KONDOA Posted 31 May , 2017 Share Posted 31 May , 2017 2nd Lt. Guy Ebdon Fitzgerald Boyes is a favourite of mine. RGA followed by a longish career in the RAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 31 May , 2017 Share Posted 31 May , 2017 13 hours ago, Muerrisch said: ... several of whom reached high office: Would that be the Air Ministry roof? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 31 May , 2017 Share Posted 31 May , 2017 *giggles* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 31 May , 2017 Share Posted 31 May , 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Ron Clifton said: Would that be the Air Ministry roof? Ron No. I am fairly confident that the top floor at Bracknell, where the GODS lurked, was higher than the old Air Ministry. Even if not, we had no staff senior to about Principal [say Lt Col/ Col] in London by the time my contemporaries had climbed the greasy pole. In retrospect, it was a great shame that Messrs Rayner and Hayles did not join [as far as I know]. Edited 31 May , 2017 by Muerrisch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 20 June , 2017 Share Posted 20 June , 2017 Captain Von Poellwitz of the RFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 23 June , 2017 Share Posted 23 June , 2017 Captain Wifred Henry Cullen Pery-Knox-Gore RWF. Temporary Lt Col Chief Instructor MGC later in the war. Mention in Despatches. Survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 23 June , 2017 Share Posted 23 June , 2017 2nd Lt Arthur Robert Tailzour-Shepherd, 2/1 Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry. He resigned his commission and joined up in the ranks and was killed as 27577, Pte Arthur Robert Tailzour-Shepherd, 7 O&BLI on 9 May 1917. He is on at least two war memorials in Westmoreland and one in Kincardineshire. His father whose name was Shepherd incorporated his wife's name after they married (notice in LG). The wife came from a county family called Taylor which may have been spelled "Tailyour" in the past. Branches of the family do use the Tailyour form. I have found no-one else who used Tailzour. The father reverted to just Shepherd following the death of his son and his wife (again notice in LG - there were no other children). RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 25 June , 2017 Share Posted 25 June , 2017 I think that the z in Tailzour, as in Menzies, is actually a runic letter (possibly 'gifu') whose use has survived in some places, especially in Scotland. Tailyour would be a closer approximation to the actual pronunciation. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 25 June , 2017 Share Posted 25 June , 2017 Just now, Ron Clifton said: I think that the z in Tailzour, as in Menzies, is actually a runic letter (possibly 'gifu') whose use has survived in some places, especially in Scotland. Tailyour would be a closer approximation to the actual pronunciation. Ron Correct. But it is usually in the "nz" form as supposedly being nearer to the original letter. I think I have also heard that it was related to an Anglo-Saxon letter/ sound. I once lived quite close a place called Enzie. I wonder why they went for the Tailzour form when everyone else went for Tailyour. (Perhaps they were following the example of "Dalziel".) RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummell Posted 25 June , 2017 Share Posted 25 June , 2017 (edited) James Johnston Harris Stalker has a fine ring to it. Soldier in the First Surrey Rifles, commissioned and served in 11/Royal Warwickshires, killed near Arras, 28 April 1917. Sadly the spot is now covered by the A1/A26 junction. Edited 25 June , 2017 by brummell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 26 June , 2017 Share Posted 26 June , 2017 Clair Valkyrie Houston Harrison. http://theauxiliaries.com/men-alphabetical/men-h/harrison-cvh/harrison.html Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 5 January , 2018 Share Posted 5 January , 2018 Arthur Thomas Bernardo Bignold de Cologan Marques de Torrehermosa Commissioned into the LRBin 1913, seconded to the Somaliland Camel Corps 1914-15 rejoining the LRB in 1916, died 14th February 1968. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 5 January , 2018 Share Posted 5 January , 2018 Launcelot Lindsay brook Dunlop. 11th Cheshire’s William Brabazon Hallowes Parker 8th Cheshire’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 August , 2021 Share Posted 13 August , 2021 Just making sure this thread is still up and running,and putting forward the name George Champion De Crespigny, passed out of Sandhust in 1915, any knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 13 August , 2021 Share Posted 13 August , 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Knotty said: Just making sure this thread is still up and running,and putting forward the name George Champion De Crespigny, passed out of Sandhust in 1915, any knowledge? Yep - there's him and a whole swarm of related, and equally long handled, De Crespigneys recorded at: Community: de Crespigny family | Lives of the First World War (iwm.org.uk) Edited 13 August , 2021 by TullochArd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 August , 2021 Share Posted 13 August , 2021 Thanks TullochArd,will look him up out of curiosity 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneYoungAu Posted 14 June , 2022 Share Posted 14 June , 2022 On 14/08/2021 at 03:41, Knotty said: Just making sure this thread is still up and running,and putting forward the name George Champion De Crespigny, passed out of Sandhust in 1915, any knowledge? George Arthur Oscar (Arthur) Champion_de_Crespigny was born on 25 November 1894 in Desborough, Northamptonshire. His father was George Harrison Champion de Crespigny (1863 - 1945). He died on 7 December 1962 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, at the age of 68. (He was my 2nd cousin 3 times removed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 14 June , 2022 Share Posted 14 June , 2022 Dear AnneYoungAu, Your Champion de Crespigny relation was the absolute epitome of a Capable and Gallant Officer. One is pleased that he survived the War, but rather unfortunate that he died so comparitively young, at only 68. As far as unusual Officer names are concerned, I have the medals of Henry Godfrey Wedderburn-Maxwell, MBE, 4th class Nile Order. His 1918 Mention in Despatches was gazetted as a 2nd Lieut but he was a youthful Battery Commander and Temporary Major at 19. Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 June , 2022 Share Posted 14 June , 2022 Mate, We of cause had two on these; CHAMPION DeCRESPIGNY Constantine Trent Dr LtCol 3 AGH to 2ic 10-15 MID - for his work on Murdos 1915 (G) to CO 1 AGH 2-16 prom T/Col 3-17 DSO & MID - reason not stated possibly at Bullecourt prom Col 9-17 F&B relist Col AAMC GR NTOS disch 13-1-18 MU influenza (Capt 1914 CMF) brothers Phillip 5 LHR & Hugh Maj RAF MC DFC CHAMPION DeCRESPIGNY Philip 3479 Pte 05 LHR 30R to Reinf camp 4-18 to 1 LHTR 7-18 tos ASqn?/02 LHR (3479a) 7-18 killed during German attack at Abu Tellul buried Mussalabeh Cemetery by chaplain clarke reburied Jerusalem War Cemetery Palestine brothers Constantine DSO LtCol AAMC and Hugh MC DFC Maj RAF S.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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