neverforget Posted 27 March , 2021 Share Posted 27 March , 2021 2 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Montgomery? Or maybe Spears. No. Wrong nationality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 March , 2021 Share Posted 27 March , 2021 (edited) Ok, connections: Royal Fusiliers. U.S. Naval hospital. "Glory" days were extensively and almost exclusively in Belgium. Edited 28 March , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 March , 2021 Share Posted 27 March , 2021 Father was a naval surgeon. Born in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2021 Share Posted 28 March , 2021 Still struggling? Look for a female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 28 March , 2021 Share Posted 28 March , 2021 Madelon "Glory* Hancock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 28 March , 2021 Share Posted 28 March , 2021 8 minutes ago, EDWARD1 said: Madelon "Glory* Hancock Indeed so; the most highly decorated allied nurse of WW1, as well as the most decorated woman in history at the time. Well done. "Madelon “Glory” Hancock | NC Museum of History" https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/blog/madelon-glory-hancock From our forum: "Madelon Battle Hancock - Medals - Great War Forum" https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/289724-madelon-battle-hancock/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 31 March , 2021 Share Posted 31 March , 2021 Ok this chap was the last, but has a more familiar sister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 April , 2021 Share Posted 1 April , 2021 Any takers or do you want a clue? Married twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 April , 2021 Share Posted 2 April , 2021 Ok, another Without the last e, he tried for a peace settlement but didn’t hang around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 April , 2021 Share Posted 3 April , 2021 Probably a silly question but is he German or is that iron cross a bit of a red herring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 3 April , 2021 Share Posted 3 April , 2021 The collar patches are distinctive to German general officers. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 April , 2021 Share Posted 3 April , 2021 7 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: The collar patches are distinctive to German general officers. Ron Thanks Ron; as is clearly apparent I am hopeless at uniform stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 April , 2021 Share Posted 3 April , 2021 (edited) Definitely a general officer and stationed at the top table during the war. His family was dogged by bad luck. Edited 3 April , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 5 April , 2021 Share Posted 5 April , 2021 This should help, a relative is 99 not out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 April , 2021 Share Posted 6 April , 2021 I've been barking up a couple of trees with this. Please put me out of my misery where I am mistaken. Unable to find any German woman of note to fit the bill I have been drawn to the descendants of Victoria. Tree number 2 would be the Glucksburgs, and number three a certain patron of carriage driving. You will no doubt be impressed by just how wide of the mark I can be once I get going. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 April , 2021 Share Posted 6 April , 2021 Steve You are so close with the Victoria connection, yes there is a big one, and an HM QE 2 connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 April , 2021 Share Posted 6 April , 2021 Blimey two out of three then. Pretty good going for me. I'll press on but ditch the Glucks👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 I’m going to have a punt at - Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. Son of Queen Victoria’s second daughter, Princess Alice and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. He Married twice, 1/ Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 1894; div. 1901) 2/ Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. (m. 1905) He seems to have spent the war at the Kaisers HQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 That’s the fellow Gunner H https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Louis,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse A family that was struck by all manner of tragic events, assassinations,plane crash victims and unfortunate medical conditions (dare I suggest to close to relative marriages) The clues were based on one of his younger sisters, Alexandra, who married Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and we know the fate of the Romanov’s, while another sister, Victoria Mountbatten, would be the mother of Queen Louise of Sweden and of Princess Alice of Battenberg, who was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99 not out. At least you saved me from going down the “nice piece of Battenberg” route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 Sorry, neverforget, I hate to see a fellow suffering. First wife left the roost after finding him in bed with a stable hand. Apparently he was very close to an inventor and manufacturer of a mouthwash. who, either by coincidence or not, died of mouth cancer. Puts a chap right off listerine. GH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 Quite a few of my worryingly sparse brain cells have been extinguished on this one. Nice one Knotty and well played Gunner. I was almost there or thereabouts but couldn't quite get the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle to fit. I might prescribe myself an extra dose of morphine to try to help me forget..😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 I must admit I thought you were going to come up with the answer Steve. Never mind there is always another to have a go at😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 8 April , 2021 Share Posted 8 April , 2021 32 minutes ago, neverforget said: I was almost there I must admit I thought you had it that time Steve, still there is always the next one😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 10 April , 2021 Share Posted 10 April , 2021 The usual suspects are still at it, I see.... good... bring it on, I'm back in the game! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 April , 2021 Share Posted 10 April , 2021 Hi M Glad your back in the game👍 Let’s give this lady a go then, all I will start with is she is definitely the first of her kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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