Knotty Posted 4 October , 2019 Share Posted 4 October , 2019 Keeps the grey matter ticking over😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 4 October , 2019 Share Posted 4 October , 2019 (edited) This future general has probably graced these pages before. He was playing rugby in 1913. A year later he was a subbie in a county regiment. Edited 4 October , 2019 by Gunner Hall typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 October , 2019 Share Posted 4 October , 2019 I just put "Romania woman first world war" in google and as it was THE name that popped up, I took a guess… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 Sorry Gunner, I’m not ignoring you just did not see your posting, will start my musings John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 Not a problem, find my self unexpectedly posted to darkest Norfolk, so expect to be off line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 Here is the first clue. His early service was spent serving in two different regiments associated with the same number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 (edited) On 04/10/2019 at 10:28, Gunner Hall said: This future general has probably graced these pages before. He was playing rugby in 1913. A year later he was a subbie in a county regiment. The strong and firm jaw suggests Uncle Bill 1) R.Warwicks- 6th 2) 6th Gurkha Rifles Edited 5 October , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 The first Viscount Slim it is. Served in the shiny 6th, the Royal Warwickshire and the 1/6th Gurkhas. Not a natural horseman, he lost control of his charger ithree times in India, resulting in the memorable order *No officer shall gallop in the streets of Simla" Should have photoshopped the jaw,! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 2 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: The first Viscount Slim it is. Served in the shiny 6th, the Royal Warwickshire and the 1/6th Gurkhas. Not a natural horseman, he lost control of his charger ithree times in India, resulting in the memorable order *No officer shall gallop in the streets of Simla" Should have photoshopped the jaw,! He didn't change very much across the years. The best military writer of the Twentieth Century. A more obscure clue might be that he was responsible for running railways but was never a Royal Engineer. Work that one out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 (edited) How about this chap? Served as 2Lt in 3 different regiments and never reached a higher rank-including Great War. He had a well-known relative who got to a slightly higher rank and at one time was a well-known Constable. Edited 5 October , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 He didn't change very much across the years. The best military writer of the Twentieth Century. A more obscure clue might be that he was responsible for running railways but was never a Royal Engineer. Work that one out!! Just started reading his biography (by Russell Miller, Uncle Bill, the authorised biography) which is where the photo and the Simla story came from. Haven't got to their about him playing trains. I bet they ran on time...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 A more obscure clue might be that he was responsible for running railways but was never a Royal Engineer. Work that one out!! Very similar to a certain Network Rail....other rail maintenance companies are available 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 Constable as in constabulary, or constable as in tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 Na.....as in John😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 October , 2019 Share Posted 5 October , 2019 1 hour ago, Knotty said: Na.....as in John😁 Well, I've gone from relatives of Jack Warner, Viscounts Wavell through to Alanbrooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 6 October , 2019 Share Posted 6 October , 2019 No idea if it is relevant but Alanbrooke was Lord High Constable of England late in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 6 October , 2019 Share Posted 6 October , 2019 Only for one day though! 2nd June 1953. He was also Field Marshal Commanding Coronation Troops. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 October , 2019 Share Posted 6 October , 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Constable as in constabulary, or constable as in tower? Neither- nor the artist. His being a Constable was a big deal at the time Our man -rather than his relative-was an ensign in a Guards regiment. In later life- in 1939-40-he was closely associated with a well-known officer called Ramsay Edited 6 October , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 October , 2019 Share Posted 6 October , 2019 well-known officer called Ramsay Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 Admiral Bertram Ramsay was CinC Dover in 1939 - 40 and oversaw the Dunkirk Evacuation. Don't know who our man is though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 18 hours ago, Knotty said: Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay by any chance? Yes- Well done for getting past the red herring about Ramsay. But there is a Dover connection with his kinsman Our man was an associate of Joyce and Chesterton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 Ramsay had his “Red Book” and there seems to be a triangle comprising of Joyce (Lord Haw Haw), A K Chesterton ( cousin of G K) and a chap called Henry Williamson so that is a completely unknown name I will put forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 (edited) Alas,No- Henry Williamson served with London Rifle Brigade, MGC and Bedfordshire Regiment. But you are on the RIGHT track. Soon be there. PS- Not Arnold Leese either-Captain RAVC- with the superbly titled autobiography Out of Step: Events in Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel-Doctor By the way- our man also has a link with Viscount Mersey, Field Marshal Lord Rawlinson of Trent and Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon That should get you away from daytime TV for a while Knotty!! Edited 7 October , 2019 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 October , 2019 Share Posted 11 October , 2019 Better put you out of your misery on this one-another clue. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 October , 2019 Share Posted 11 October , 2019 That should get you away from daytime TV for a while Knotty!! 😁 oh I wish, this weeks been a whirlwind. Well thats a picture of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow, still none the wiser on your WIT character yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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