IPT Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 9 hours ago, BereniceUK said: I spotted an Aisne recently; I wonder who his father was. I'm thinking Arnet Ernest Brown, born Clayton le Moors, attested 11/12/1915 Berkshire Regiment 30594, later 98490 Labour Corps. If so, I don't know what the connection to Aisne is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 7 hours ago, IPT said: If so, I don't know what the connection to Aisne is. "Born 2.10.14" probably has something to do with it! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 I got that bit, Ronald! I was looking for some sort of personal connection, such as a brother being killed there, but I can only find him on the 1911 census so far, living with his in-laws. Maybe I'm over-thinking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 I wonder if the trend continued in WW2. Were there any Tobrooks, BoBs, Dieppes, or any Days called Dee I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 2 hours ago, David Filsell said: I wonder if the trend continued in WW2. Were there any Tobrooks, BoBs, Dieppes, or any Days called Dee I wonder? There was a Simon Dee .... does that count? Seriously, my brother (b. 1941) had a very good school chum whose initials were R A F. Gary Lineker and John Lennon both have "Winston" as a middle name. Montgomery Clift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 There have been less than 50 children named Adolf since WW2. Perhaps the best effort was Hitler Frankenstein Reid, born in 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 3 hours ago, David Filsell said: I wonder if the trend continued in WW2. Were there any Tobrooks, BoBs, Dieppes, or any Days called Dee I wonder? One of Orwell's forecasts that did not come about: in calling the protagonist of Nineteen Eighty-Four (written in 1948) 'Winston Smith', he seems to have envisioned a generation of Winstons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BereniceUK Posted 12 November , 2016 Share Posted 12 November , 2016 13 hours ago, IPT said: I'm thinking Arnet Ernest Brown, born Clayton le Moors, attested 11/12/1915 Berkshire Regiment 30594, later 98490 Labour Corps. If so, I don't know what the connection to Aisne is. The headstone is in Great Harwood Cemetery, so you may well be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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