seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Haha. I could give you a more concrete clue, but that would take us into the wrong war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 31 minutes ago, seaJane said: Haha. I could give you a more concrete clue, but that would take us into the wrong war... So is he a "Mulberry" relative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Just now, jonbem said: So is he a "Mulberry" relative? 😁 Great minds etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 37 minutes ago, jonbem said: So is he a "Mulberry" relative? Not, actually, although he may have known something about it through a friend. Like the last WIT, he has a somewhat fishy surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Don’t tell him……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jonbem Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 I step away for a short while to watch the first half of the football (bit of a yawn!) and get back to some clues. I think I have the right bloke and if his wikipedia page is correct I don't think he was trying to sneak into Wimbledon when it says "crept into a hut and hid under tennis nets," Further to that, i have experienced pastry that is rock hard in the past, and could be described with the name of his later "invention". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 I think you and Knotty are closing in on him nicely. Prophetically, even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 1 hour ago, seaJane said: Like the last WIT, he has a somewhat fishy surname. I note also his wife was born with a fishy surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Just now, jonbem said: I note also his wife was born with a fishy surname. Indeed she was. Out with it, jon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Geoffrey Pyke - Wikipedia and found the pic here Unique Support for a Unique Unit: The Service Battalion of the First Special Service Force (arsof-history.org) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Correct! Image from here: https://www.combinedops.com/Geoffrey Pyke.htm Interned in Germany after entering the country with a false passport early in the GW, and managed to escape and get home. Inventor of Pykrete and cousin of Magnus Pyke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 thanks to Knottys "Don't tell him....." I went Pike, Concrete and WW1 on google to het Pyekrete, etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Good steer, @Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 2 June , 2021 Share Posted 2 June , 2021 Well played gents. What an extraordinary bloke. Great post SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 3 June , 2021 Share Posted 3 June , 2021 (edited) Again, thanks to Captain Mainwaring,- "'Wondered who'd be the first to spot that one." I didn't even know where to start. Well played all. Edited 3 June , 2021 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbaker163 Posted 17 June , 2021 Share Posted 17 June , 2021 On 01/04/2019 at 14:27, Ron Clifton said: Me again Ron Going to put forward Lt Anchitel Edward Fletcher Boughey, 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade, son of Rev Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey, who drown in the Irish Sea when the RMS Leinster was sunk 10/10/1918. Still struggling to find a Wilson reference. Spot on, Knotty - well done. His father was the vicar of my church and the son is commemorated on our war memorial - as is James Michael Cunningham, the son of Boughey's predecessor as vicar. Michaeldr has correctly identified the Wilson reference. I note that you interpreted my Leinster allusion correctly - albeit at second guess. Ron Any possibility that this Rev Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey had any connection with No5 OCB Trinity College? As I've got a mulitple signed Menu Card Dated May 31st 1918 including "A.H.F.Boughey" or is this just co-incidental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 20 June , 2021 Share Posted 20 June , 2021 (edited) Who is this chap, in the first photo, in the rather natty white fedora? The second photo is by way of a clue - “free at last!” EDIT: images from Wikipedia Edited 21 June , 2021 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 20 June , 2021 Share Posted 20 June , 2021 This one has me slightly baffled UG,are we looking for a diplomat rather than a combatant? Or will that give the game away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 8 hours ago, Knotty said: This one has me slightly baffled UG,are we looking for a diplomat rather than a combatant? Or will that give the game away? Perhaps the best label to pin on him would be Politician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 After a random Googling for WW1 African politicians I'll have a go for Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 4 minutes ago, jonbem said: After a random Googling for WW1 African politicians I'll have a go for Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. Try WW1 African politician named King. 😊 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._B._King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 Yes! King it is.The Republic of Liberia sent a number of soldiers to France, apparently, though none saw combat, and King represented Liberia at Versailles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 6 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Yes! King it is.The Republic of Liberia sent a number of soldiers to France, apparently, though none saw combat, and King represented Liberia at Versailles. I'd never have got him in a million years without your uncharacteristically giveaway clue Uncle George. Who is this then, looking suitably unimpressed in 1919??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 He led the German delegation at Versailles, but I can’t remember his bloody name🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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