Heid the Ba Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 Papa Joffre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 46 minutes ago, Heid the Ba said: Papa Joffre? Yes! (Image from Wikipedia.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 last one would be general "old Plum" Plumer. the second could be anyone with a reputation of going ballistic when something went wrong??? Apart from the old fool upstairs from where I'm now (that is not my usual work place), no idea… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 11 minutes ago, Marilyne said: last one would be general "old Plum" Plumer. Yes indeed. (Image from janefinnis.com.) As for no. 2: “The force of personality is a high quality in every sort of leadership, but in this novel and dangerous arm of war ... the personality of the commander is the essential ingredient for high achievement. No one who saw [this man] at work in France could doubt that he supplied it in extraordinary measure.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 Second could be “Boom” , name given to Hugh Trenchard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 52 minutes ago, Knotty said: Second could be “Boom” , name given to Hugh Trenchard It is indeed ‘Boom’ Trenchard. Image from 123rf.com. Quote from Simon’s ‘Retrospect’ (1952). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 I've got a more "classic" one for you… just a plain picture… so who's this lady.. I have not found her name in WIT… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 Is she Peggy Arnold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 2 November , 2019 Share Posted 2 November , 2019 26 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is she Peggy Arnold? nopes… going off duty now fellas, so you have the night to figure it out... one hint: Rouen M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 (edited) Jessie Traill , the Australian artist. She served in a VAD detatchment at No. 8 General Hospital in Rouen. She she left an extensive illustrated account of her war service, which currently rests in the State Library of Victoria. Edited 3 November , 2019 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 yes… well donne Gunner!! I stumbled upon Miss Traill when researching Rouen and the sick Sister hospital. She spend some time there, both as a patient and as staff, as N° 8 was responsible for staffing Sick Sister's. I'll have to work harder to find a truly hard nut to crack !! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 Dank Je / Merci. I must admit I would be stumped without Rouen. It's a certainly easier finding a face than an aerial photograph of a trail, a la Fattyowls! R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 Try this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 19 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Spot on GH, there is a cluster of peaks named after French generals, including Nivelle interestingly...... I was going to post that i doubted Petain would get anything named after him. Guess what, he has! A mountain, a glacier and a creek. Makes a chap wonder how despicable someone has to be not to get something named after him/ her. Wait, Theres nothing named after me......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 1 minute ago, Gunner Hall said: Wait, Theres nothing named after me......... It's only a matter of time GH, lasting fame awaits. Good spot on Marilyne's lady; even knowing the major's research interests got me nowhere. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 (edited) Looking for Miss Traill led me to another discovery, Kate Maxey "The Angel of Spennymoor" Served with Jessie at the No. 8 General for some time. In 1918, Forgive me - I 'm sure some of you already know this, but she found herself in Lilliers, where she was sister-in-charge of the CCS near the railway station. On 21st March 1918, the German forces dropped bombs on the station and managed to hit an ammo train which had stopped there. The damage to the town was extensive and there were many casualties. Kate. took fragments to the head, neck arm and thigh. She also damaged her spine and perforated an eardrum. Despite this she continued to direct the nursing care of the injured and refused treatment until all others had been seen to. She recieved the Military Medal, Royal Red Cross Medal and the Florence Nightingale Medal. Also was mentioned in dispatches by old Dougie himself. To add to this she got a "silver set of salts and spoons" from the Spennymoor Ambulance Brigade. A brave lady who despite being born and living most of her life less than 10 miles from me, I'd never heard of her. Edited 3 November , 2019 by Gunner Hall Spelling, as ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 4 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Looking for Miss Traill led me to another discovery, Kate Maxey "The Angel of Spennymoor" Fab find GH. She survived and lived until 1969 I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Fab find GH. She survived and lived until 1969 I see. Indeed. Her relatives still own the shop that her father ran all those years ago. The chain, "Deftys" used to supply wool to every mother, grandmother and auntie in the North East of England. I still have nightmares over the jumpers (and balaclavas) I was forced to wear. Edited 3 November , 2019 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 GH & Pete, Thanks for the mention of Sister Maxey and for the link I found 'Behind the lines' well worth watching Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 3 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Indeed. Her relatives still own the shop that her father ran all those years ago. The chain, "Deftys" used to supply wool to every mother, grandmother and auntie in the North East of England. I still have nightmares over the jumpers (and balaclavas) I was forced to wear. We've all been scarred by home made knitwear. It was a rite of passage in the sixties and seventies; now only the photos of the knitting patterns appearing on ironic greeting cards remain. I shudder every time I see one. Pete. P.S. Is Jon's carved head Kitchener of Khartoum? Or not as the case may be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 2 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: P.S. Is Jon's carved head Kitchener of Khartoum? Or not as the case may be? 2 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 November , 2019 Share Posted 3 November , 2019 Thought not. Back to Great Moustaches of WW1 for me........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 November , 2019 Share Posted 4 November , 2019 23 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Looking for Miss Traill led me to another discovery, Kate Maxey "The Angel of Spennymoor" Served with Jessie at the No. 8 General for some time. In 1918, Forgive me - I 'm sure some of you already know this, but she found herself in Lilliers, where she was sister-in-charge of the CCS near the railway station. On 21st March 1918, the German forces dropped bombs on the station and managed to hit an ammo train which had stopped there. The damage to the town was extensive and there were many casualties. Kate. took fragments to the head, neck arm and thigh. She also damaged her spine and perforated an eardrum. Despite this she continued to direct the nursing care of the injured and refused treatment until all others had been seen to. She recieved the Military Medal, Royal Red Cross Medal and the Florence Nightingale Medal. Also was mentioned in dispatches by old Dougie himself. To add to this she got a "silver set of salts and spoons" from the Spennymoor Ambulance Brigade. A brave lady who despite being born and living most of her life less than 10 miles from me, I'd never heard of her. Kate Maxey was indeed a formidable woman ! When she was hit at N°58 CCS, she was walking with Sister Ellen Andrews and while bleeding profusely from her own wounds, her first instinct was to help Ellen, who unfortunately was beyond any help, but she stayed with her. Ellen's story can be found on my thread: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/265384-women-buried-on-the-western-front-a-complete-overview/page/2/, post #39 If you want to read more about Kate Maxey, I suggest you take Christine Hallett's "Nurses of Passchendaele" to hand. She also worked with Edith Appleton, whose memoirs were edited by Ruth Cowen a few years ago. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 November , 2019 Share Posted 5 November , 2019 Nurses of Passchendaele duly ordered! I remember reading Lyn MacDonalds The Roses of No-mans Land years ago . Marilyne, can you recommend anything else on the subject? Your post Marilyne is as ever, wonderfully researched. Evocative too. Hats off to Dr Harvey Cushing. An ammunition train blows up, and all we hear is that "Things were lively for a time" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 5 November , 2019 Share Posted 5 November , 2019 On 03/11/2019 at 11:03, jonbem said: Try this one. Clue: A Belgian person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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