Fattyowls Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 I think so too. Good post, good clues, good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 Well I'm not counting my chickens just yet, but I think we had deduced that he is naval, and I know that Anthony Eden's younger brother was killed at Jutland. The date in the last clue seemed to tie it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 31 May , 2020 Share Posted 31 May , 2020 1 hour ago, neverforget said: Is it (William) Nicholas Eden? Younger brother of Anthony. Nicholas was killed in the battle of Jutland. Correct. Well done. Midshipman William Nicholas Eden, aged sixteen; lost with HMS Indefatigable, 104 years ago today. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2865847/eden,-william-nicholas/ This the full photo, courtesy of Alamy: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-eden-family-portrait-september-1911-left-to-right-timothy-c-eden-81315697.html RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 I do not think this chap has been included before, I won’t give any clues to start with as to start with they are fairly obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Ok no takers so far then to start the ball rolling clue 1, he is not Chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Showing my ignorance again here. I thought perhaps Russian, but now I think..... https://youtu.be/IWWwM2wwMww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Looks like Oddjob from Goldfinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Steve that answer was more reminiscent of the old rockers thread, but yes nationality identified sassenach, he does indeed, now you need to follow Steve’s lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 I am currently reading 'Amateur Gunners', by Alexander Douglas Thorburn. In a letter to his sister dated 30th September 1916, he mentions a visit to his battery by a Major General, 'I can't tell you his name. Without one of him a belt wouldn't be any use at all'. Any ideas who he might be alluding to? Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 I'll try the obvious: Isoroku Yamamoto. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Sorry RM, he is not the obvious, a little bit more obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 My first impression was not chinese, but Japanese… now you tell us Russian… considering the asian features, I'm guessing Manchuria … Zhang Zualin?? Machurian leader during WWI and killed by the Japs in 1928?? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Hi Marilyne Did you not open the link that Steve sent with his post#13180? You’re first impression was definitely on the right track with Japanese, I’m afraid you have gone off on a bit of a wild goose chase. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Can't open YouTube at work… post 13180 sais Russian, no??? Guess my English slipped … M. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 M Steve at first thought he was Russian, but then linked to the YouTube video clip of The Vapours singing “”Turning Japanese”. Extra clue... he was a rare statistic in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 1 hour ago, Knotty said: rare statistic in the war I'll have a crack - the CWGC lists only 1 WW1 fatal casualty who is identified as Japanese. ASADA, NOBORU Service Number 228346 Died 02/07/1917 Aged 23 52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry Son of Mrs. Kaori Asada, of Canadian Japanese Association, Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 1 hour ago, Knotty said: M Steve at first thought he was Russian, but then linked to the YouTube video clip of The Vapours singing “”Turning Japanese”. Sounds rivetting… I'll check that out tonight on cell phone… M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 (edited) G’day WSL No it is not him either, but thanks for the info about him being the only CWGC WW1 fatality. But you are correct as identifying him as a casualty. M You youngsters must check out the “old rockers” thread, quite illuminating😁😁 Edited 3 June , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Wild guess. Would he have something to do with a certain siege of a German port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 No, not the Far East but your starting to get where I’m going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 6 minutes ago, neverforget said: Wild guess. Would he have something to do with a certain siege of a German port? Tsingtao to you too......and because of the arch clue upstream I bet you can guess what my current earworm is. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 16 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Tsingtao to you too......and because of the arch clue upstream I bet you can guess what my current earworm is. Pete. I really think so 😊 Sorry about that Pete. Apologies might be in order for our Belgian soldier friend too. Sorry for leading you astray, Marilyne. If it's any consolation though, I have wreaked much more suffering upon Mr. Owls.🙉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 21 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: my current earworm is Would that be.....🎶” turning Japanese, I think I’m turning Japanese, I really think so🎶 ......never heard it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Not funny, not funny at all. I completely fail to find any humour in any of that. Not one bit. I'd like a picture, I'd like a picture......doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 14 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Not funny, not funny at all. I completely fail to find any humour in any of that. Not one bit. I'd like a picture, I'd like a picture......doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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