Fattyowls Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 8 minutes ago, seaJane said: therefore naval surgeon That's interesting in still-haven't-got-a-clue sort of a way. I took one look at him and the phrases "steady boys steady", "engage the enemy more closely" and "prepare to board" sprang to mind, he looks like a fiery chap. Feel free to substitute other Hornblowereque quotations as desired. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 1 hour ago, Ron Clifton said: Quite difficult to miss - it appears regularly on one of the Freeview channels. For me, the most poignant moment in that film is the sight of Esmond Knight, the well-known blind actor, playing the Captain of HMS Prince of Wales having seen HMS Hood blow up. The actor was actually serving on POW during the action, and lost his sight then. Ron Esmond Knight and Captain Leach were about the only survivors of one of Bismarck's salvos that went through PoW's compass platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 49 minutes ago, seaJane said: Distinction - red, therefore naval surgeon. But his best known command during the war was mostly land-based. Aha. He's already KCB so as you suggest he's about to ship some additional top hamper - a candidate for the St John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 I’m having a punt at that renaissance man, Sir Reginald St George Smallridge Bond KCB, MB Edin, DPH Eng, FRCSE(, MRCP, FRCP. If that wasn’t enough he was called to the bar in 1922. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 Spectacular shot but wrong , although I may have a photo of him somewhere. This man was in charge of a particular unit for a particular campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 I'll take a stab at him. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Alexander Gascoigne Wildey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, seaJane said: Spectacular shot but wrong , although I may have a photo of him somewhere. This man was in charge of a particular unit for a particular campaign. Spectacular shot . Was ever thus. This is Reg Bond - f you are half blind, and on a galloping horse, it could just be your man. That's my excuse.... Edited 3 March , 2021 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 And that is the photograph of him that I have 9 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Reg Bond - 26 minutes ago, neverforget said: I'll take a stab at him. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Alexander Gascoigne Wildey? Nope, sorry. Think eastward, but not too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 1 hour ago, Gunner Hall said: KCB, MB Edin, DPH Eng, FRCSE(, MRCP, FRCP Blimey!! I've read books with less letters than that lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 Blimey!! I've read books with less letters than that lot. He's our equivalent of those Russian lads with medals down both sides of their gymnastyorkas that used to appear on Red Square every May day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 3 March , 2021 Share Posted 3 March , 2021 Talking of letters: there's a married lady writer who may be able to point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 4 March , 2021 Share Posted 4 March , 2021 Nice one seaJane, Had to trawl through the Navy List for 1926 to pin him down - I hope! Sir Arthur Gaskell (as in Mrs Gaskell) This from Plarr's Lives of the Fellows of the RCS. “During the war of 1914-18 he fitted out the hospital ship Soudan, and was then Assistant Director of Medical Services to the Naval Division at Gallipoli (1915). From 1916 he was in charge of the Naval Hospital at the Cape of Good Hope, and returned to Chatham in 1919 as a surgical specialist with the rank of Surgeon-Captain (1920). While in South Africa he distributed at his own expense a primer which he had written on first-aid, and was subsequently employed to write the official Naval first-aid handbook. He was created CB in 1916 and OBE in 1919 for his war services. Gaskell was promoted Surgeon Rear-Admiral in 1923 and Surgeon Vice-Admiral in 1927, when he was appointed Medical Director-General of the Navy. He was knighted as a KCB in 1930, and retired in 1931” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitchiebytheC Posted 4 March , 2021 Share Posted 4 March , 2021 On 02/03/2021 at 14:22, Fattyowls said: Who's this cheery and smiley matelot then? And I knew his son and know his grandson well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 4 March , 2021 Share Posted 4 March , 2021 12 minutes ago, RitchiebytheC said: And I knew his son and know his grandson well Arf. He is (to quote the old AA advert) a very very nice man, but I hope he is still talking you after you introduced us........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 4 March , 2021 Share Posted 4 March , 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Sir Arthur Gaskell That's the one! It's difficult to imagine him getting muddy, dusty and stressed while taking the RM Medical Unit through its paces at Gallipoli; he looks so bandbox tidy in the photo (which is in the archives at work). Edited 4 March , 2021 by seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 March , 2021 Share Posted 4 March , 2021 (edited) Good one seaJane, well played Gunner H, onwards, I may have posted this before, sorry if I have. If not who is this first and what was her contribution to the war effort? Edited 5 March , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 15 hours ago, seaJane said: That's the one! It's difficult to imagine him getting muddy, dusty and stressed while taking the RM Medical Unit through its paces at Gallipoli; he looks so bandbox tidy in the photo (which is in the archives at work). Had to exercise my research skills there, Dug deep into the Well of Pen-Morfa, Many thanks, seaJane. GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 No takers yet so a starting clue, not British Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 48 minutes ago, Knotty said: No takers yet so a starting clue, not British Not British, but was she related to a well known British born woman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 Hi Steve No not at all, but she was better known for her collaboration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 Ah thanks Johnshe was making me think of one of Victoria's grandchildren. Back to the drawing board. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 March , 2021 Share Posted 5 March , 2021 Collaboration but not with the enemy! The award still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 7 March , 2021 Share Posted 7 March , 2021 Still no takers? Ok another clue she is American Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 8 March , 2021 Share Posted 8 March , 2021 Busy whittling through 18 million suspects, at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 8 March , 2021 Share Posted 8 March , 2021 Afternoon Gunner H, Ambitious 18 million, they only had 4 million servicemen😁 I will narrow things down, she collaborated in 1915 and her first came in 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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