Knotty Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 Well played NF, trust you were not up all night? EH Shepard MC it was. Illustrator of first and subsequent editions of Winnie-the-Pooh and Wind in the Willows, just to name a few. You can read the rest in the link below, the picture is taken from the front of his memoirs of serving on the Italian front called simply Shepard’s War.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Shepard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 1 minute ago, Knotty said: Well played NF, trust you were not up all night? EH Shepard MC it was. Illustrator of first and subsequent editions of Winnie-the-Pooh and Wind in the Willows, just to name a few. You can read the rest in the link below, the picture is taken from the front of his memoirs of serving on the Italian front called simply Shepard’s War.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Shepard Yay! I'm managing to maintain my strike rate of about one in a hundred. Usually my hunches lead me on a fool's errand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 Aircraft pioneer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 28 minutes ago, neverforget said: Aircraft pioneer. Easy one! He’s Lance Percival (image from Wiki): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 Surprisingly, not so😊 Made valuable contributions in both world wars, and long afterwards. Won the Distinguished Flying Cross in Ww1, and had a son killed in Ww2. Has a knighthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 (edited) I’m going to take a stab at this now and go out on a limb for William Wedgwood Benn 1st Viscount Stansgate (Father of Tony Benn), earned his DFC in WW1, and lost a son Michael in WW2. the picture doesn’t fit so not as above..... bugg*r Edited 27 January , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 1 minute ago, Knotty said: I’m going to take a stab at this now and go out on a limb for William Wedgwood Benn 1st Viscount Stansgate (Father of Tony Benn), earned his DFC in WW1, and lost a son Michael in WW2. Great effort but wrong nationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 I have not followed this page so much so don't know if this chap as been on before. Who was he ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 27 January , 2020 Share Posted 27 January , 2020 5 hours ago, neverforget said: Great effort but wrong nationality. Ok how about the Aussie Sir George Jones?.....you can tell it’s a struggle! 12 minutes ago, stripeyman said: I have not followed this page so much so don't know if this chap as been on before. Who was he ? Hi stripeyman Cant say I have seen him on here, however this is the second run of WIT,so may have appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 46 minutes ago, Knotty said: Ok how about the Aussie Sir George Jones?.....you can tell it’s a struggle! Hi stripeyman Cant say I have seen him on here, however this is the second run of WIT,so may have appeared. John. Sorry for any delays. Been at the Robin2 tonight catching Popa Chubby. Very good too. Anyway, you are now on track. Aussie he is. Very prominent character, both wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 Got to be an older version of this famous aviation pioneer, Sir Lawrence Wackett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 6 hours ago, WhiteStarLine said: Got to be an older version of this famous aviation pioneer, Sir Lawrence Wackett. Well played sir, Wackett it is. "Father of the Australian aircraft industry". He has been described as "one of the towering figures in the history of Australian aviation." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wackett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 Hunt for stripeyman’s chap now fully on, well played WSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 9 hours ago, neverforget said: Popa Chubby That needs posting in the other thread! Got some of his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 January , 2020 Share Posted 28 January , 2020 Just now, jonbem said: That needs posting in the other thread! Got some of his stuff. I will do. He was really good. The whole band were excellent actually I would definitely go see them again. My mate has a couple of cds, but he said that he was miles better live.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 (edited) On 27/01/2020 at 23:40, stripeyman said: I have not followed this page so much so don't know if this chap as been on before. Who was he ? It’s not Jack Hawkins is it?* *No. Image from here: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/132574782755391854/ Edited 29 January , 2020 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 I think a clue or two might help to get us moving. (Unless Uncle George is right of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 2 minutes ago, neverforget said: (Unless Uncle George is right of course.) He isn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 2 minutes ago, Uncle George said: He isn’t. Well, just goes to show, theres a first time for everything 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 31 minutes ago, neverforget said: Well, just goes to show, theres a first time for everything 😊 A fine actor, Jack Hawkins. He appeared in a First war film which was inspired in part by this chap. Who is he ? ? ? (While we wait for a clue from stripeyman ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 5 minutes ago, Uncle George said: A fine actor, Jack Hawkins. He appeared in a First war film which was inspired in part by this chap. Who is he ? ? ? (While we wait for a clue from stripeyman ... ) Not sure but he looks like a proper Peaky f***ing Blinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 Looks like Viscount Allenby, - when he was plain old Edmund.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Looks like Viscount Allenby, - when he was plain old Edmund.... As played by Jack Hawkins, in ‘Lawrence of Arabia’! (image from here http://movie-dude.co.uk/%5BFilm%5D%20Lawrence%20of%20Arabia%20(1962).htm ) Edited 29 January , 2020 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 Good Lord, I didn't expect to be right. Well, it was either Allenby, Cmdr Ericson or the Pharaoh Khufu..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 January , 2020 Share Posted 29 January , 2020 As far as I can find out JH appeared in only two Great War film entitled “Who Goes Next”, and, “Lawrence of Arabia” As the first one is based on escaping from POW camp I will put my money on it being based on that. Sorry TEL fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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