rolt968 Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 People might be surprised that it says this on his Medal Rolls Index Card: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 The word in parenthesis almost looks like it should read "indistinguishable"! as it almost is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 It's ineligible, so I can't tell what it's supposed to be. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 4 minutes ago, neverforget said: It's ineligible, so I can't tell what it's supposed to be. 🙄 He was ineligible for medals, which might surprise people as he was killed in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 Curiouser and curiouser 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 well well, it's been busy around here while I was running around Slovenia and the Hurtgen Forest... if we're still talking about a Sherwood Forester international player who died in the war, one name I could come up with it William (Tommy) Fiske... And before you ask... I just googled around a little bit, so if I'm "completely beside the plate" it's quite normal... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 1 minute ago, Marilyne said: well well, it's been busy around here while I was running around Slovenia and the Hurtgen Forest... if we're still talking about a Sherwood Forester international player who died in the war, one name I could come up with it William (Tommy) Fiske... And before you ask... I just googled around a little bit, so if I'm "completely beside the plate" it's quite normal... M. No. My man may have played amateur sport but it isn't relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 was worth a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 (edited) I think if you solve the riddle of how?/where?/when? an officer could be killed in action and still be ineligible for medals it should become a lot easier. He is listed in SDGW. There is a WFA pension card. There is an entry in the Registers of Soldiers' Effects. He is also listed in another Casualty List which is perhaps, surprising. Probably of no help at all. He was of Scottish descent for at least two generations, but his German sounding name was of Danish origin. RM Edited 14 October , 2021 by rolt968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 30 minutes ago, rolt968 said: I think if you solve the riddle of how?/where?/when? an officer could be killed in action and still be ineligible for medals it should become a lot easier. RM Serving in Ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 5 minutes ago, Knotty said: Serving in Ireland? My thought too. Looking at those killed in the Easter Rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 (edited) Lives of the First World War offers us Captain Frederick Christian Dietrichsen, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment killed during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, 1916. Thanks NF. Edited 14 October , 2021 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 2 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Lives of the First World War offers us Captain Frederick Christian Dietrichsen, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment killed during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, 1916. Thanks NF. Pipped me to the post 😁 Just found him here :Indeed, these Sherwood Foresters had, in some instances, demonstrated considerable affinity with Ireland. One of the first English officers killed, Frederick Dietrichsen, had married a Dublin woman" in this document https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EjylUCGs4Fxd1V3pq8O5kl8GuC1Bz5Q-/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EjylUCGs4Fxd1V3pq8O5kl8GuC1Bz5Q-/view?usp=drivesdk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 1 hour ago, Gunner Hall said: Lives of the First World War offers us Captain Frederick Christian Dietrichsen, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment killed during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge, Dublin, 1916. Thanks NF. 1 hour ago, neverforget said: Pipped me to the post 😁 Just found him here :Indeed, these Sherwood Foresters had, in some instances, demonstrated considerable affinity with Ireland. One of the first English officers killed, Frederick Dietrichsen, had married a Dublin woman" in this document https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EjylUCGs4Fxd1V3pq8O5kl8GuC1Bz5Q-/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EjylUCGs4Fxd1V3pq8O5kl8GuC1Bz5Q-/view?usp=drivesdk Correct. Captain Frederick Christian Dietrichsen, adjutant 2/7 (Robin Hood) Sherwood Foresters. Nottingham barrister. His wife came from Dublin. The married in Ireland in 1910. Even more tragically she was in Dublin with their children at the time of his death. She was there to be safe from Zeppelin raids. They had met earlier in the day. I believe he did not know she was in Dublin as she and the children had originally gone somewhere else for safety. He is listed in the Ireland, World War 1 Casualties. There is what looks like a well researched family tree in ancestry where the Danish connection was in the 18th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 Died from gun shot wound, instantaneous, at Haddington Road, aged 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 More here - https://mountstreet1916.ie/battle-of-mount-st/british-officers/#Dietrichsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 October , 2021 Share Posted 14 October , 2021 (edited) We don't appear to have had this gentleman as yet. Edited 14 October , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 (edited) Born in Poland. His father, who was a General, was also born, and died in Poland. Decorated cavalry officer. Edited 15 October , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 Anything to do with this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 2 minutes ago, jonbem said: Anything to do with this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_at_Krojanty No, his cavalry service was in WW1, and his decoration was iron cross second class. He was killed before WW2. He had a brother who was also a cavalryman, though he wasn't decorated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 Born into an Aristocratic family. Cousin was a Field Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 I’m going say Lothar Von Richthofen, he fits the bill, born in Warsaw, like his brother, the Red Baron, he was a cavalry man to start with and cousin to General Field Marshal Wolfram Von Richthofen. Killed in an flying accident 1922. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_von_Richthofen If it is, where did picture eminate from? It looks to be taken after he suffered his head injuries (broken nose) in March ‘18, when he crashed his badly mauled plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 6 minutes ago, Knotty said: I’m going say Lothar Von Richthofen, he fits the bill, born in Warsaw, like his brother, the Red Baron, he was a cavalry man to start with and cousin to General Field Marshal Wolfram Von Richthofen. Killed in an flying accident 1922. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_von_Richthofen If it is, where did picture eminate from? It looks to be taken after he suffered his head injuries (broken nose) in March ‘18, when he crashed his badly mauled plane. No fooling you squire.😁 Hats off to you. I was hoping for a longer run with him but you've nailed him straight away. Well played. 40 victories makes you wonder how much more of a prominent figure he would have been without his more illustrious brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 Another sportsman. I think he should be easy to identify. Again I have cropped the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 15 October , 2021 Share Posted 15 October , 2021 Cricketer, I believe played for my home county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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