Uncle George Posted 28 January , 2021 Share Posted 28 January , 2021 Is she Louisa Garrett Anderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 28 January , 2021 Share Posted 28 January , 2021 (edited) I'm glad to know you think it's the same person (there is no ID on the sepia photograph). Not Louisa Garrett Anderson, but did work in a medical capacity. Not British. Edited 28 January , 2021 by seaJane clarification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 28 January , 2021 Share Posted 28 January , 2021 Definitely same woman Jane, but I’ve no idea who she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 January , 2021 Share Posted 29 January , 2021 (edited) Okay, to accrue past clues: Not Louisa Garrett Anderson, but did work in a medical capacity. Not British. Still alive in the 1930s. New clue: Daughter of a famous mother, alongside whom she did her war work. Edited 29 January , 2021 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 29 January , 2021 Share Posted 29 January , 2021 Bonjour tout le monde Il s'agit d'Irène (Joliot-) Curie, ,daughter of Marie. I don't know if the two photos are ofn the same person but it seems plausible. Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 January , 2021 Share Posted 29 January , 2021 Correct, Martin! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irène_Joliot-Curie#World_War_I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 29 January , 2021 Share Posted 29 January , 2021 Damn! I looked at Marie Curie based on your clue not British, but had no idea she had a daughter in the same line of work.... Well done Martin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 30 January , 2021 Share Posted 30 January , 2021 I suspect our distinguished recent contributor will solve this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 Another lost sheep. Left the Gunners to join the RFC and rose to Air Vice Marshal. Sir Philip Woolcott Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO (30 March 1876 – 4 February 1961) The pre-war RAF dress busby gave it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 32 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Another lost sheep. Left the Gunners to join the RFC and rose to Air Vice Marshal. Sir Philip Woolcott Game, GCB, GCVO, GBE, KCMG, DSO (30 March 1876 – 4 February 1961) The pre-war RAF dress busby gave it away. I stayed out of this one as I recognized the picture. I am not an expert on uniforms but for some reason that particular photograph shows a particularly absurd uniform and the words "Rhode Island Red" come to mind when I see it. Also, not to forget that Sir Philip Game was a distinguished Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis-through the Moseley troubles and the Blitz- and by all accounts a quite modest man=preferring public transport to an official car. Much more successful than Trenchard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 A talented chap. His skill set extended from being OC gun carriage party at Queen Victoria's funeral, and as Governor of New South Wales, soothing bruised egos at the comedic Sydney Harbour Bridge opening ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 Yes, Sir Philip Game. Sir John Simon (they both served on Trenchard’s Staff) writes about him in his Memoir, ‘Retrospect’ (1952): “His quiet precision and the complete command he had of every aspect of staff work made a deep impression. How far removed he was from the slighting conception of a ’Brass Hat’ only those who worked in the closest contact with him can fully know.” And yes, he became Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police - my words ‘suspect’ and ‘solve’ were feeble clues in this direction. Image from Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 There were at least four other senior officers of the BEF who later became Commissioner of the Met - can you name them all? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 (edited) I cannot. Judging from this image (from ‘TVTropes’) George Dixon didn’t serve (I think I’m right in saying). I see that Jack Warner did serve and was awarded the MSM. Edited 1 February , 2021 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 "Evenin' All" Sadly it doesn't look like Old George got a look-in. 1/ General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, (Adjutant-General of the British Expeditionary Force) 2/ Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood, GBE, KCB, DSO (Provost Marshal of the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force.) 3/ Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Viscount Byng of Vimy GCB GCMG MVO. (OC 3rd Cavalry Division) 4/ Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (OC 1st Wing RFC ) I bet none of the above had to apprehend an armed criminal trying to escape from the Paddington Green "Roxy" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 Armed only with a stick and a winning smile..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 1 February , 2021 Share Posted 1 February , 2021 One of the most famous scenes in the history of British cinema. And shows that Dirk Bogarde was not a member of Great War Forum- What? Think you can scare someone wearing a row of service ribbons? No chance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 2 February , 2021 Share Posted 2 February , 2021 Well done, Gunner Hall. Four out of four. For those who don't recognise the photo in the previous post, it is a still from the film "The Blue Lamp", the first appearance of PC George Dixon, who was killed by Dirk Bogarde's character, but survived into several classic TV series. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 2 February , 2021 Share Posted 2 February , 2021 (edited) Thanks Ron. It's really obvious that the appointments committee changed policy after Sir Phillp Game. They appointed civils (either of the home or Indian establishment) or people with actual policing experience. The damn cheek. BTW, Horace John Waters (aka Jack Warner / George Dixon ) served with the RFC from 1915 on as labourer, Carpenter and finally as a corporal motor cyclist - He was awarded the MSM. Edited 2 February , 2021 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 February , 2021 Share Posted 6 February , 2021 Keeping the thread rolling along, who is this lady?, don’t let the uniform mask her achievements on the lives she saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 6 February , 2021 Share Posted 6 February , 2021 Trying to make her profile fit Marie Curie, who saved many lives via mobile x-ray machines, but Marie's face was thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 February , 2021 Share Posted 6 February , 2021 Looks too old to be either of the Ladies of Pervyse - Mairi Chisholm or Elsie Knocker - unless it's an older Elsie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 7 February , 2021 Share Posted 7 February , 2021 (edited) WSL, there are similarities but not anyway connected to MC. sJ, no not the L o P, but she was drawn to working on the front line. Edited 7 February , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 7 February , 2021 Share Posted 7 February , 2021 I think I know who this lady is. If I'm not mistaken she has been here before. I'm keeping schtumm at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 7 February , 2021 Share Posted 7 February , 2021 Ok Steve Another clue then, she was American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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