neverforget Posted 14 January , 2019 Share Posted 14 January , 2019 7 minutes ago, Nepper said: Dr Dolittle Correct sir. Well played. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lofting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepper Posted 14 January , 2019 Share Posted 14 January , 2019 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Correct sir. Well played. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lofting Really, it was a joke on my part due to the animals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 January , 2019 Share Posted 14 January , 2019 18 minutes ago, Nepper said: Really, it was a joke on my part due to the animals! Inspired piece of guessery then 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 January , 2019 Share Posted 14 January , 2019 Just spotted this WIT, blimey Nepper that was quick as well as inspired. Something to live up to now, answer without any clues 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 (edited) Generals all, here. First war Division, Corps, Army commanders. Who are they ? ? ? And what is their other connection? Edited 16 January , 2019 by Uncle George forgot to add photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Plumer sitting second from the left with Harrington over his left shoulder? Left and right from the onlooker's viewpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 21 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Plumer sitting second from the left with Harrington over his left shoulder? Left and right from the onlooker's viewpoint. Plumer, yes. Otherwise, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 January , 2019 Share Posted 16 January , 2019 Do you need clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 Time to close this one, I think. (Images are in the public domain.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 2 hours ago, Uncle George said: Time to close this one, I think. (Images are in the public domain.) I was struggling to identify any of them as it wasn't a very clear image to be honest U.G. Apart from the unmistakable Plumer, the only one I was fairly sure of was Monash, but he wasn't on there 🤓 To be fair, now that I know who they are I can recognise Rawlinson and Byng quite clearly, but I have to admit that I don't think I would have got anyone else. What was their other connection by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 17 January , 2019 Share Posted 17 January , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, neverforget said: I was struggling to identify any of them as it wasn't a very clear image to be honest U.G. Apart from the unmistakable Plumer, the only one I was fairly sure of was Monash, but he wasn't on there 🤓 To be fair, now that I know who they are I can recognise Rawlinson and Byng quite clearly, but I have to admit that I don't think I would have got anyone else. What was their other connection by the way? Yes, sorry about the rubbish photo. I thought Cavan was identifiable (attached image from Wikipedia). But an ill-conceived WiT! https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211288 Edited 17 January , 2019 by Uncle George add link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 On 16/01/2019 at 17:44, voltaire60 said: Do you need clues? At first glance I thought Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, but not so. Yes please, a clue might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 On 17/01/2019 at 20:56, Uncle George said: Yes, sorry about the rubbish photo. I thought Cavan was identifiable (attached image from Wikipedia). But an ill-conceived WiT! https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211288 Nothing ill conceived about it imho. A good puzzle as regards the Eton connection, just a bit of a shame about the quality of the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 On 16/01/2019 at 17:44, voltaire60 said: Do you need clues? Is he Sir Henry Lukin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 It's not an early picture of Kitchener is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Garrett Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Monash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 4 hours ago, neverforget said: It's not an early picture of Kitchener is it? No, not KoK. Nor Monash. I think the mythology of images really has come into play here. I am very surprised that it was not immediately obvious who it was, hence real clues would be unnecessary. The picture shows our man in the "right" uniform for a British Lieutenant-Colonel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 (edited) Plumer? EDIT: image from here https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=boer+war+herbert+plumer&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjty8L8t__fAhWw2uAKHQ22B-sQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=boer+war+herbert+plumer&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-img.3...37488.39689..40083...0.0..0.102.685.7j1......0....1.........30i10.oouO8E0jXuM&ei=bQZGXK3hD7C1gweN7J7YDg&bih=666&biw=1024&client=safari&prmd=niv&safe=strict#imgrc=pZ6OZlNbl-ruSM Edited 22 January , 2019 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 Here’s a handsome young chap. Who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 16 hours ago, Uncle George said: Plumer? Bingo!! Taken from "With Plumer in Matabeleland". -the 1895/1896 Matabele Rebellion/ Native response to British imperial invasion (Don't want to be tasered by the Ultra PC lobby). Our image of him is of the avuncular general of the Great War- but the pic. of him suggests he was a ferocious little so-and-so. A reminder that British generals of the Great War had earlier careers and that some had been picked out as stars long before 1914- Baden Powell, Allenby, Plumer- all distinguished service in Africa. But Plumer of the kindly uncle image is the one that has endured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 2 hours ago, Uncle George said: Here’s a handsome young chap. Who is he ? ? ? Looks a bit like Bing Crosby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 Just now, Gardenerbill said: Looks a bit like Bing Crosby. It does! Not him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 With a ten gallon hat like that, surely an American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 17 minutes ago, neverforget said: With a ten gallon hat like that, surely an American. An American, yes. Wearing the Doughboys’ campaign hat. This chap took his good looks into the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 22 January , 2019 Share Posted 22 January , 2019 Douglas Fairbanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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