Gunner Hall Posted 10 March , 2020 Share Posted 10 March , 2020 Be gave up painting camouflage and advocated using camouflage netting too. Ahead of his time, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 10 March , 2020 Share Posted 10 March , 2020 24 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Mincemeat. Another one of my clues, Pete. Lost forever. I know the heartbreak of lining them up and the photo being identified immediately. Looking at the photos of the Mk 1 tanks from 1916 with the camouflage scheme they look remarkably modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 11 March , 2020 Share Posted 11 March , 2020 They certainly do. I suppose what goes around comes around. I noticed on the box the other day they have started painting Challenger tanks in "urban camoflague" Looked like the 1980's Berlin garrison scheme to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 11 March , 2020 Share Posted 11 March , 2020 16 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Marilyne, you strike again. I'm out first ball again! Didn't even get my clue in about him painting mother.... just had the chance to read the right thing at the right moment… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 12 March , 2020 Share Posted 12 March , 2020 This officer, an “exceptionally able and resolute commander,” had a very interesting and distinguished war. He was severely wounded in 1915, and ended the war as a major general. Crazy name, crazy guy. But who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 March , 2020 Share Posted 12 March , 2020 By his dress I have assumed he was old school colonial, so the strangest name I can come up with in the Indian Army was Sir Skipton Hill Climo, who seems to fill your criteria, badly wounded in Mesopotamia, he survived and carried on in that theatre of the war, including afterwards in Afghanistan. No picture I’m afraid so this is a stab in the dark. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipton_Climo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 12 March , 2020 Share Posted 12 March , 2020 18 minutes ago, Knotty said: By his dress I have assumed he was old school colonial, so the strangest name I can come up with in the Indian Army was Sir Skipton Hill Climo, who seems to fill your criteria, badly wounded in Mesopotamia, he survived and carried on in that theatre of the war, including afterwards in Afghanistan. No picture I’m afraid so this is a stab in the dark. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipton_Climo Yes, that’s him. Image from here: https://archive.org/details/operationsinwaz00indi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 12 March , 2020 Share Posted 12 March , 2020 Crikey, Knotty, that was inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 12 March , 2020 Share Posted 12 March , 2020 1 hour ago, Gunner Hall said: Crikey, Knotty, that was inspired. I know there are lists for almost everything on the electrical interweb but 'British WW1 Officers with strange names'? Surely not. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 Hi Pete/Gunner Just trawled through the names of Indian Army Generals looking for any strange names, then checked on their career. If I can find a picture or two I have a few to put on here, and I still haven’t checked on the BEF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 9 hours ago, Fattyowls said: I know there are lists for almost everything on the electrical interweb but 'British WW1 Officers with strange names'? Surely not. Pete. What a cracking idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 2 hours ago, Knotty said: Hi Pete/Gunner Just trawled through the names of Indian Army Generals looking for any strange names, then checked on their career. If I can find a picture or two I have a few to put on here, and I still haven’t checked on the BEF. I am in awe John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 (edited) Any future list of WW! soldiers with strange names, may have to spread to the rankers. Theres a Private in the Norfolks in "Soldiers and their units" thread called "Christmas Milk. " I thought initially that he was the victim of Ancestry's indexing but, no. The poor s"d. Edited 13 March , 2020 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 I'm sure there's a thread on the forum about WW1 individuals with interesting names, there's definitely an often hilarious one about Ancestry transcription outrages started by young Baker...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 13 March , 2020 Share Posted 13 March , 2020 This is someone I never heard of till this evening... not British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 20 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Any future list of WW! soldiers with strange names, may have to spread to the rankers. Theres a Private in the Norfolks in "Soldiers and their units" thread called "Christmas Milk. " I thought initially that he was the victim of Ancestry's indexing but, no. The poor s"d. haha… so it's not just a modern-day illness to give your kids names that they'll regret for the rest of their lives… One can only suppose the boy was either born or conceived on a Christmas day with too much eggnogg. Seajane, the pic look vaguely familiar… normal namee or crazy name??? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 French,German,Austrian,Hungarian or American ? Got to make a start somewhere😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marilyne said: Seajane, the pic look vaguely familiar… I know! He looks just like Bela Lugosi! (Image from here: https://www.workers.org/2019/03/41345/). He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Edited 14 March , 2020 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 4 hours ago, Knotty said: French,German,Austrian,Hungarian or American ? Got to make a start somewhere😁 German. Shared one name with a WW2 general and another with a 20th-c composer. 3 hours ago, Uncle George said: just like Bela Lugosi But isn't - see what you mean, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, seaJane said: But isn't - see what you mean, though. Oh no he doesn't (oh yes he does).........image to be found on various sites on the internet, notably pinterest. And on this thread previously, to nobody's surprise I would wager. Pete. Edited 14 March , 2020 by Fattyowls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 that's not the same guy??? hairline's off... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 Mine was a writer and poet. The piece I heard was very atypically set to music by this chap, who was Hungarian:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 Could be Ernst von Dohanyi, aka Dohanyi Erno? Interesting fellah, his son Hans, was executed after Henning von Treskows failed attempt on Hitler. HIS son, Justus, played William Burgdorf, in 'Downfall'. A film, I keep returning to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 That's interesting! But no, my no.2 isn't Dohnányi, but someone more associated with being merry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 12 minutes ago, seaJane said: That's interesting! But no, my no.2 isn't Dohnányi, but someone more associated with being merry. I know exactly where you're coming from sJ, but just can't find a German connection. Only a Frenchman called Henri ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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