neverforget Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 1 minute ago, Gunner Hall said: That's me flushed dans les toilettes, then. Not at all; I may well be wrong. I usually am.😊 Picardy could still be relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 They are white Roses if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 4 minutes ago, Knotty said: They are white Roses if that helps. I'm not swallowing that little red herring. I'm betting my danglers he's not a Yorkshireman. No doubt I will be eating my words later. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 Correct not a Yorkshireman, but they do have a bearing on identifying him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Knotty said: Correct not a Yorkshireman, but they do have a bearing on identifying him. Wild guess. Is Sergeant E Younger? https://flowerpowerdaily.com/white-rose-unknown-soldier/ Edit.. Yes it is.😊 Edited 14 November , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 It certainly is him, well done Steve. He was very lucky to have been chosen to select the body, without going into to much detail, when Maj. Gen. H. L. Rogers, the Quartermaster General, learned the French had used an enlisted man to select their unknown, he changed U.S. plans to use an officer and ordered Maj. Robert Harbold, a West Point graduate who was in charge of the ceremony, to pick an enlisted man to select America’s unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 14 November , 2021 Share Posted 14 November , 2021 Good one John. To be fair he should have gone on for a good while longer but for once I got lucky. Googled white roses ww1, and that page was pretty much the first one that came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 looks like we're slowing down a bit... who's this??? Don't think we had this person yet... but I might be mistaken of course... clue: think "hot lips" but WWI M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 12 minutes ago, Marilyne said: looks like we're slowing down a bit... who's this??? Don't think we had this person yet... but I might be mistaken of course... clue: think "hot lips" but WWI M. Is he “former Epiphany pastor and World War One hero The Rev. James F Houlihan”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 I recognise her from WIT's earlier days. Not a pastor, but her father called himself reverend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 18 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is he “former Epiphany pastor and World War One hero The Rev. James F Houlihan”? Alas, no.. as @neverforgetrecognizes, to start with, we're looking for a she! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 While people work on yours Marilyne, here's one for you. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 59 minutes ago, Marilyne said: clue: think "hot lips" but WWI American nurse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 1 hour ago, neverforget said: While people work on yours Marilyne, here's one for you. Any ideas? I do... gender issue??? 48 minutes ago, Knotty said: American nurse? yes M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 1 December , 2021 Share Posted 1 December , 2021 1 minute ago, Marilyne said: I do... gender issue??? M. Yes indeed. That is no lady. Clue..Constantinople is where the picture was taken, but he is better remembered as being associated with India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 3 December , 2021 Share Posted 3 December , 2021 Is this the nurse we are looking for Col. J C Stimson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Catherine_Stimson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 3 December , 2021 Share Posted 3 December , 2021 (edited) Further to my previous clue, his association with India is partly through his book wot he rote. Edited 4 December , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 December , 2021 Share Posted 4 December , 2021 @Knotty: YES !! Perfectly right. I'm waiting for her letters home to drop in my mailbox on monday... will definitely be an interesting read. The "hot lips" reference was of course to the major in charge of the nurses in MASH 4077, as this was exactly the rank and function Stimson held during the war. @neverforget: I must admit defeat... I know the story of Paul Grappe, the French soldier who disguised as "Suzanne", but this one has me stumped for the moment. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 December , 2021 Share Posted 4 December , 2021 My person was in fact born in Italy, but went to Harrow, and trained at Sandhurst, which might be a hint at his later profession. His book was also made into a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 December , 2021 Share Posted 4 December , 2021 27 minutes ago, neverforget said: His book was also made into a film. Was the lead played by Gary Cooper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 4 December , 2021 Share Posted 4 December , 2021 Just now, Knotty said: Was the lead played by Gary Cooper? You have it John. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 4 December , 2021 Share Posted 4 December , 2021 The only other Harrow & Sandhurst candidate is James Blunt😁 I will keep quiet and see if anyone else names him👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 6 December , 2021 Share Posted 6 December , 2021 Francis Yeats-Brown??? From "the live of a Bengal Lancer"?? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 6 December , 2021 Share Posted 6 December , 2021 (edited) 👍, but wait for the official conformation from Steve😁 Edited 6 December , 2021 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 6 December , 2021 Share Posted 6 December , 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marilyne said: Francis Yeats-Brown??? From "the live of a Bengal Lancer"?? M. The very same. Well done to you both. The picture shows him dressed in clothes which were lent to him by Evelyn Whittaker, who was Constantinople's version of Edith Cavell, helping to smuggle British prisoners out of Constantinople, one of whom was Sir Robert Joshua Paul, who she later married, becoming Lady Paul. A lady worthy of further investigation. As for Yeats-Brown, he turned into a rather unsavoury character in the end, but played an interesting part in the Great War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown Edited 6 December , 2021 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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