ilkley remembers Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 2 hours ago, Pat Atkins said: Folks, how parochial can a WIT be? I have one with a connection to my hometown, though elsewhere I doubt he's famous these days. As he was well-known in the area in his day I'll put him up here, but won't be offended if you just ignore him as not fitting the accepted conventions of a WIT. The clues were fun to think up, anyway. He has a tenuous nominal connection with a recent WIT, Walter Cannon, though there's something fishy about his name. His war service was in the sphere of a Bruce Willis film; sadly there was no extra time for him after Arras, however. Maybe its just me but can't see the photograph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 3 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Maybe its just me but can't see the photograph It's just you, but I can't see it either. (Apologies for my off the wall sense of humour) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 5 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Maybe its just me but can't see the photograph Weird - looks OK to me, but I'm a technophobe. Can you see him now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March Just now, Pat Atkins said: Weird - looks OK to me, but I'm a technophobe. Can you see him now? Yes, that's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 5 minutes ago, neverforget said: It's just you, but I can't see it either. (Apologies for my off the wall sense of humour) Thank God I thought that my eyes had gone I can see it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 52 minutes ago, Pat Atkins said: Weird - looks OK to me, but I'm a technophobe. Can you see him now? I have a hunch about what he is, but no idea who he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March I'd be surprised if anyone got him, in all honesty (it really is a local one), though there was a GWF thread recently about one of his colleagues, as it happens. His occupation and unit are doable I think; the Bruce Willis film clue will give you his regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March Die Hard = Middlesex Regiment for my starter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March Admin Share Posted 18 March 16 hours ago, tankengine888 said: I fold. Good show Bob. Cheers Zidane, there is an interesting article about him here; https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/newspaper-boy-titanic-ned-parfett.html Regards, Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March Admin Share Posted 18 March 2 hours ago, Pat Atkins said: I'd be surprised if anyone got him, in all honesty (it really is a local one), though there was a GWF thread recently about one of his colleagues, as it happens. His occupation and unit are doable I think; the Bruce Willis film clue will give you his regiment. Agius? there are a number of them with that surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March Midds reg. Looks like a goalkeepers jersey. Robert Whiting methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March Admin Share Posted 18 March 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Midds reg. Looks like a goalkeepers jersey. Robert Whiting methinks I thinks you have him Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March Share Posted 18 March 6 minutes ago, Bob Davies said: I thinks you have him Steve When I put his name into the electrical interweb the photo that came up looked like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March Neverforget has it - very well played! Bob "Pom Pom" Whiting, goalkeeper for Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion and still regarded as one of Brighton's best ever keepers. Pom Pom Whiting was one of (off the top of my head) 12 Brighton players who joined up, and one of the 5 who were killed. Knotty was bang-on for the unit, the 17th (Footballers') Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He did well, and was a Lance-Sgt until he returned to Brighton on convalescent leave near his family, including a new-born child; he went AWOL, and then it turned into desertion, missing the fighting on the Somme and earning him 9 months' hard labour and a reduction to private. Like many men, he redeemed himself by serving at the front again; he was killed in action by shellfire at Arras during the Middlesex's attack on 28th April. He was 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March 14 hours ago, Bob Davies said: Agius? there are a number of them with that surname. Aha, sorry about that, an unintentional red herring - I live in Malta, but my hometown is Brighton in the UK, Bob. (for the uninitiated, Agius is a Maltese surname, pronounced - roughly - a juice) Here's the Brighton & Hove Albion team members in 1914, Pom Pom Whiting identified by the the red cross: (photo courtesy of https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/Bob_Whiting_of_BHA.htm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 19 March Admin Share Posted 19 March 3 hours ago, Pat Atkins said: Aha, sorry about that, an unintentional red herring - I live in Malta, but my hometown is Brighton in the UK, Bob. (for the uninitiated, Agius is a Maltese surname, pronounced - roughly - a juice) Here's the Brighton & Hove Albion team members in 1914, Pom Pom Whiting identified by the the red cross: (photo courtesy of https://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/Bob_Whiting_of_BHA.htm) Well played with your Wit?? Pat, yup! I took the herring hook line and sinker, especially as I found a chap who looked similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March Straight away I thought "goalkeeper's jersey", and following Knotty's own goal it wasn't too difficult, so credit to John actually. Makes a change to get one at last; seems ages since I did. I have one for you. Another sporting great .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March 2 hours ago, neverforget said: Straight away I thought "goalkeeper's jersey", and following Knotty's own goal it wasn't too difficult, so credit to John actually. Makes a change to get one at last; seems ages since I did. I have one for you. Another sporting great .... Is he Sunderland great Leigh Roose? He was killed on the Somme in 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March 5 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Is he Sunderland great Leigh Roose? He was killed on the Somme in 1916. No. Wrong sport, and wrong place of death. My man was killed near Ypres 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March Is he a golfer (maybe it’s the cap)? Was thinking of Clyde Pearce, the first Australian to win the Australian Open, who was killed at Messines with 52nd Bn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March Just now, Pat Atkins said: Is he a golfer (maybe it’s the cap)? Was thinking of Clyde Pearce, the first Australian to win the Australian Open, who was killed at Messines with 52nd Bn. No, not a golfer. A lime tree and an English river might help. He has a grave in Belgium, and a monument over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March Ah, I have it I think - cricketer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March 1 minute ago, Pat Atkins said: Ah, I have it I think - cricketer? Spot on. Could have been pictured wearing a more apt form of headware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March That’s a good one, thanks. Weirdly, I got the river but the tree had me… er… stumped for quite a while (I’ll get me coat). Anyway, it’s getting late here in Malaysia so will leave it for the others rather than spoil the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 19 March Share Posted 19 March If our Pete @Fattyowls looks in I don't think he will stay unidentified for long. We'll let him run for a while then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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