was also close friends with occultist Aleister Crowley. He is rumoured to have practiced black magic as well, and though married twice apparently enjoyed the company of men as much as women. He kept a variety of exotic animals, including a parrot which he trained to talk with bad language and also apparently a party trick of climbing up the inside of his trouser leg and putting its head out his flies! Quite the bad boy. Here he is later in life with said parrot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 Andrew, that is such a good photograph (which cries out for captions), and a classic WiT?. Good stuff. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 Here's a very entertaining account of the Viscounts Tredegar: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343546/The-devil-worshipping-viscount-VERY-naughty-party-trick-parrot.html " ... Evan Morgan, whose riches so completely detached him from life, finally parted company with it on April 27, 1949 — a victim to cancer at the early age of 55. "The trouser-climbing parrot survived him." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 Von Nessie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 Hi nf Dare I say UB 85 and Kapitänleutnant Gunther Kerch https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UB-85 The question to be asked is why did he suggest that he was attacked by a mythical sea-creature, would the truth be he “surrendered” his (own doing) disabled ship to save lives and that there was no way that the creature attack could be disproved at home. Despite the crews capture without casualties I find that Günther died in March 1919 in a UK Hospital(any clues). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 8 minutes ago, Knotty said: Hi nf Dare I say UB 85 and Kapitänleutnant Gunther Kerch https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UB-85 The question to be asked is why did he suggest that he was attacked by a mythical sea-creature, would the truth be he “surrendered” his (own doing) disabled ship to save lives and that there was no way that the creature attack could be disproved at home. Despite the crews capture without casualties I find that Günther died in March 1919 in a UK Hospital(any clues). Right first time John. Kerch it is. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/u-boat-wreck-could-be-sea-monster-victim-of-internet-folklore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 30 October , 2017 Share Posted 30 October , 2017 So what did this person first achieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 On 30/10/2017 at 20:27, Knotty said: So what did this person first achieve I think I recognise her as someone I have posted a while back, so I'll leave this one for someone else. I've had a pm from Knotty to say that he is having problems logging in at the moment by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 I'll throw this one into the mix. Not terribly difficult, so both names please, with a bonus point thrown in if you tell us who took the picture. Apologies if my replies aren't instant, but I'm in hospital at the moment and my phone signal is a bit hit and miss, so bear with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 but I'm in hospital at the moment nothing serious , i hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 November , 2017 Share Posted 1 November , 2017 6 minutes ago, johnboy said: but I'm in hospital at the moment nothing serious , i hope. The doc's tell me its an exacerbation of my existing lung condition. (C.O.P.D/Emphysima) Could barely breathe for a day or two but I'm on the mend now. Many thanks for your concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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