neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 4 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Is this Will Gladstone, grandson of the Victorian prime minister and last man whose body was officially repatriated? RWF fits at least. Pete. Back of the net Pete. Well played. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Gladstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 7 minutes ago, Uncle George said: “You’ve got your Garibaldis, you’ve got your Bourbons, then of course you’ve got your Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment.” Plenty of ginger nuts in the Scottish regiments too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 6 hours ago, neverforget said: Got him in one Ron. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hoffmann The pince-nez were a bit of a giveaway! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 35 minutes ago, neverforget said: Plenty of ginger nuts in the Scottish regiments too. Who’s this then ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 Can we assume that he is French? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 4 minutes ago, Knotty said: Can we assume that he is French? Mais oui, bien sur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 This is an imperfect continuation of the ‘biscuit’ theme. Clue: functions between locally convex topological vector spaces such as Banach spaces, often used to formalise the functional derivative commonly used in the calculus of variations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 8 minutes ago, Uncle George said: This is an imperfect continuation of the ‘biscuit’ theme. Clue: functions between locally convex topological vector spaces such as Banach spaces, often used to formalise the functional derivative commonly used in the calculus of variations. Maurice Rene Frechet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 3 minutes ago, neverforget said: Maurice Rene Frechet? Very close - remember the imperfect biscuit continuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Very close - remember the imperfect biscuit continuation. Reminds me of one of my favourite counters at Woolworths. I'll dig a little deeper as it seems I might actually be on the right track (for once!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 René Gateaux, a French mathematician who died young in World War I? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateaux_derivative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 *resisting dreadful pun* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 7 minutes ago, neverforget said: René Gateaux, a French mathematician who died young in World War I? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateaux_derivative Yes indeed. Bien joué. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Gateaux Image from here: https://alchetron.com/René-Gâteaux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 1 minute ago, seaJane said: *resisting dreadful pun* Oh go on, be a devil!😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 5 minutes ago, Uncle George said: René Gateaux Cut into a thousand thin slices, and henceforth known as Millefeuille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 March , 2019 Share Posted 4 March , 2019 8 minutes ago, seaJane said: Cut into a thousand thin slices, and henceforth known as Millefeuille. Ouch! Terrible way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 (edited) Making a brief return to the Royal theme of a few posts back, who are these two birds of a feather??? Pretty easy one this. Edited 5 March , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 Given the headgear, I'm guessing daughters of the Kaiser, not that I knew he had any until I saw this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 11 minutes ago, seaJane said: Given the headgear, I'm guessing daughters of the Kaiser, not that I knew he had any until I saw this! You're well on the way, perhaps a little more digging will complete the circle. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 The lady on our right is Duchess Cecille, the Crown Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 And is the other Princess Alexandra Victoria, another of the Kaiser’s daughters-in-law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 I think the one in the Death's Head Hussars uniform is the Kaiser's only daughter, Princess Victoria Louise (or possibly Viktoria Luise). Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 23 minutes ago, Uncle George said: And is the other Princess Alexandra Victoria, another of the Kaiser’s daughters-in-law? I think you have it sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 Hi, Prinzessin Victoria Luise wears the uniform of the Husaren Regiment 2 of which she was chief since 1909. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2019 Share Posted 5 March , 2019 34 minutes ago, GreyC said: Hi, Prinzessin Victoria Luise wears the uniform of the Husaren Regiment 2 of which she was chief since 1909. GreyC Thank you Grey C. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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