Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Another clue to help move along...Middle East😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Kōzō Satō? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Sorry not Satō, but you have the correct Fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 Taichi Uehara? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 5 minutes ago, neverforget said: Taichi Uehara? I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 I'm going on Knottys earlier comment that he was a casualty. There seemed not to be that many relevant candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 (edited) You have him Steve. Commander Taichi Uehara of the destroyer IJN Sakaki, sunk by the Austrian-Hungarian submarine U27, on June 11 1917, off the island of Crete, the most senior casualty of the 80 Japanese naval servicemen lost by their 2nd Fleet in the Mediterranean. (I believe there is a memorial on Malta to the losses) The Sakaki had its bow and midship blown off in the attack and suffered 68 fatalities, but she was salvaged and repaired serving until 1932. Cmd Uehara has very little published information about his life and career, there is more about the destroyer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Sakaki_(1915) Ok now back to working out Mike’s cryptic clue on the Major General😁 Edited 3 June , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 30 minutes ago, neverforget said: I'm going on Knottys earlier comment that he was a casualty. There seemed not to be that many relevant candidates. I forgot about that! I eventually got to the right ship but not the name. An excellent post and good clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 3 minutes ago, rolt968 said: I forgot about that! I eventually got to the right ship but not the name. An excellent post and good clues. I found it here.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/09/national/history/japans-little-known-significant-role-world-war/#.Xte-Qnko80M Your suggestion of Kōzō Satō, and John's reply sent me in the right direction, so even though I just about pipped you to the post, a case of honours shared I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 I still think it's Oddjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 3 June , 2020 Share Posted 3 June , 2020 13 minutes ago, neverforget said: I found it here.https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/09/national/history/japans-little-known-significant-role-world-war/#.Xte-Qnko80M Your suggestion of Kōzō Satō, and John's reply sent me in the right direction, so even though I just about pipped you to the post, a case of honours shared I reckon. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 4 June , 2020 Share Posted 4 June , 2020 17 hours ago, Knotty said: You have him Steve. Commander Taichi Uehara of the destroyer IJN Sakaki, sunk by the Austrian-Hungarian submarine U27, on June 11 1917, off the island of Crete, the most senior casualty of the 80 Japanese naval servicemen lost by their 2nd Fleet in the Mediterranean. (I believe there is a memorial on Malta to the losses) The Sakaki had its bow and midship blown off in the attack and suffered 68 fatalities, but she was salvaged and repaired serving until 1932. Cmd Uehara has very little published information about his life and career, there is more about the destroyer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Sakaki_(1915) Ok now back to working out Mike’s cryptic clue on the Major General😁 Knotty, It may help to know that Thorburn's Battery was D302 R.F.A., part of the 60th Division (London 2/2) Territorial. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 June , 2020 Share Posted 4 June , 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, MikeyH said: It may help to know that Thorburn's Battery was D302 R.F.A., part of the 60th Division (London 2/2) Territorial. Ok Mike, I think I have found the culprit. I believe that the Major General’s surname from the cryptic clue is Buckle, and I have found one of the main artillery men is a Major General Charles R(udolph) Buckle (1862-1952). Royal Artillery 2nd Army, and later Commander RA in the Italian Campaign. There is another but he is a Lieutenant General, who died in 1916 from meningitis, before the date of the correspondence. Things are a bit sketchy about his life/career at the moment, I am also looking at a differing possible middle name, Rudolph being the favoured above the other Reginald. Hope this is the correct deduction, and I will keep on looking John Edited 4 June , 2020 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 6 June , 2020 Share Posted 6 June , 2020 John, A belting result and a great mustache! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 June , 2020 Share Posted 6 June , 2020 Excellent work, John. Top man. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 It's on here https://flashbak.com/world-war-1-body-armor-1914-1918-32670/ circa 1917: A suit of heavy body armour used by the Americans in France. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 4 minutes ago, jonbem said: It's on here https://flashbak.com/world-war-1-body-armor-1914-1918-32670/ circa 1917: A suit of heavy body armour used by the Americans in France. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) I need a name though please.😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 Brewster Body Shield? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Body_Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 3 minutes ago, jonbem said: Brewster Body Shield? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Body_Shield You made light work of that one jonbem. Dr. Guy Otis Brewster it is.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 I was going to answer "the horrible potato man" or something along the lines... I git two questions in one for you... Actually I'm being naughty and using this thread for my second question... as all my favorite specialists are often around... The father of THIS lady: is a certain mr xxx yyy "CMG" Am I mistaken in thinking that stands for Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George ?? I just don't want to write anything stupid. a tip: without wanting to be blunt, but if you know what I'm doing of my days, you'll guess that this lady is part of my project and thus, well... deceased... when and where ... that's for you to find out! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 45 minutes ago, neverforget said: You made light work of that one jonbem. Dr. Guy Otis Brewster it is.👍 Well that the grandson of Ned Kelly out then😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 7 June , 2020 Share Posted 7 June , 2020 I have no idea about her father, to be honest ... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 8 June , 2020 Share Posted 8 June , 2020 Methinks another clue is needed here … she was indeed a "first", as Knotty duly noted. in more than one way I might add. in her records she is given the same rank as her late husband. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 8 June , 2020 Share Posted 8 June , 2020 As I said it is not who I thought it was, so totally ignore any of my above references, I do not want to send people on wild goose chase so I have hidden my response. The fact I said ‘a first’ is just coincidental (I thought maybe kia). I’m still looking😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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