Uncle George Posted 6 June , 2019 Share Posted 6 June , 2019 11 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Runstedt. My time with the OKH, was not wasted. Yes; C-in-C Western Europe, 75 years ago. Image from here: http://www.specialcamp11.co.uk/Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 6 June , 2019 Share Posted 6 June , 2019 Finding it difficult to get Hilda Baker outv of my mind, i initially thought it was Arthur Mullard. All those years of therapy wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 6 June , 2019 Share Posted 6 June , 2019 Got another one for you … The Boyfriend and I are currently squabbling over the question: WHICH BELGIAN UNIT paraded on the Champs Elysées on the 14th July 1919?? The pic only says "infanterie belge" … he's got HIS idea… which would explain another choice… I'll tell you later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 6 June , 2019 Share Posted 6 June , 2019 (edited) The régiment de grenadiers - Regiment der Grenadiers ? Edited 6 June , 2019 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 Who is this gentleman??? Served with the R.E. Responsible for an amazing, and as far as I know, quite unique sporting double in one day. The picture will give you a clue to start you on your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 C.B Fry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 5 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: C.B Fry? No, sorry, but you are very much on the right playing fields. Remember; both in the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 It looks nothing like Jimmy Matthews, the South Australian who took two hat tricks in one day against South Africa. Which probably means it is him. Or not as the case may be. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 4 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: It looks nothing like Jimmy Matthews, the South Australian who took two hat tricks in one day against South Africa. Which probably means it is him. Or not as the case may be. Pete. I strongly fancied you for this one Pete, but you're not there yet. As per Gunner Hall's suggestion, we are talking about two different sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2019 Share Posted 7 June , 2019 I have just discovered that his "unique" feat was also performed by one other person, in the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 June , 2019 Share Posted 8 June , 2019 England international cricketer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 8 June , 2019 Share Posted 8 June , 2019 Getting absolutely nowhere with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 June , 2019 Share Posted 8 June , 2019 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Getting absolutely nowhere with this. Played for Middx and England, and also a London based football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Ok, time to terminate this rather underwhelming W.I.T. He was Jack Durston. Played cricket for England and Middlesex, and football for Brentford. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Durston In August 1920, both in the same day, he bowled 30 overs against Surrey at Lord's, then at 5.30pm made a quick dash across town to play in a league game for Brentford. Picture from here: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/can-british-cricket-regain-its-old-glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 I wondered about playing cricket and football in the same day but my search of Mr Broomfield's extensive library did not come up trumps, but then I only had one cup of coffee yesterday and shouldn't really have been operating machinery..... Cue Muttley muttering............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Try this one - or rather two. Again, no pictures are available. These two men are commemorated on the same war memorial, as both their fathers were professors at the same university. One is a war poet, less known than some because he was killed in 1915 while serving as a captain with the Suffolk Regiment. He is commemorated on a Memorial to the Missing. The other was a lieutenant in the RAF, killed in 1918 and buried at Taranto. The final clue: there is a musical connection between one of them and the father of the other. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Try this one - or rather two. Again, no pictures are available. These two men are commemorated on the same war memorial, as both their fathers were professors at the same university. One is a war poet, less known than some because he was killed in 1915 while serving as a captain with the Suffolk Regiment. He is commemorated on a Memorial to the Missing. The other was a lieutenant in the RAF, killed in 1918 and buried at Taranto. The final clue: there is a musical connection between one of them and the father of the other. Ron Patrick Bryan Sandford Wood, son of Dr. Charles Wood, and Charles Hamilton Sorley? Edited 9 June , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 Two out of two, NF - well done. Could you spot the musical connection? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 6 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: Two out of two, NF - well done. Could you spot the musical connection? Ron Yes. The last two stanzas of Sorley's poem Expectans expectavi were set to music by Charles Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 9 June , 2019 Share Posted 9 June , 2019 (edited) Titter ye not! No, not him; nor the elderly chap in the middle (a famous music hall ventriloquist, by the way). EDIT: image from here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-maker-of-stars-performs-himself-val-parnell-and-retro-images-archive.html Edited 10 June , 2019 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 19 hours ago, neverforget said: Yes. The last two stanzas of Sorley's poem Expectans expectavi were set to music by Charles Wood Right again, NF. In my choral singing days I often sang it, though I admit to altering "unwitting" to "unwilling"! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 If it's Fred Russell, someone must have been feeding "Coster Joe" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 25 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: If it's Fred Russell, someone must have been feeding "Coster Joe" That IS Fred Russell in the middle. “The Father of Modern Ventriloquism”. Fred is a clue to the subject of this WiT, the chap on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Uncle George said: That IS Fred Russell in the middle. “The Father of Modern Ventriloquism”. Fred is a clue to the subject of this WiT, the chap on the right. The chap on the right is Val Parnell U.G. He was the son of Fred Russell, and they are seen here recording 'The Frankie Howerd Show' for BBC radio, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 18th January 1954. I got there by looking in the extensive library for "Frankie Howerd, Fred Russell and.." Edited 10 June , 2019 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 10 June , 2019 Share Posted 10 June , 2019 Val Parnell. Took over the Moss Empire Group from my dad's boss George Black Senior. Apparently, Val Parnell - was Fred Russells son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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