neverforget Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 Giles Blennerhasset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16thBNCanScotJim Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, neverforget said: Giles Blennerhasset? I don’t think so, unit is not quite right, as Gile was commissioned in to the Royal Irish Fusiliers not the Royal Irish Regiment. But boy what an interesting Chap Giles is. If you haven’t already, check out his photo albums and flying log; www.Europeana.eu/en/item/2020601/https_1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_3348 Jim Edited 29 September , 2021 by 16thBNCanScotJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 I can't seem to get that link to work Jim. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16thBNCanScotJim Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 1 minute ago, neverforget said: I can't seem to get that link to work Jim. 🤔 Yes, I couldn’t get it to create the hyperlink. Please try copy n paste to the browser address bar. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 2 minutes ago, 16thBNCanScotJim said: Yes, I couldn’t get it to create the hyperlink. Please try copy n paste to the browser address bar. Enjoy I tried that, it's just not having it for some reason Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 1 minute ago, 16thBNCanScotJim said: Please try copy n paste to the browser address bar. Sorry,have tried still no go for me either😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 Can we rule out "Irish Ace" then John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16thBNCanScotJim Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 10 minutes ago, Knotty said: Sorry,have tried still no go for me either😁 Ok, let’s try it again. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_3348 jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 Bingo, it works for me BUT as you said earlier it’s not him😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 29 September , 2021 Share Posted 29 September , 2021 Yes indeed what a fine collection. Up for sale by the looks of it. Thanks for digging that one out Jim. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 October , 2021 Share Posted 3 October , 2021 To keep this one going, clue= he changed his profession before 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 October , 2021 Share Posted 3 October , 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 19:35, neverforget said: Can we rule out "Irish Ace" then John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 October , 2021 Share Posted 3 October , 2021 On 29/09/2021 at 19:35, neverforget said: Can we rule out "Irish Ace" then John? Sorry missed that question earlier. No not an Irish Ace,he unfortunately never managed that accolade although his new profession has probably been identified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 2 Lt. R. Skene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 20 minutes ago, neverforget said: 2 Lt. R. Skene? No not Skene, this chaps family is Irish, but he was born in Devon, as I said he has featured on here for one of his “firsts”, it’s the other two firsts I’m looking for, they wouldn’t have been mentioned in Burke’s Peerage (clue)😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 39 minutes ago, Knotty said: No not Skene, this chaps family is Irish, but he was born in Devon, as I said he has featured on here for one of his “firsts”, it’s the other two firsts I’m looking for, they wouldn’t have been mentioned in Burke’s Peerage (clue)😁 Gotya! 😁 Hubert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 (edited) Well done Steve👍 That’s him, first RFC pilot in France in front of his commander Major C. Burke , the first pilot to engage and bring down an enemy plane, notably a German Taube, which in 1911 was the first plane to be documented dropping aerial bombs, and in 1912, it was Germany’s first mass produced military aircraft. A pretty impressive set firsts to add to a single name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._D._Harvey-Kelly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrich_Taube Edited 4 October , 2021 by Knotty Forgot the links😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 Good post John..👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 Thanks for the compliment Next WIT….bit of a split personality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 2 hours ago, Knotty said: Thanks for the compliment Next WIT….bit of a split personality So was he a spy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 No not a spy Jon, a common soldier to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 Aby Bevistein? Although the photo doesn't seem correct? https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks3-ks4-gcse-aby-bevistein/z62kjhv https://jhse.org/centenary-execution-aby-bevistein/ In September 1914 Aby volunteered, changing his surname to the English "Harris" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 Not him either, no military execution involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 I know that one... and taking the credit this time... Karl / Charles Kuentz. Duality due to the fact that he was from the alsace and changed nationalities a couple of times. Fought the First war as German, served the second as Frenchman. His son was a "malgré-nous". and he met Harry Patch in Ypres! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 October , 2021 Share Posted 4 October , 2021 1 hour ago, Marilyne said: know that one... and taking the credit this time... Karl / Charles Kuentz. That’s the fella M, but you missed the one thing I was after, when Charles Kuentz died in April 2005, aged 108, he was the last German survivor of the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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