Knotty Posted 18 February , 2022 Share Posted 18 February , 2022 8 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: He was a friend of Dorothy, Elizabeth Taylor and David Ben Gurion thought he was smashing. Hi Gunner, I think that is Victor Cazalet MM, godfather of Elizabeth T, and a champion of the Jewish homeland, which led to him meeting David BG just a week before his death in 1943 in a plane crash. You don’t hear “friend of Dorothy” used much nowadays 😁 Brother Edward Kia with Welsh Guards in 1916, Peter transfered from Royal Artillery into Welsh Guards in 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 18 February , 2022 Share Posted 18 February , 2022 (edited) Spot on, knotty. My next clue would have referred to him being involved in one of the more popular conspiracy theories (the 1943 crash that killed him and the leader of the Polish government in exile, General Sikorsky.) He was also the godfather of Elizabeth Taylor ( he taught her now to ride, so probably helped get her the part in" National velvet") and Mary, Winston ChurchilIs youngest daughter. I came across him and his elder brother in some back copies of the Guards magazine. An admirable and quite remarkable man. I always feel quite diminished after reading about these chaps. Edited 19 February , 2022 by Gunner Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 19 February , 2022 Share Posted 19 February , 2022 18 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Looks like Captain Square, of the Eastgate platoon.... For those pondering my latest, He was a friend of Dorothy, Elizabeth Taylor and David Ben Gurion thought he was smashing. "No Colonel, you're quite mistaken. I am Cardinal puff puff (hiccup) puff." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 19 February , 2022 Share Posted 19 February , 2022 7 hours ago, tankengine888 said: "No Colonel, you're quite mistaken. I am Cardinal puff puff (hiccup) puff." Ruddy hooligans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 21 February , 2022 Share Posted 21 February , 2022 oh kay ... if the tanks and the artillery are getting into a fight, maybe logistics should step in ... Now who may this Lady be??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 21 February , 2022 Share Posted 21 February , 2022 little tip... she was a major... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 21 February , 2022 Share Posted 21 February , 2022 1 hour ago, Marilyne said: little tip... she was a major... Oh Matron..... Or at least if she was in the QARANC. Someone had to lower the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 February , 2022 Share Posted 22 February , 2022 14 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Oh Matron..... Or at least if she was in the QARANC. Nopes, not a matron... I really meant to write "major" ... and you're way off from QARANC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 22 February , 2022 Share Posted 22 February , 2022 Where would this forum be without the odd gratuitous Kenneth Williams impersonation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 February , 2022 Share Posted 22 February , 2022 Who's Kenneth Williams ??? OK... other tip ... you can now play mini-golf on the grounds of her former home and work-place. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 22 February , 2022 Share Posted 22 February , 2022 Could that be the former St Elisabeth Hospital Poperinge and would that make her the Countess Maria Van den Steen de Jehay, known as the Major of Poperinge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 22 February , 2022 Share Posted 22 February , 2022 TROP FORT !!!! I don't know how he does it... Knotty is right. The minigolf course refers to her first home which was Chevetogne, a hospital in 1914 and now a holiday resort. Maria first offered her service to Dr Depage but he turned her down... Maria had founded a nursing school, Sainte Camille, strictly catholic and Depage's school was "laïque" (how do you say that in english??) ... so she went on to do her own thing. Queen Elizabeth gave her the nickname "the Major of Poperinghe". M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 28 February , 2022 Share Posted 28 February , 2022 "He helped us, and we don't even know his name. Who is this?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 28 February , 2022 Share Posted 28 February , 2022 4 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: "He helped us, and we don't even know his name. Who is this?" Lieutenant, British (something) Regiment, MC, CDeG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 1 March , 2022 Share Posted 1 March , 2022 A bit of a shot in the dark, but is this the future Lt Gen Sir Archibald Nye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 1 March , 2022 Share Posted 1 March , 2022 24 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: A bit of a shot in the dark, but is this the future Lt Gen Sir Archibald Nye? I was gonna say "Give that man a pint!" Nah, it must be Alexander George Edwin Smith, CEF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 March , 2022 Share Posted 1 March , 2022 Well, that's blown the wind out of my sails, and no mistake. Alexander George Edwin Smith M.C himself. Father of Harold Jay Smith, aka Jay Silverheels, or Tonto to film buffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 1 March , 2022 Share Posted 1 March , 2022 1 hour ago, Gunner Hall said: Well, that's blown the wind out of my sails, and no mistake. Alexander George Edwin Smith M.C himself. Father of Harold Jay Smith, aka Jay Silverheels, or Tonto to film buffs. Well time to get some wind on your main mast eh? Hard a lee! Especially while my sugary-bitter coffee is still hot. Easy one for australians... surely you know who this man is. Has half a dozen medals and a quarter [of a] dozen bars or so for a medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 1 March , 2022 Share Posted 1 March , 2022 Easy. Aussie with the Military Medal and three bars. Ernest Albert Corey Only man to be awarded it four times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 9 March , 2022 Share Posted 9 March , 2022 On 02/03/2022 at 00:28, Gunner Hall said: Easy. Aussie with the Military Medal and three bars. Ernest Albert Corey Only man to be awarded it four times. Well, took me a week to find one. hint, I share a surname with him and he did something with the Australian flying corps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 10 March , 2022 Share Posted 10 March , 2022 On 09/03/2022 at 04:09, tankengine888 said: hint, I share a surname with him and he did something with the Australian flying corps Well Tankengine888 McNamara I think that he won the VC with No 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps Try this young lady whose brother has previously featured on this thread This might help to identify her brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 11 March , 2022 Share Posted 11 March , 2022 (edited) On 10/03/2022 at 12:15, ilkley remembers said: Try this young lady whose brother has previously featured on this thread Another clue Did she fortell an historical sporting achievement of 2021? Edited 11 March , 2022 by ilkley remembers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 March , 2022 Share Posted 11 March , 2022 (edited) Final cracked it….. Enid Bagnold , writer of the well known book/film National Velvet*, and sister of Ralph Bagnold of the quoted sand moving formulae. Could not find the photo you provided but her details are here:- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Bagnold *(Rachael Blackmore won the 2021 Grand National on Minella Times) Edited 11 March , 2022 by Knotty Reference to 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 11 March , 2022 Share Posted 11 March , 2022 45 minutes ago, Knotty said: Final cracked it….. Enid Bagnold , writer of the well known book/film National Velvet*, and sister of Ralph Bagnold of the quoted sand moving formulae. Could not find the photo you provided but her details are here:- Well done Knotty it is a young Enid Bagnold and of course her brother Ralph. I have absolutely no idea what the formula actually means but as you say it is something to do with moving sand. Velvet Brown in 'National Velvet' did cross the winning line first but unlike Rachael Blackmore didn't actually win the race. Velvet slumped from her horse and was adjuged to have dismounted before reaching the enclosure and therefore could not claim the prize. Tough but rules is rules as they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 3 April , 2022 Share Posted 3 April , 2022 Wounded on The Marne in 1914 and died in 1916 but it was his graphology skills that had diabolical results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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