neverforget Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 1 minute ago, Knotty said: He led the German delegation at Versailles, but I can’t remember his bloody name🤬 Google is your friend 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 He is Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 Just now, Uncle George said: He is Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. Indeed he is. One giveaway clue deserves another. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 This is annoying , it’s a double barrelled name, similar to a footballer of the 70’s…..Google will be last resort😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 1 minute ago, Knotty said: This is annoying , it’s a double barrelled name, similar to a footballer of the 70’s…..Google will be last resort😁 U.G. has put you out of your misery. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 Ah beaten to it by UG, and in case you were wondering the footballer was think was Rob Redhousebrick or Rensenbrink……don’t ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 1 minute ago, Knotty said: Ah beaten to it by UG, and in case you were wondering the footballer was think was Rob Redhousebrick or Rensenbrink……don’t ask. There was also this bloke with a name that didn't fit on the back of the shirt! Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, He played for clubs such as the Dutch Eredivisie's FC Twente and PSV, the Scottish Premier League's Celtic, Hull City of the English Premier League and Rapid Vienna of Austria's Bundesliga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 This is a very famous, heroically brave man. He has had a film made of his life, had streets named after him, featured on postage stamps. And that, as they say, isn’t the half of it. But who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 21 June , 2021 Share Posted 21 June , 2021 My chap would appear to be wearing rather distinctive Kragenspiegel. I wonder if this has any significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 I'm sure it has, but way beyond my scope to recognise it unfortunately. Perhaps signifying a non-German unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 40 minutes ago, neverforget said: I'm sure it has, but way beyond my scope to recognise it unfortunately. Perhaps signifying a non-German unit? No, not a non-German unit. He was a non-combatant. Despite this, he was awarded the EK1 (as we can see) and lost a leg in the front line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Is he “The Hobbling Priest” aka Rupert Mayer, who lost a leg and was the first Iron Cross bravery awarded to a chaplain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 21 minutes ago, Knotty said: Is he “The Hobbling Priest” aka Rupert Mayer, who lost a leg and was the first Iron Cross bravery awarded to a chaplain? That seems like a good guess as when you google it the previous picture is bottom right here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Yes - Rupert Mayer was outspoken in his opposition to the Nazi regime and was incarcerated in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was beatified in 1987. Image and story from here: https://pedrokolbe.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/blessed-rupert-mayer-spiritual-son-of-ignatius-of-loyola/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 1 minute ago, Uncle George said: Red-white-red until we’re dead 24 Feb 1938 Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg made the "Red-white-red until we're dead" ("Rot-weiß-rot bis in den Tod") speech at the Austrian Bundestag in protest of German threat. In the country, protests both for and against Germany appeared; meanwhile, there was a run on the banks and tourists began to leave the country. 24 Feb 1938 | World War II Database (ww2db.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Another inmate of Sachsenhausen here. “Red-white-red until we’re dead!” Who is he ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 4 minutes ago, jonbem said: 24 Feb 1938 Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg made the "Red-white-red until we're dead" ("Rot-weiß-rot bis in den Tod") speech at the Austrian Bundestag in protest of German threat. In the country, protests both for and against Germany appeared; meanwhile, there was a run on the banks and tourists began to leave the country. 24 Feb 1938 | World War II Database (ww2db.com) Correct! (I got a bit confused with the posting - apologies) Image from Austria-forum.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 I have one to offer. Reportedly the last of his kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Royal Scots Fusiliers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 4 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Royal Scots Fusiliers? Seaforths. His particular battalion being the first Highland territorial btn to serve in France. He is linked by his ancestry to the Forth bridge. His grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 (edited) Is he Norman Collins, the author of ‘Last Man Standing - the Memoirs of a Seaforth Highlander’? Edited 22 June , 2021 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Just now, Uncle George said: Is he Norman Collins? He isn't. Look again at the grave. Taken in conjunction with my previous hint it's a huge clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 (edited) Also linked to a Prime Minister's son and a VC winner. Edited 22 June , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 He is Captain Sir John Edward Fowler, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed 22nd June 1915. It is currently assumed that he was the last soldier repatriated and buried in his local church,despite the April 1915 ruling “banning” the bring home of bodies. He was the elder son of Sir John Arthur and Lady Fowler,and the grandson of Sir John Arthur Fowler, a civil engineer who was also the engineer in chief of the Forth Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 22 June , 2021 Share Posted 22 June , 2021 Perfect answer John, well done. The date of his death was to be my next clue. I think the clues were there to be had to be fair. Good one for today. https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/sir-john-edward-fowler-the-last-repatriation-from-the-western-front-in-1915/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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