seaJane Posted 28 September , 2016 Share Posted 28 September , 2016 Found these in the Punch archive, including some with GW relevance. The heading mentions that KB was a veteran of Gallipoli. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 28 September , 2016 Share Posted 28 September , 2016 Great timing, they have just been making Fougasse on GBBO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Terry_Reeves Posted 28 September , 2016 Share Posted 28 September , 2016 (edited) Shussh! Careless talk costs lives! He (Bird) was a civil engineer (AMICE 1909) He was employed as an assistant engineer under Alexander Gibb 1909-1910 at Rosyth Dockyard and was a sub-agent for Gibb 1909-1914. Bird was commissioned into the RE (S) in October 1914 and was badly wounded in Gallipoli. Coincidentally, Gibb was commissioned into the RE as a Lt Col employed in the Docks Directorate in France until early 1918 when he was transferred the the Admiralty as as CivilEngineer-in-Chief. TR Edited 28 September , 2016 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 29 September , 2016 Share Posted 29 September , 2016 (edited) As a Scot brought up in England, this is one of my favourites It says it perfectly! Edited 29 September , 2016 by MBrockway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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