tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61038191540580970102024-03-26T10:19:05.800-07:00Fascinating Facts Of The Great WarLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-85417798087274951872024-03-26T10:18:00.000-07:002024-03-26T10:18:28.139-07:00 Walter Tull (1888 – 1918) – professional footballer <p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to John Daniel for this information </i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6w7vEd7KoiKEUIp2PYaD-im9k8LhaRAKz-mqPZ9t3tIrXp2StXUKc-MadTI7bxjAFkjkm1FHwyf-cDjSJq6033Y0Jpv82UjrXUUrXHPBMt5nPwm2Y1JFiK_5ToHFf5Yf0JBYb3z5kPHJ8PvSywifFFWI95UXty_KPh-_xup2pmRg3Hhw2n9Iz3xYRFJk/s259/Walter%20Tull.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6w7vEd7KoiKEUIp2PYaD-im9k8LhaRAKz-mqPZ9t3tIrXp2StXUKc-MadTI7bxjAFkjkm1FHwyf-cDjSJq6033Y0Jpv82UjrXUUrXHPBMt5nPwm2Y1JFiK_5ToHFf5Yf0JBYb3z5kPHJ8PvSywifFFWI95UXty_KPh-_xup2pmRg3Hhw2n9Iz3xYRFJk/s1600/Walter%20Tull.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p>Born in Folkestone, Kent, UK, on 28th April 1888, Walter’s parents were Barbadian carpenter Daniel Tull and his wife, Kent-born Alice Elizabeth, nee Palmer. His paternal grandfather was a slave in Barbados. His maternal English grandmother was from Kent. </p><p>Walter began his education at North Board School, now Mundella Primary School, Folkestone.</p><p>In 1895, when Tull was seven, his mother died of cancer. A year later his father married Alice's cousin, Clara Palmer. She gave birth to a daughter Miriam, on 11th September 1897. Three months later, Daniel died from heart disease. The stepmother was unable to cope with five children so the resident minister of Folkestone's Grace Hill Wesleyan Chapel, recommended that the two boys of school age, Walter and Edward, should be sent to an orphanage. From the age of 9, Walter was brought up in the (Methodist) Children's Home and Orphanage (now known as Action for Children) in Bethnal Green, London. Edward was adopted by the Warnock family of Glasgow, becoming Edward Tull-Warnock; he qualified as a dentist, the first mixed-heritage person to practise that profession in the United Kingdom.</p><p>Walter’s professional football career began after he was spotted playing for top amateur club, Clapton. He had signed for Clapton in October 1908, reportedly never playing in a losing side. By the end of the season he had won winners' medals in the FA Amateur Cup, London County Amateur Cup and London Senior Cup. In March 1909 the Football Star called him "the catch of the season". At Clapton, he played alongside Clyde Purnell and Charlie Rance.</p><p>At the age of 21, Tull signed for Football League First Division team, Tottenham Hotspur, in the summer of 1909, after a close-season tour of Argentina and Uruguay, making him the first mixed-heritage professional footballer to play in Latin America. Walter made his debut for Tottenham in September 1909 at inside forward against Sunderland and his home Football League debut against FA Cup-holders, Manchester United, in front of over 30,000 people.</p><p>When the First World War broke out in August 1914, Walter became the first Northampton Town player to enlist in the British Army, in December of that year. He served in the two Football Battalions of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, the 17th and 23rd, and also in the 5th Battalion. Promoted to the rank of Lance Sergeant, Walter fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.</p><p>Walter was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 30th May 1917 becoming one of the first mixed-heritage infantry officers in a regular British Army Regiment.</p><p>With the 23rd Battalion, Walter fought on the Italian Front from 30 November 1917 to early March 1918. He was praised for his "gallantry and coolness" by Major-General Sydney Lawford, General Officer Commanding 41st Division, having led 26 men on a night-raiding party, crossing the fast-flowing rapids of the Piave River into enemy territory and returning them unharmed.</p><p>The 23rd Battalion returned to northern France on 8th March 1918 and Walter was killed in action near the village of Favreuil in the Pas-de-Calais on 25th March during the First Battle of Bapaume, the early stages of the German Army's Spring Offensive. His body was never recovered, despite the efforts of, among others, Private Tom Billingham, a former goalkeeper for Leicester Fosse to return him to the British position while under fire.</p><p>Walter Tull Way in Northampton, leading to the Cobblers Football stadium is named in memory of Walter. </p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-62363547589874201882024-03-26T10:05:00.000-07:002024-03-26T10:05:27.307-07:00Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887 – 1982) - British surgeon and author.<p> </p><p>Born on 25th March 1887 in Cambridge, UK, Geoffrey’s parents were John Neville Keynes, an economics lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and his wife, Florence Ada, nee Brown, a successful author and social reformer. Geoffrey was their third child - his older brother, who became an economist, was John Maynard Keynes, he had a sister - Margaret, who married the Nobel Prize–winning physiologist Archibald Hill.</p><p>Geoffrey was initially educated at Rugby School, where he became friends with the poet Rupert Brooke. Geoffrey went on to study at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he earned a first-class degree in the Natural Sciences Tripos. He was later made an honorary fellow of Pembroke College. Geoffrey then qualified for a scholarship to become a surgeon with the Royal College of Surgeons in London. However, he delayed his medical studies to serve during the war, when he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps. </p><p>Geoffrey began his career as a physician during the First World War, before becoming a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where he made notable innovations in the fields of blood transfusion and breast cancer surgery. </p><p>After Rupert Brooke’s death n 1915, Geoffrey was appointed literary executor for Rupert's estate.</p><div> </div><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-19440582292576082292024-03-26T09:56:00.000-07:002024-03-26T09:56:37.695-07:00 Colonel Richard Davies Garnons Williams (1856 – 1915) – Welsh Rugby International player and soldier<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd6exzmyb4gy2vwJIx_qn-x3Uszx37oaiPCR1P1CRTtAN8fDIpggIaEZ3aPLO7RVvpbYmE5bvOLjlFc9aV0WrPK37OhoZs5KYGTu6uY65alDzzB95hAKnzjCkXNzVBaGgfmmXZzez3qFG2G2vRTfL1eEb777JB8KSnZlqLEFunBSZaoYL0lWvhPAmQiU/s265/Richard%20Davies%20Garnons%20Williams.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="190" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd6exzmyb4gy2vwJIx_qn-x3Uszx37oaiPCR1P1CRTtAN8fDIpggIaEZ3aPLO7RVvpbYmE5bvOLjlFc9aV0WrPK37OhoZs5KYGTu6uY65alDzzB95hAKnzjCkXNzVBaGgfmmXZzez3qFG2G2vRTfL1eEb777JB8KSnZlqLEFunBSZaoYL0lWvhPAmQiU/s1600/Richard%20Davies%20Garnons%20Williams.jpeg" width="190" /></a></div>Born on 15th June 1856 in Hay, Breconshire, Wales, UK, Richard’s parents were Garnons Williams, an Anglican priest and Vicar of Brecon and Justice of the Peace for Breconshire, and his wife, and Catherine Frances Williams, nee Hort. <p></p><p>Initially educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, Richard went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1874. He represented Cambridge at rugby, but did not win a Blue. In 1881, Richard played in the first Wales international rugby union match.</p><p>Deciding to follow a military career Richard was accepted into the Royal Military College Sandhurst, and is also recorded as representing the Sandhurst rugby team. He completed his officer training in 1876, and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant[ on 26 February. </p><p>Richard was posted to the 38th Regiment of Foot, promoted Lieutenant on 17th January 1877, and a month later, on 17th February 1877, transferred to the 7th Regiment of Foot.</p><p>By February 1885 Richard had been promoted to Captain, and his unit had been renamed the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).</p><p>In 1885, Richard married Alice Jessie Bircham on 8 January 1885 in Chelsea, London. They had a daughter, Frances Mary Barbara, born in 1890, and a son, Roger Fenton Garnons, born in 1891, who played first-class cricket and served in the army.</p><p>On 10th January 1887 Richard was appointed adjutant of the 4th Battalion of the regiment, the Militia unit of the regiment. He retired from the regular army on 4th May 1892. On 8th August 1894 he was commissioned Major in the 1st (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers, and on 1st November 1895 was appointed Brigade Major for the South Wales Brigade of the Volunteer Force. On 12th July 1899 he was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He resigned his Volunteer commission on 26 May 1906, retaining his rank and with permission to continue wearing his uniform.</p><p>Richard rejoined the British Army shortly after the outbreak of the First World War and was posted to his original regiment, joining the 12th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers as a Major on 26th September 1914. He was promoted temporary Leutenant Colonel on 3rd October 1914, and transferred back to the South Wales Borderers to command the Brecknockshire Battalion.</p><p>Posted back to 12th Royal Fusiliers Richard was killed on 25th September 1915 while leading his Battalion at the Battle of Loos. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. At 59 years of age, he was the eldest of the 13 Wales International players to be killed during the First World War.</p><p>Sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD, Wikipedia </p><p>http://www.abercamlais.com/lieutenant-colonel-richard-davies-garnons-williams/</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-52979325016225115902024-03-15T11:21:00.000-07:002024-03-15T11:21:42.796-07:00 Lou Phillips (1878 - 1916) – Welsh Rugby International and golfer<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to John Daniel for finding this information for us </i></b></p><p><b>Lou Phillips was a former Welsh rugby international who also won the Welsh Amateur Golfing Championship in 1907 and 1912</b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissB-MMbDuW_Z7LLXJXie6Ijx0RdCUmoGNj6WF4WgoFiP2N0FyJllYVap-Y8W2aCVl75M2_VWFeOrIoOkI1LHC2xm9fDRQNR5Q79_iBpvRcJ_XZcLF3D1dPXnUutjKgZ7vB8LjXQP4Dh52HwsIPrnmah9W56eMgJ6lDVAqlsK7rWis-PosGcGbdqndYis/s287/Lou%20Phillips.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="176" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissB-MMbDuW_Z7LLXJXie6Ijx0RdCUmoGNj6WF4WgoFiP2N0FyJllYVap-Y8W2aCVl75M2_VWFeOrIoOkI1LHC2xm9fDRQNR5Q79_iBpvRcJ_XZcLF3D1dPXnUutjKgZ7vB8LjXQP4Dh52HwsIPrnmah9W56eMgJ6lDVAqlsK7rWis-PosGcGbdqndYis/s1600/Lou%20Phillips.jpg" width="176" /></a></div>Lewis or Louis Augustus Phillips was born at Stow Hill, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, on 24th February 1878. His parents were Charles Phillips, a Cornmerchant, and his wife, Rose Phillips, nee Hancock. Lou had the following siblings: John Frederick Phillips, b.1874, Herbert Leonard Phillips, b. 1876 and Charles A. Phillips, b.1881.<p></p><p>Educated at Monmouth Grammar School, Lou went on to become an architect. In 1907 and again in 1912, Lou was Welsh Amateur golf champion. He was also runner-up for the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 1913, and in the following year he was beaten in the sixth round of The Amateur Championship. </p><p>When the First World War started Lou enlisted in the 20th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and, after refusing a commission, he served as a Sergeant. Posted to France with his unit on 16th November 1915, on the night of 14th March 1916, while out with a wiring party, Lou was shot through the chest and killed near Cambrin, France. He is buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Grave Reference: L1 10B.</p><p>Note: The 20th Royal Fusiliers was one of four battalions of the regiment raised in 1914 by the Public Schools and University Men’s Force.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources: Information supplied by John Daniel, Find my Past, FreeBMD and Wikipedia</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-24741211840212466042024-03-14T05:32:00.000-07:002024-03-14T05:32:11.829-07:00 Sir John Reeve Brooke (1880-1937) - Staff Captain D.A.A.G. 1915-17, Vice-Chairman of the Electricity Commission, Principal Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Transport 1920-23; Secretary 1923-27<p> </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to Rupert Brooke Remembered Facebook Page for finding this information for us</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">John Reeve Brooke was born in London in 1880 – the birth being registered in the third quarter of that year. His parents were John Reeve Brooke (1848-1932), a Barrister, and his wife, Charlotte Mary, nee Baldwin-Browne. John Reeve Brooke Senior was the son of the Reverend Richard England Brooke (1821-1900) and the brother of William Parker Brooke (1850-1910), Rupert Brooke’s father – the famous poet Rupert Brooke was seven years younger than his cousin John. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Young John Reeve Brooke was educated at Haileybury College School in Hertfordshire before going on to study at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.</span></p><p>On the 1911 Census we find John staying in Surrey and described as a Journalist. He joined the National Health Insurance Commission in 1912 as secretary (assistant) to its head - Robert Morant - who had been given the unprecedented task of organising the registration and collection of insurance contributions from 15 million people. Morant also had to bring in agreements with doctors to implement a national system of general practitioners. The experience gained by Brooke working on the most ambitious Government project dependent on the collection of personal and other related information to date, would surely have had an impact on his approach to his work for Fabian Ware.</p><p>Major General Sir Fabian Arthur Goulstone Ware, KCVO, KBE, CB, CMG.</p><p>During the First World War, Ware was too old to fight so instead he commanded a mobile Red Cross unit on the Western Front. He was appalled at the number of casualties and his unit began to record all the graves they came across. In 1915, this initiative was officially recognized by the British Government and was incorporated into the British Army as the “Graves Registration Commission”.</p><p>https://fascinatingfactsofww1.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-commonwealth-war-graves-commission.html</p><p>John worked with Major General Sir Fabian Ware from the early days of the Mobile Unit. He joined the Unit on 2nd October 1914 and became the Unit’s Adjutant, or officer in charge of key elements of its personnel and financial administration. His role in the Mobile Unit, as well as recording much of the detail in the early surviving Unit Diaries, was that of administrator and financial manager. For example in a diary entry for Wednesday 16 December 1914 Brooke is recorded as having spent time sorting out longer term arrangements for the finances for the Unit with a Red Cross Official in Boulogne.</p><p><br /></p><p>In common with the rest of the officers of the Mobile Unit, John was given a so called local rank (a temporary rank in the Army on the Western Front) in late February 1915 (Lieutenant) and then a formal Army commission as Captain at the end of September 1915, slightly ahead of the rest of the Commission with its transfer to the Army in October of that year.</p><p>In 1920, John married Dorothy Lamb (1887 – 1967) who worked for various British Government Departments during the First World War. </p><p>John Reeve Brooke was knighted on 16th February 1928 - dubbed at Buckingham Palace. </p><p>He died in 1937.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hHiyWquxUcix8V8IsoHmWMhhmfrl4IekNK6sEoXpK1QAha2tYLYpa-3O07EY2xgLkSLTdxJfUqHSZajyBNy9iAu39AZgXeuF3nis2nLrCTmPsMxZ77Yl2ANfDToV3aP-U-NoY77SMx4kFhFN06-bYwYxOztVFo28w_F34t_wf6_eAG1GsbPRsqtZBi0/s259/John%20Reeve%20Brooke%20memorial%20stone.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hHiyWquxUcix8V8IsoHmWMhhmfrl4IekNK6sEoXpK1QAha2tYLYpa-3O07EY2xgLkSLTdxJfUqHSZajyBNy9iAu39AZgXeuF3nis2nLrCTmPsMxZ77Yl2ANfDToV3aP-U-NoY77SMx4kFhFN06-bYwYxOztVFo28w_F34t_wf6_eAG1GsbPRsqtZBi0/s1600/John%20Reeve%20Brooke%20memorial%20stone.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p>Original Source: Post on Rupert Brooke Remembered Facebook Page:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/rupertbrookepoet</p><p>Additional information from:</p><p> Find my Past, FreeBMD,</p><p>https://warrecordsrevealed.com/2018/04/25/john-reeve-brooke-adjutant-of-the-red-cross-mobile-unit-with-fabian-ware-first-registrar-of-the-graves-registration-commission-and-first-cousin-of-rupert-brooke/</p><p>Obituary in the “Hampstead News” of 08 April 1937</p><p>Sir John Reeve Brooke (1880-1937)</p><p>Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44681529/john-reeve-brooke</p><p>https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sll/disciplines/english/lion/ceremony.shtml</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/results.php?d=1&first=Dorothy&last=Lamb</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-1078926047318725852024-03-13T06:30:00.000-07:002024-03-13T06:42:29.487-07:00Jack Warner, OBE (1895 - 1981) - British actor <p> Jack Warner, OBE (born Horace John Waters; 24 October 1895 – 24 May 1981) was a British actor. He is closely associated with the role of PC George Dixon, which he played in the 1950 film The Blue Lamp and later in the television series Dixon of Dock Green from 1955 until 1976, but he was also for some years one of Britain's most popular film stars. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhImC3aavgZzocxJ-hBZHvsc55o4DvillLnw6IydR1nFxoOagErDQSuZ7GMNdANxT3mqKwcoxvVlvo8Z1o4LvZ6DEgZ3Hi6IUh9gyIiVop5EC7Rnprg8yycmZQG6N_mvvqjr-INxdL8jFIIOZEGgmdJyYRiRE3deAJYOUZg2BY_6Y51r1QC_sA8JRNLw/s250/Jack%20Warner%20British%20actor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="184" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhImC3aavgZzocxJ-hBZHvsc55o4DvillLnw6IydR1nFxoOagErDQSuZ7GMNdANxT3mqKwcoxvVlvo8Z1o4LvZ6DEgZ3Hi6IUh9gyIiVop5EC7Rnprg8yycmZQG6N_mvvqjr-INxdL8jFIIOZEGgmdJyYRiRE3deAJYOUZg2BY_6Y51r1QC_sA8JRNLw/s1600/Jack%20Warner%20British%20actor.jpg" width="184" /></a></div>Born Horace John Waters in Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar, London, UK on 24th October 1895, his parents were Edward William Waters, a master fulling maker and undertaker's warehouseman, and his wife, Maud Mary, nee Best. Jack's sisters, Elsie and Doris Waters, became comediennes who usually performed as "Gert and Daisy”.<p></p><p>Educated at the Coopers' Company's Grammar School for Boys in Mile End, Jack went on to study automobile engineering at the Northampton Institute (now part of the City University, London) but being more practical than academic he left after a year to work at the repair facilities of F.W. Berwick and Company in Balham.</p><p>During the First World War, Jack served in France as a driver in the Royal Flying Corps and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1918. He returned to England and the motor trade in 1919, driving hearses and occasionally racing cars at Brooklands, where he maintained and sometimes raced Henrietta Lister's Aston Martin. </p><p>Jack became a professional entertainer in music hall and in radio shows. In 1933, Jack married company secretary Muriel Winifred ("Mollie"), daughter of independently wealthy Roberts Peters</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShkVm3NhiSLXpqCS1NC6oqnx04BNjcgzVKMeHHcZ_6Xy1gpfoWuDDwoXt6QLmQJukaRjyoybo24Jv_F8B7KfeNB9NObbqXe5xp9hMu6RMpOGL9OrjsqgQYQYbRD4JNtU0SQmRl1OEFM14M8-9sqFB8bvmRxZ4IOaA1sO1hvGX2vzh4tjRUVFVKP0m5o4/s256/Jack%20Warner%20as%20Dixon%20of%20Dock%20Green.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="197" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShkVm3NhiSLXpqCS1NC6oqnx04BNjcgzVKMeHHcZ_6Xy1gpfoWuDDwoXt6QLmQJukaRjyoybo24Jv_F8B7KfeNB9NObbqXe5xp9hMu6RMpOGL9OrjsqgQYQYbRD4JNtU0SQmRl1OEFM14M8-9sqFB8bvmRxZ4IOaA1sO1hvGX2vzh4tjRUVFVKP0m5o4/s1600/Jack%20Warner%20as%20Dixon%20of%20Dock%20Green.jpeg" width="197" /></a></div><br /><p>By the early years of the Second World War, Jack had become nationally known and starred in a BBC radio comedy show. He died in 1981 and his role of Dixon of Dock Green in the television series was held in such high esteem that officers from Paddington Green Police Station bore the coffin at his funeral.</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-34652405325614190922024-03-08T05:27:00.000-08:002024-03-08T05:27:05.049-08:00Jack Benny (1894 – 1974) – American entertainer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5QaBgnrm_lKHvOF0rvbz6lLcGXFY25cLZLNwgMuR24A_3hNtA9sai32RtDueOG6QaO-JFVvt7i-gwkyTNJ8amS78YhVF4nPfm74BekmMpvdwUb5R3wU_b1E-wrqoY_9neu8iTDEwozHRzC9jYteRbLup0wLU0pM38qcDNwiK0jopBzC8BY39qNDl0wE/s960/American%20comedian%20Jack%20Benny%20served%20in%20the%20US%20Navy%20in%20WW1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5QaBgnrm_lKHvOF0rvbz6lLcGXFY25cLZLNwgMuR24A_3hNtA9sai32RtDueOG6QaO-JFVvt7i-gwkyTNJ8amS78YhVF4nPfm74BekmMpvdwUb5R3wU_b1E-wrqoY_9neu8iTDEwozHRzC9jYteRbLup0wLU0pM38qcDNwiK0jopBzC8BY39qNDl0wE/s320/American%20comedian%20Jack%20Benny%20served%20in%20the%20US%20Navy%20in%20WW1.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>Born Benjamin Kubelsky on 14th February 1894 in Chicago, he was the son of Meyer Kubelsky (1864–1946), who was from Poland, and his wife Emma Sachs Kubelsky (1869–1917), who was from Lithuania. The family lived in Waukegan, an industrial suburb of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Benny began studying the violin when he was six years old. <p></p><p>However, he was a dreamer and poor at his school studies, and was expelled from high school. In 1911, he began playing the violin in local vaudeville theaters.</p><p>Benny left show business briefly in 1917 to join the United States Navy during World War I, often entertaining fellow sailors with his violin playing. One evening, his violin performance was booed by the sailors, so with prompting from fellow sailor and actor Pat O'Brien, he ad-libbed his way out of the jam and left them laughing. He received more comedy spots in the revues and did well, earning a reputation as a comedian and musician.</p><div>HJack Benny's radio and television programmes, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. Benny often portrayed his character as a miser who played his violin badly and ridiculously claimed to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jack Benny died on 26th December 1974. </div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-66115958324512437112024-03-08T05:08:00.000-08:002024-03-08T05:08:56.202-08:00 George Burns (1896 – 1996) – American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZAk5BWnd8rFw5zveSdNPJAKd_xPnryVEdjBTOL23Szpws1e6Bp3hcdA8nHQAelqVBij7eHNZaJudjkmvqiNhzcFBsenEiROzpPe1w28bhA-NZssm-J-Oz-YZR75MsXmH2BGcCjSKjbC4SidvBCWhNM4kZEHEMx6b5A-imHrccmb83PhBWiL-3LqiKwM/s259/George%20Burns%20WW1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZAk5BWnd8rFw5zveSdNPJAKd_xPnryVEdjBTOL23Szpws1e6Bp3hcdA8nHQAelqVBij7eHNZaJudjkmvqiNhzcFBsenEiROzpPe1w28bhA-NZssm-J-Oz-YZR75MsXmH2BGcCjSKjbC4SidvBCWhNM4kZEHEMx6b5A-imHrccmb83PhBWiL-3LqiKwM/s1600/George%20Burns%20WW1.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div>Born Nathan Birnbaum on 20th January 1896, in New York City, he was the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa. <p></p><p>Drafted into the United States Army when the United States of America entered the First World War in 1917, he failed the physical examination because he was extremely nearsighted. By the early 1920s, he adopted the stage name "George Burns".</p><div><div>He met actress Gracie Allen in 1922 and they first performed together at the Hill Street Theatre in Newark, New Jersey, continued in small town vaudeville theaters and were married in Cleveland on 7th January 1926,</div><div><br /></div><div>George Burns was one of the few entertainers whose careers successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. </div><div><br /></div><div>After a long and very successful career, George died on 9th March 1996.</div></div><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-79674991871577212572024-02-23T10:11:00.000-08:002024-02-23T10:11:06.734-08:00 Sir Arthur Frederick Blakiston, 7th Baronet, MC (1892 - 1974) - International Rugby Union player and WW1 soldier <p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With grateful thanks to John Daniel for spotting the plaque at the Northampton Saints Rugby Club open day, taking a photograph and researching Sir Arthur for us. </i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7O6XyEkAPr0QhuFbBS8YX-djGQGcWnpOoFwB0VCioJHdbhQ-UxYjEfNGIwDCH3vRd0VUP27q2TqJ58_9ldxWjiF2m5cma41Zo9G_9sQMLfoNu8itD78O2LcfQSE7_XaU79AOdE91trqQfGvnFOnlsm8b5NqsjIYLQ1_A58TFGvK2MOu_9igmOP0kRyQ/s1728/Sir%20Arthur%20Blakiston%20Challenge%20notice%20board%20with%20awards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7O6XyEkAPr0QhuFbBS8YX-djGQGcWnpOoFwB0VCioJHdbhQ-UxYjEfNGIwDCH3vRd0VUP27q2TqJ58_9ldxWjiF2m5cma41Zo9G_9sQMLfoNu8itD78O2LcfQSE7_XaU79AOdE91trqQfGvnFOnlsm8b5NqsjIYLQ1_A58TFGvK2MOu_9igmOP0kRyQ/s320/Sir%20Arthur%20Blakiston%20Challenge%20notice%20board%20with%20awards.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wWsMopr15xIrEVo8qghc0UvXzd9oleQbPBDINJBD2x8oATEQGGd2gDrOzbaJC0erxSgnQ69y2gTvSLLw1u4aZDxbV38ntj4f0R45yfskH1ymhO7ELfuZtsxWt6OyASgFiZhg1c_Xn9HB0X03LJhVBvCD0PyupOE7cBG1w641R59zztcauXz4sFWkH1c/s220/Arthur%20Blakiston.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="185" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wWsMopr15xIrEVo8qghc0UvXzd9oleQbPBDINJBD2x8oATEQGGd2gDrOzbaJC0erxSgnQ69y2gTvSLLw1u4aZDxbV38ntj4f0R45yfskH1ymhO7ELfuZtsxWt6OyASgFiZhg1c_Xn9HB0X03LJhVBvCD0PyupOE7cBG1w641R59zztcauXz4sFWkH1c/s1600/Arthur%20Blakiston.jpeg" width="185" /></a></div>Arthur Frederick Blakiston, known as “Freddie”, was born on 16th June 1892 in West Derby, Lancashire, a suburb of Liverpool. His parents were Frederick Turnly Blakiston and his wife Eleanor Isabella, nee Fitzgerald.<p></p><p>Arthur was initially educated at Bedford School and joined Trent College in March 1903. Before leaving school in 1908, he had served as a School Monitor and Librarian and had proved to be an excellent sportsman. He went on to study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. </p><p>Arthur served during the First World War in the King Edward’s Horse Regiment, then as an officer in the Royal Field Artillery. He was awarded the Military Cross in September 1918 when an ammunition column under his command came under fire in Belgium. Despite being under constant shelling, Arthur rescued wounded men and managed to deliver ammunition to the front line.</p><p>After the war Arthur worked as a schoolmaster at the Grammar School in Northampton.</p><p>As a rugby union international wing, Arthur represented England twelve times between 1920 and 1925, and the British Lions in all four test matches during their 1924 tour of South Africa. He played as a Lock/Flanker for: Bedford School, Trent College, Cambridge University, Northampton, Liverpool, Blackheath, Barbarians, East Midlands, Lancashire and Surrey. Freddie Blakiston was one of the greatest forwards Northampton Saints ever produced.</p><p>Arthur inherited his title, becoming Sir Arthur Frederick Blakston, Seventh Baronet in 1941 and died in Salisbury, Witshire on 31st January 1974.</p><p>Since 2018, Nothampton Saints’ playing squad takes part in an annual pre-season challenge in Blakiston’s honour – which has so far been won by Dan Biggar, Reuben Bird-Tulloch, Piers Francis and Alex Coles (twice).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources: Information supplied by John Daniel, Find my Past, FreeBMD, </p><p>https://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/person/freddie-blakiston</p><p>http://www.militarian.com/threads/arthur-blakiston-rugby-player.8018/</p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-58595278495386686192024-02-23T06:03:00.000-08:002024-02-23T06:03:30.409-08:00 Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen, DSO (1877 – 1950) - Wales football international and captain - WW1 soldier <p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to John Daniel for finding this information for us </i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpieRmtfGZaLIs6cGqXVBruyjVwo-Rc9uLi_FA57fk-Adft0wFfmejjG8S0-z5-IEnUus8hfgjTOesuV3c5Lptcr0noHUguy-MuY8mFOw8SLe-4kEv5RITM2JVpCuGnea7EGN-rb5i3yfI8oh5Jjn_HkUVfCKsgeRJmMyabS2cZRP4QX2S4MDBg5VBXY/s402/Morgan%20Maddox%20Morgan%20Owen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpieRmtfGZaLIs6cGqXVBruyjVwo-Rc9uLi_FA57fk-Adft0wFfmejjG8S0-z5-IEnUus8hfgjTOesuV3c5Lptcr0noHUguy-MuY8mFOw8SLe-4kEv5RITM2JVpCuGnea7EGN-rb5i3yfI8oh5Jjn_HkUVfCKsgeRJmMyabS2cZRP4QX2S4MDBg5VBXY/s320/Morgan%20Maddox%20Morgan%20Owen.jpg" width="223" /></a></div>Morgan was born on 26th February 1877 in Cardiff, Wales. His parents were Timothy Morgan Owen, a Schools Inspector, and his wife, Emma Owen, nee Maddox. Educated at Shrewsbury School, Morgan went on to become a teacher. In 1901 he was working as an Assistant Master at Forest School in Walthamstow, London. <p></p><p>Forest School officially opened as Forest Proprietary Grammar School on 1st October 1834. </p><p>Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen was described as the best Centre Half of his time in the world. He captained Wales in their first win against Scotland on Scottish soil in 1906 and Corinthians FC, the famous London based amateur side, when they inflicted on Manchester United, their heaviest ever defeat, 11-3 in 1904. Morgan also captained the Corinthians on many overseas trips. One in particular to Brazil in 1908, inspired the formation of one of Brazil's most famous clubs, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, FIFA Club World Cup winners in 2000 and 2012.</p><p>On the 1911 we Census find Morgan listed with his brother Hugh in Repton, Derbyshire, where he was an Assistant Schoolmaster at Repton School. Hugh’s occupation was described as Colonial Civil Service in Nigeria</p><p>Morgan enlisted four days after the declaration of the First World War and fought at Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and at Passchendaele on the Western Front. He initially joined the 1/4 Batallion of the Essex Regiment, was attached to 11th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 12/12/16, and made Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel and attached as CO to 10th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 01/12/17. Morgan relinquished his Temporary rank and re-attached to 11th (Service) Battalion 03/02/18. Although he entered the war as a Captain, due to the fact that so many officers were killed in action, Morgan became a Lieutenant-Colonel within weeks and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.</p><p>After the War, Morgan married Doris Marjorie Turner on 19th August 1925. The 1939 Census finds Morgan and his wife living in Repton, with Morgan’s occupation described as Retired House Master. He died in Derbyshire in 1950.</p><p>Sources: John Daniel, Find my Past, FreeBMD, Wikipedia,</p><p>https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/morgan-morgan-owen-service-record/</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-77738661790541104312024-02-02T10:23:00.000-08:002024-02-02T10:23:47.394-08:00Merrill Chapman Robinson (1896 - 1970) – Canadian WW1 soldier <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZaI-bg88iTqzBSBO95FGr9MeL5qXC1Q3fTzpgV9i7PlIfygTonSBVN1LCDiivByOgfV1Rc7nyLwaJAsVEuWvY23C2F435WHsIScNICAAsT6nhx_MwQmtxXKdkNvYO_tLO5zXz2Qe4G8wgtrczgtW6wr171BfDx3I4xOSpwIenfxNHkZgDV4ffZaaohs/s960/Merrill%20Chaspman%20Robinson%20wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZaI-bg88iTqzBSBO95FGr9MeL5qXC1Q3fTzpgV9i7PlIfygTonSBVN1LCDiivByOgfV1Rc7nyLwaJAsVEuWvY23C2F435WHsIScNICAAsT6nhx_MwQmtxXKdkNvYO_tLO5zXz2Qe4G8wgtrczgtW6wr171BfDx3I4xOSpwIenfxNHkZgDV4ffZaaohs/s320/Merrill%20Chaspman%20Robinson%20wedding.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Born in Fort William Ontario on 13th May 1896 and known as "Robbie", Merrill Chapman Robinson enlisted in the army in Fort William, Ontario on 6th April 1915, declaring his height 5'10" and his age as 18 years 11 months – although he was 16. He initially joined the 52nd Battalion CEF and was posted to the 8th Battalion as a Private on 14th August 1915 in the field on the Western Front. Promoted to Corporal, Lance Corporal, Sergeant, Lance Sergeant, and Warrant Officer, Merrill was finally appointed CSM (Company Sergeant-Major).<p></p><p>Merrill’s service records confirm he was Wounded in Action (WIA) on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge – 9th April 1917 – which was Easter Monday that year. His wounds cost him his eyesight and he nearly lost a leg. After a long period of convalescence in hospitals in England, Merrill trained as a physiotherapist and married one of his nurses – Ina Emma Langley-Fraser. They were married in Wandsworth, London, UK in 1919. </p><p>The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions of the German 6th Army. The battle took place from 9th to 12th April 1917. (9th April was Easter Monday in 1917.)</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm0HZW0QM43AbmyrfKUglEm-ZHRGgPcRLLMfUbSjHN9TYRyNaCCYwPaZwcKg9Cyq0q7exUhc9apoYdpzP1kYB3P6RjATW8ooXVE319ydpMMiRfAea2rnXXu2h_2LFi5z8l9No7Nf0PDGYtv0k1MEXOhL-lXcMzrC8hCE7TeV97Ssyue5W1F3Q-Ax0t58/s294/Vimy%20Memorial%20Longstaff%20c.%201930.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="294" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm0HZW0QM43AbmyrfKUglEm-ZHRGgPcRLLMfUbSjHN9TYRyNaCCYwPaZwcKg9Cyq0q7exUhc9apoYdpzP1kYB3P6RjATW8ooXVE319ydpMMiRfAea2rnXXu2h_2LFi5z8l9No7Nf0PDGYtv0k1MEXOhL-lXcMzrC8hCE7TeV97Ssyue5W1F3Q-Ax0t58/s1600/Vimy%20Memorial%20Longstaff%20c.%201930.jpeg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Vimy Memorial at midnight", painted by <br />Captain William Frederick Longstaff (1879–1953) - known as Will Longstaff - an Australian painter and war artist best known for his works commemorating those who died in the First World War.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>After the end of the First World War, Merrill’s contributions to bettering life for the blind were outstanding. He was the Western Superintendent of the CNIB - Canadian National Institute for the Blind and served throughout the Second World War as General Chairman of Auxiliary Services.</p><p>In 1940 Merrill was invited by the Minister of Defence to form the first Citizen's Rehabilitation Council. He also worked with the National War Finance Committee and in 1943 was awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). </p><p>One of Merrill’s final achievements was as principal speaker at a World Council of UNESCO in Paris, France, in 1954, presenting his ideas about economic security for the blind. His post-WWI career is catalogued in a brief biography at UBC when he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law in 1957.</p><p> Merrill died in 1970 and was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, B.C. (British Columbia), Canada. His wife was also buried in the same grave. </p><p>Initial source:</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/www.canadianwarhistorytours.ca</p><p>Additional sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD,</p><p>https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/person.php?pid=115125</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-51735163264647110172024-01-27T05:19:00.000-08:002024-01-27T05:19:19.046-08:00Chaplain the Reverend Rupert Edward Inglis (1863 – 1916) - England international rugby player, Anglican Rector and Military Chaplain<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><i>With thanks to John Daniel for finding this information for us:</i></b></p><p>During the First World War, The Rev. Rupert Edward Inglis was a Chaplain to the British Army and was killed during the Battle of the Somme.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTFMM3eP9hIxJWCqkJXDsDwqSng3Rly8XfNDo6WMfkYh2zWbsMS5Os3yv-jfzLFC-9Xun977kt540WUZm2FUvuBL4R0vErnu4PRXAczDw2l7qqce4GEvGRUbx_CN4_dntDzdr_7nRHy86wcALwPz2NPXnB5LfBsYZf3Lk7YmXKrOvAKXuWx7N3EXJLHU/s521/Rupert%20Edward%20Inglis%201863%20-%201917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="390" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTFMM3eP9hIxJWCqkJXDsDwqSng3Rly8XfNDo6WMfkYh2zWbsMS5Os3yv-jfzLFC-9Xun977kt540WUZm2FUvuBL4R0vErnu4PRXAczDw2l7qqce4GEvGRUbx_CN4_dntDzdr_7nRHy86wcALwPz2NPXnB5LfBsYZf3Lk7YmXKrOvAKXuWx7N3EXJLHU/s320/Rupert%20Edward%20Inglis%201863%20-%201917.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Rupert Edward Inglis was born in London on 17th May 1863. His parents were John Eardley Wilmot Inglis and his wife, Julia Selina Inglis, nee Thesiger. Rupert was educated at Rugby School - where the game of Rugby was first invented. <p></p><p>In 1881, Rupert went on to study History at the University of Oxford, where he played for the Oxford Rugby Team in 1883 and 1884. After graduating, he became a Deacon at Ely Theological College, where he was ordained in 1889. He married Helen Mary Gilchrist on 11th June 1900, and they had two daughters and a son.</p><p>When the Great War broke out in 1914, Rupert enlisted and joined the 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.</p><p>In a letter to his parishioners in July 1915, he explained his reasons: “I have felt that in this great crisis in our nation’s history, everyone ought to do what he can to help. I have said this both publicly and privately, but it has been hard to tell people that they ought to leave their homes, to go out into strange new surroundings, to endure discomforts and danger – perhaps to face death – it was hard to tell people that this was their duty and then to remain comfortably at home myself.”</p><p>Rupert was sent to France as close as possible to the combat zone but served as a military chaplain for the Protestant church. His main task was to attend to the spiritual needs of the soldiers, read the last rites and help evacuate the wounded. </p><p>For a short while, he served at No. 23 General Hospital, Etaples, before joining No. 21 Casualty Clearing Station at Corbie. In December 1915, Rupert was attached to the 16th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, in the Ypres Salient.</p><p>During the fighting near Ginchy, during the Battle of the Somme, Rupert joined a party of stretcher-bearers, in order to help bring in the wounded. While doing this, he was struck by a fragment of shell and was in the process of having the wound dressed when he was hit by a second shell and killed instantly on 18th September 1916. </p><p>Rupert has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 4.C.) He is also remembered at Twickenham Stadium, the legendary home of the England Rugby Team.</p><p>Rupert Edward Inglis pictured as an army chaplain in the First World War</p><p>John Daniel</p><p>Additional sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD,</p><p>https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/field-of-honour-remembering-the-fallen-rugby-players-of-thiepval/</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-15562601600555252332024-01-26T10:16:00.000-08:002024-01-26T10:16:39.024-08:00 Christopher Bushell VC, DSO (1888 – 1918) – sportsman and soldier<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to John Daniel for finding this information for us</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa711AlQKUve3FogdrAXXvnmUNh1m-TW3-uRH3bYWDZ3qx3JLL8TaMqDd6hLkboUKnHL_rqhnTlPLkli_HRpPoOmXhnPB_33daBYlqS_VMumnPaFkwzxmx7hkj-qQaArPlxvEPbKcGK4nkGrB5uOfC-ZYfZCRxZaks8CtYUXszUx9_J1O3zWr_yT1x-M/s194/Christopher%20Bushell.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="139" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa711AlQKUve3FogdrAXXvnmUNh1m-TW3-uRH3bYWDZ3qx3JLL8TaMqDd6hLkboUKnHL_rqhnTlPLkli_HRpPoOmXhnPB_33daBYlqS_VMumnPaFkwzxmx7hkj-qQaArPlxvEPbKcGK4nkGrB5uOfC-ZYfZCRxZaks8CtYUXszUx9_J1O3zWr_yT1x-M/w229-h320/Christopher%20Bushell.jpeg" width="229" /></a></div>Christopher was born on 31st October 1888 in Neston, Wirral, Cheshire, UK (now in Merseysdie). His parents were Reginald Bushell, a wine merchant, and his wife Caroline, nee Hope. Initially educated at Moorland House, Heswall, Wirral, and later at Rugby School from 1901-1906, Christopher went on to study law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was Captain of his college boat and also rowed at Henley Regatta. <p></p><p>A keen rugby player with Notting Hill Club, Christopher was their Treasurer for a time.. </p><p>Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1911, on 8th May 1912, Christopher was commissioned as a Special Reserve Officer in the 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Royal (West Surrey) Regiment.</p><p>Christopher was a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th (S) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:</p><p>“On 23 March 1918 west of St. Quentin's Canal and north of Tergnier, France, Lieutenant Colonel Bushell personally led C Company of his battalion, who were cooperating with an Allied regiment in a counterattack. In the course of this attack he was severely wounded in the head, but continued to carry on, walking in front of both British and Allied troops, encouraging them and visiting every portion of the lines in the face of terrific machine-gun and rifle fire. He refused to go to the rear until he had to be removed to the dressing station in a fainting condition.”</p><p>Christopher was killed in action to the south of Morlancourt, Somme, France, on 8th August 1918. He was buried in Querrieu CWGC, Somme, France, Grave reference: Row E, Grave 6. He is also remembered at the church in Neston, Wirral. </p><p>In 1923, the Christopher Bushell Prize of books, for Modern History undergraduates, was established at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where Bushell read Modern History from 1906 to 1909.</p><p>John Daniel</p><p>Additional sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD<</p><p>https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/christopher-bushell-vc-dso/</p><p>https://www.nestonpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/9-Christopher-Bushell-VC-DSO.pdf</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-50650735976738284792024-01-15T10:15:00.000-08:002024-03-24T08:47:40.018-07:00 Poets, Writers, Artists, Chaplains and Sportspeople of WW1 awarded medals for outstanding bravery<p><b>Poets and Writers</b></p><p>William Robert Fountaine Addison VC (1883 – 1962) – British Anglican Church Minister and poet</p><p>Gabriele d’Annunzio (Italian) OMS,GMG, MVM</p><p>Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Chevalier of the Belgian Order of the Crown</p><p>Paul Bewsher, DSC</p><p>Edmund Blunden MC</p><p>Lt. John Brown, MC</p><p>Charles Carrington, MC</p><p>Stanley Casson (1889 - 1944) - WW1 poet and amateur soldier - Mentioned in Despatches and Chevalier of the Greek Order of the Redeemer </p><p><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;">Edouard Chiesa, Croix de Guerre (1887 - 1915) – French poet killed fighting at Gallipoli </span></p><p>Erskine Childers, DSC</p><p>2nd Lieutenant L. N. Cook, MC, GVR, Royal Lancaster Regiment</p><p>Noel Marcus Francis Corbett (1887 – 1962) – British Royal Naval officer and poet - French Croix de Guerre</p><p>Miles Jeffery Game Day, DSC</p><p>Owen Evans, MM (1888 – 1918) - Welsh poet – Bardic name Rhiwlas</p><p>John Orr Ewing, MC (1884 - 1961) – poet; Major in 16th Lancers</p><p>Denys Garstin MC, DSO, Order of St. Catherine of Russia (1890 - 1918) – British writer, poet, diplomat and soldier</p><p>Edward John Langford Garstin MC (1893 - 1955) – British poet </p><p>Henri Gervex (1852 - 1929) – French artist – French Croix de Guerre</p><p>The Hon. Julian G. Grenfell, DSO</p><p>Llewelyn Wyn Griffith (1890 - 1977) - poet and writer; Captain Rioyal Welch Fusiliers, O.B.E., French Croix de Guerre & three Mentions in Despatches</p><p>James Norman Hall (1887 – 1951) – American WW1 soldier, airman, writer and poet – awarded French Croix de Guerre with five palms, the Médaille Militaire, French Légion d'Honneur and the American Distinguished Service Cross.</p><p>Lt. Col. John Hay Maitland Hardyman DSO, MC</p><p>F.W. Harvey, DCM</p><p>Ivan Heald MC (1883 - 1916) - British writer, poet and journalist</p><p>William Noel Hodgson, MC 1893 – 1916) – British soldier poet</p><p>Robert Jentzsch (1890 – 1918) – German poet and mathmetician - Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class</p><p>Ernst Jünger (1895 – 1998) - German writer; served in German Army WW1. Awarded 1916 Iron Cross (1914) II. and I. Class; 1917 Prussian House Order of Hohenzollern Knight's Cross with Swords; 1918 Wound Badge (1918) in Gold; 1918 Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) - military class</p><p>Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883 –1929) aka Woodbine Willy; Army Chaplain and poet </p><p>Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918) – French Croix de Guerre</p><p>Percy Hugh Beverley Lyon, MC – British poet known as PHBL</p><p>Donald Alxander Mackenzie MC (1889 - 1971) – British school teacher; served Royal Field Artillery, France</p><p>Ewart Alan Mackintosh, MC</p><p>John Charles Beech Masefield, MC</p><p>Charles Scott Moncrieff, MC</p><p>Armine Frank Gibson Norris MC</p><p>Wilfred Owen, MC</p><p>George Smith Patton Jr. (1885 - 1945) Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal and Purple Heart for his combat wounds after the decoration was created in 1932.</p><p>Vivian Telfer Pemberton MC,</p><p>Alexander Lancaster Pemberton, MC</p><p>Claude Quayle Penrose MC and Bar, MiD</p><p>Herbert Edward Read, MC, DSO, MiD,</p><p>Edgell Rickword MC</p><p>Siegfried Sassoon, MC</p><p>William Maunsell Scanlan, MC, MM – Canadian</p><p>Gerald Caldwell Siordet, MC – British (Somme, 1st July 1916 kia Feb. 1917)</p><p>Francis W. Smith, MC Lieutenant, Leeds Rifles, West Yorks Regt. Reilly p 296</p><p>Captain James Sprent, MC (1883 - 1948) – Australian poet and doctor</p><p>Adrian Consett Stephen, MC – Australian writer</p><p>John Ebenezer Stewart MC</p><p>Patrick Shaw-Stewart was awarded the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour – Croix de Guerre (France) for his services as a Liaison Officer with the French Headquarters.</p><p>W.G. Thomas, MC (1883 - 1960) - Captain</p><p>Edward John Thompson, MC, MiD - Poet and Chaplain (1886 – 1946) – 7th Division, Mesopotamia</p><p>Arthur Walderne St. Clair Tisdall, VC (1890 - 1915) – British poet</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;">Robert Bagster Wilson Vinter, MC (1896 – 1916) – British soldier and aspiring poet </span></p><p>Hugh Walpole (1884 - 1941) - awarded The Russian Cross of St. George, and the C.B.E. in WW1 and a knighthood in 1937</p><p>Richard Brereton Marriott Watson MC</p><p>Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavel MC (1883 - 1950) - awarded MC during 2nd Battle of Ypres</p><p>John Hunter Wickersham Congressional Medal of Honor (1890 - 1918) – American WW1 soldier poet</p><p>Eric Fitzwater Wilkinson, MC</p><p>Alice Williams Medaille de la Reconnaissance Française - Welsh Poet bardic name being Alys Meirion</p><p>Fabian Strachey Woodley, MC (1888 - 1957) </p><p>Robert Julian Yeatman MC (15 July 1897 – 13 July 1968) - British humorist wrote for “Punch” magazine.</p><p>Edward Hilton Young, GBE, DSO, DSC & Bar, PC</p><p>Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876 - 1958) - British poet and mountaineer; served with the Friends Ambulance Unit,and later in command of the First British Ambulance for Italy. He was mentioned in British Despatches and awarded the Belgian Order of Leopold for exceptional courage and resource, and the Italian silver medal' for Valour'</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Artists/Photographers, etc:</b></p><p>Joseph Marius Jean Avy (1871 - 1939)- French Croix de Guerre – French artist </p><p>Geoffrey de Gruchy Barkas, MC, artist/film maker</p><p>Hans Bartle (1880 - 1943) - Austrian official WW1 artist. Iron Cross; Silver Medal for Bravery; the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order</p><p>Alan Edmund Beeton, MC</p><p>John Warwick Brooke DCM – official WW1 war photographer</p><p>John Cosmo Clark, MC (1897 – 1967) – British artist and art teacher; served in Artists Rifles WW1</p><p>Philip Lindsey Clark, DSO, ARBS (1889–1977) - British sculptor. In December 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O) for "...conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of the left flank company of the battalion."</p><p>Helena Gleichen - awarded the Italian Bronze Medal of Military Valour</p><p>William Robert Gregory MC (1881 – 1918) - Irish-born, RFC/RAF British airman, artist and cricketer; France made him a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur in 1917</p><p>Antony Gibbons Grinling, MC – artist and sculptor</p><p>Carl W Herman, MM (1888 – 1955) – artist</p><p>Christopher Wyndham Hughes MC (1881-1961) – British artist and teacher; served in7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment</p><p>Charles Sargeant Jagger MC ARA (1885 – 1934) British sculptor</p><p>Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly MC (1896-1971), Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery</p><p>Henry Taylor Lamb MC (1883 - 1960) - Australian-born artist; Royal Army Medical Corps battalion medical officer with the 5th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Palestine & Western Front </p><p>Paul Maximilien Landowski, Croix de Guerre (1 June 1875 – 31 March 1961) – French Scultpor and WW1 camouflage artist </p><p>A. W. Lloyd, MC – Arthur Wynell Lloyd (1883 - 1933) – British cartoonist</p><p>Walter Marsden MC (1882–1969) – sculptor</p><p>John B. McDowell, MC, BEM (1877 – 1954) – British film maker, director and cameraman during WW1</p><p>Waldo Peirce (December 17, 1884 – March 8, 1970) was an American painter, who for many years reveled in living the life of a bohemian expatriate. Croix de Guerre</p><p>William Charles Penn MC</p><p>Geneste Penrose MM</p><p>Gerald Spencer Pryse MC (1882–1956) was a British artist and lithographer.</p><p>E. Claude Rowberry, MM, (1896 - 1962) – artist</p><p>Walter Westley Russell (1867–1949) - Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers; Mentioned in Dispatches.</p><p>E.H. Shepard, MC – artist</p><p>William George Storm, MC (1882 - 1917) – Canadian artist</p><p>Dents Wells, BEM (1881-1973) served in the Artists Rifles during WWI; awarded a B.E.M. for gallantry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire_Medal</p><p>Charles Arthur Wheeler, DCM (1880 - 1877) - New Zealand artist. Served in 22 Bn Royal Fusiliers; awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (1916) for his actions at Vimy Ridge</p><p>Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 1888 – 30 November 1958).</p><p>NOTE: James Miles Langstaff ( 1883 - 1917) was Mentioned in Despatches and recommended for a Military Cross. </p><p><b>Chaplains</b></p><p>Rev. W.R.F. Addison VC - Army Chaplain AND poet also awarded the Order of St George-Russia.</p><p>Walter Ernest Dexter DSO, MC, DCM, MiD Australian Army Chaplain - served at Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion AIF and on the Western Front.</p><p>Rev. Theodore Bayley Hardy, VC, DSO, MC (20 October 1863 – 18 October 1918) </p><p>Reverend Captain Herbert B. Cowl, MC</p><p>Chaplain the Reverend Rupert Edward Inglis (1863 – 1916) - England international rugby player, Anglican Rector and Military Chaplain</p><p>Rev. Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy MC (1883 –1929) aka Woodbine Willy; Army Chaplain and poet </p><p>Rev. Noel Mellish VC, MC</p><p>Rev. Basil Pemberton Plumptre, MC (1883 - 1917) – British Army Chaplain</p><p>Rev. David Railton MC (1884 – 1955) - British Army Chaplain who had the idea for creating a British Unknown Warrior memorial </p><p>Edward John Thompson, MC, MiD - Poet and Chaplain (1886 – 1946) – 7th Division, Mesopotamia</p><p>Rev. Morgan Watcyn-Williams, MC</p><p><b>Sportspeople</b></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Sir Arthur Frederick Blakiston, 7th Baronet, MC (1892 - 1974) - International Rugby Union player and WW1 soldier</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Christopher Bushell VC, DSO (1888 – 1918) – English sportsman and soldier</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen, DSO (1877 – 1950) - Wales football international and captain - WW1 soldier</span></p><p>Adrian Dura Stoop, MC (1883 - 1957) – English Rugby Player and WW1 soldier</p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-53345426684895182122024-01-15T10:08:00.000-08:002024-01-15T10:08:29.468-08:00 Adrian Dura Stoop, MC (1883 - 1957) – Rugy Player and WW1 soldier<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With thanks to Daniel for finding this information for us regarding Adrian Stoop, MC.</i></b></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqgSHRcKz3wD4NmPE3CbpMENk_Bz11jr3ntNdpQbhLfk7-IXpN64ysxqXQc0zrl_W7Zp5V9QQTw2Ni7GXyrFm9NeTCaYFtXOSEEhPfVy35NwnbrrgcvMgS8QNbKnooyS28_1qgEXexOX1TvNpPGyNiC5hC1CkNdWB18459rWqudP0ktTMi1tdY1e2kNY/s316/Adrian%20Stoop%20c%201911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="182" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqgSHRcKz3wD4NmPE3CbpMENk_Bz11jr3ntNdpQbhLfk7-IXpN64ysxqXQc0zrl_W7Zp5V9QQTw2Ni7GXyrFm9NeTCaYFtXOSEEhPfVy35NwnbrrgcvMgS8QNbKnooyS28_1qgEXexOX1TvNpPGyNiC5hC1CkNdWB18459rWqudP0ktTMi1tdY1e2kNY/s1600/Adrian%20Stoop%20c%201911.JPG" width="182" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adrian c. 1911</td></tr></tbody></table>Born Adrian Dura Scoop in South Kensington, London, UK on 27th March 1883, his parents were Frederick Cornelious Stoop, who was Dutch, and his wife, Agnes Macfarlane Stoop, nee Clark, who was Scotish. Educated at Rugby school where he excelled at the sport of Rugby, Adrian went on to study law at Oxford University, where he played Rugby for the Blues. He became a barrister and played Rugby for The Haliquins and England. </p><p>During the First World War Adrian initially served as a second Lieuitenant in Mesopotena, soon being promoted to Captain with the 1/5th Bn Royal West Surrey Regt. Adrian was wounded and awarded a Military Ctoss </p><p>On 8th May 1918 in Bangalore, Madras, India, Adrian married Audrey Dehin Needham. </p><p>After the war, Adrian returned to England and kept playing Rugby for the Haliquins until he was 56. He was President of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in 1932. Adrian died in 1957 at the age of 74 and is buried at Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, where he lived for many years. </p><p>The Haliquins named their Stadium – The Stoop – in Adrian’s memory. </p><p>Main source: Information supplied by Daniel.</p><p>Additional sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD,</p><p>http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/1714.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-52836942633111113392023-12-09T06:18:00.000-08:002023-12-09T06:18:18.117-08:00Stephen Leacock, FRSC (1869 - 1944) – British-born Canadian writer <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Suggested by AC Benus* who discovered Stephen's WW1 articles</i></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i></i></b>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P8lN9Y9MSQd5AQ9begAB-kwAl3cQDMY24_5IOmpzznKDa2FLd2n1FF2OHO9nnA_D7b9cR90krUrAFVInkxDuO8qHL5IjEareaSnb83UsX6Y4tV8WGOkIum_VUdGV22NS_yFw_7L6xn5JxRzZLqODjmnLJVnwZ8-frP5x1QE4htgptp3MwapDqM97DQ8/s327/Stephen_Leacock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P8lN9Y9MSQd5AQ9begAB-kwAl3cQDMY24_5IOmpzznKDa2FLd2n1FF2OHO9nnA_D7b9cR90krUrAFVInkxDuO8qHL5IjEareaSnb83UsX6Y4tV8WGOkIum_VUdGV22NS_yFw_7L6xn5JxRzZLqODjmnLJVnwZ8-frP5x1QE4htgptp3MwapDqM97DQ8/s320/Stephen_Leacock.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>Stephen Butler Leacock was born on 30th December 1869 in Swanmore, a hamlet and
parish on "Waltham Chase" in Hampshire, UK. His parents were Walter Peter
Leacock and his wife, Agnes Emma Leacock, nee Butler. Stephen was the third of eleven children and grew up in Oak Hill on the Isle of Wight - an estate purchased
by his grandfather on returning from Madeira where his family had made a fortune
out of plantations and Leacock's Madeira wine, founded in 1760. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephen was six
years old when the family moved to Canada, where they lived on a farm near the
village of Sutton, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Simcoe. Educated at the
private school of Upper Canada College in Toronto, Stephen went on to study at
University College at the University of Toronto. He left university to work as a
teacher. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1899 Stephen enrolled for graduate studies at the University of
Chicago under Thorstein Veblen, where he received a doctorate in political
science and political economy. On 7th August 1900, Stephen married Beatrice Maude Hamilton. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Moving from Chicago, Illinois, to Montreal,
Quebec, Stephen became the William Dow Professor of Political
Economy and long-time chair of Department of Economics and Political Science at
McGill University. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephen died on 28th March 1944.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5Y2O4bOg8APMqy7vCeIRXn8Qzn9YxP40CnSz0SnDYcedMKWQwIKlBb8FL7gyO0pEyB6I4zPjumelWqrVJob6r7mwawFPVTARTqgIHMcSgwzIhB5ryvHG_6TXxpJgcsZ_vTrC50i4P8VuXKc6lM0EFKRbfG5fNbBz4DSzhGI_1UiudjgQYRaLyrThE7c/s194/The%20Boy%20who%20came%20Back%20by%20Stephen%20Leacock%20Vanity%20Fair%201918.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="194" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5Y2O4bOg8APMqy7vCeIRXn8Qzn9YxP40CnSz0SnDYcedMKWQwIKlBb8FL7gyO0pEyB6I4zPjumelWqrVJob6r7mwawFPVTARTqgIHMcSgwzIhB5ryvHG_6TXxpJgcsZ_vTrC50i4P8VuXKc6lM0EFKRbfG5fNbBz4DSzhGI_1UiudjgQYRaLyrThE7c/s1600/The%20Boy%20who%20came%20Back%20by%20Stephen%20Leacock%20Vanity%20Fair%201918.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> “The Boy who came back” published in “Vanity Fair”
magazine November 1918 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD, Wikipedia </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1918/11/the-boy-who-came-back
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4781/4781-h/4781-h.htm
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>*</b>AC Benus is the author of a book about German WW1 poet Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele : “The Thousandth Regiment: A Translation of and Commentary on Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele’s War Poems” by AC Benus (AC Benus, San Francisco, 2020). Along with Hans's story, the book includes original poems as well as translations. ISBN: 978-1657220584</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1657220583</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1657220583</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3ZutSLmz2MrTyrlwPdqG_af370uT7KfN_VsTiflAYa3DJhh0YKeLZXDal5vNPHzvu3bLgaftst1HHEvKhLjYVNXFS8VvUDulemZ6SyZBCIUFl2XUz2z3OkN3HeQEPRZPYhRYCm1v6CJ1ZwlKpkYTdPd5ggbKY64c9ej05e-cZoWOoIAjhjBa_UFCEl0/s3704/The%20Thousandth%20Regiment%20cover%20AC%20Benus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3704" data-original-width="2433" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG3ZutSLmz2MrTyrlwPdqG_af370uT7KfN_VsTiflAYa3DJhh0YKeLZXDal5vNPHzvu3bLgaftst1HHEvKhLjYVNXFS8VvUDulemZ6SyZBCIUFl2XUz2z3OkN3HeQEPRZPYhRYCm1v6CJ1ZwlKpkYTdPd5ggbKY64c9ej05e-cZoWOoIAjhjBa_UFCEl0/s320/The%20Thousandth%20Regiment%20cover%20AC%20Benus.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-18690115260115106272023-11-03T08:00:00.002-07:002023-11-03T08:06:16.770-07:00George Henry Powell pen name George Asaf (1880 –1951) - Welsh songwriter <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEs1FSz9MvnmdTr3b1JSA4Ka5zS_qFBn5WlBG422TtKM6tj0pF8T-V46Tcoyu4Lxd5iqJg8ljZlp-n3-x3dIIyKEDjzDYVYo-WHdKGL9N0nyIibhTDK1KJrkUlu1uuGMm63Fe0CpgeULZsJRSg_Waf9mU5cEPZegmyqpuvSI_FOIR9UYSUbHTQM_PMnS0/s275/George%20Powell.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEs1FSz9MvnmdTr3b1JSA4Ka5zS_qFBn5WlBG422TtKM6tj0pF8T-V46Tcoyu4Lxd5iqJg8ljZlp-n3-x3dIIyKEDjzDYVYo-WHdKGL9N0nyIibhTDK1KJrkUlu1uuGMm63Fe0CpgeULZsJRSg_Waf9mU5cEPZegmyqpuvSI_FOIR9UYSUbHTQM_PMnS0/s1600/George%20Powell.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">George Henry Powell was born on 27th April 1880 in St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales. His parents were John Morris Powell and his wife, Sarah Snelson Powell, nee Hill. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Although George's brother Felix Lloyd Powell (1879 - 1942) served as a Sraff Sergeant during the First World War, George was a Pacifist and became a Conscientious Objector when Conscription was introduced i n 1916. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the 1921 Census, George is registered as living in Telscombe, Sussex, Uk with his wife Leila, and he described his occupation as 'actor'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Using the pen name George Asaf, George wrote the lyrics of the famous WW1 marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" in 1915. The music was written by George's brother Felix Powell, and the song was entered into a competition held during the First World War to find the "best morale-building song". It won first prize and was noted as "perhaps the most optimistic song ever written".</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19scT8TzsS_BiCHQyVTQi8asTniKB9LujCemq4n7Jo5_Qj7EhEuFe4MBgMtfKBo8m3mrzvZbXL1M9y_R_wRsijbFYSpKrcdEOuPrRVanwWjLebT6wRkisJnN_P4MESuGckfn_m_PIQUA0CD4y6mioxCHdtszr_0B9YuTkOfbddUA1hg4OsJrga7AcIVw/s258/Pack%20up%20your%20traobles%20sheet%20%20music%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="195" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19scT8TzsS_BiCHQyVTQi8asTniKB9LujCemq4n7Jo5_Qj7EhEuFe4MBgMtfKBo8m3mrzvZbXL1M9y_R_wRsijbFYSpKrcdEOuPrRVanwWjLebT6wRkisJnN_P4MESuGckfn_m_PIQUA0CD4y6mioxCHdtszr_0B9YuTkOfbddUA1hg4OsJrga7AcIVw/s1600/Pack%20up%20your%20traobles%20sheet%20%20music%20cover.jpeg" width="195" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Extract:</p><p>While you've a Lucifer to light your fag,</p><p>Smile, boys, that's the style.</p><p>What's the use of worrying?</p><p>It never was worth while, so</p><p>Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,</p><p>And smile, smile, smile.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the time of the 1939 Census, George was living in Peacehaven, Sussex, UK with his wife Leila, and described his occupation as 'Journalist'. He died on 3rd December 1951. </p><p>NOTES:</p><p>What is a Lucifer? Lucifer was a brand of matches sold during WW1.</p><p>The first match was created by a French chemist named Jean-Louis Chancel. It was difficult to ignite and released strong, smelly fumes when the head was finally lit, but it also paved the way for the future of lighters.</p><p>John Walker from England created a match that worked via friction. He never received a patent for this invention, so another matchmaker named Samuel Jones stole his idea and marketed it under the name “Lucifers” a few years later.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ39QtlfaiFo5GHT7aRmTnvufVFiTSKg2Qk8d_-r2CLeaT_4zWa_G6muYEV68XUy61D3pkig0SUjv_YMGT3VNsf-jR0kM6w5TywE_5TMjjRoSZTaxdBllglAih0c_nOMlBKHS0-65gfpYq7g-7c218yS0V4_g7A5t3yJ4LFBx8CBAobyVIeWrCyCNOiLs/s308/While%20there's%20a%20Lucifer%20to%20light%20your%20fag%20.....JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="308" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ39QtlfaiFo5GHT7aRmTnvufVFiTSKg2Qk8d_-r2CLeaT_4zWa_G6muYEV68XUy61D3pkig0SUjv_YMGT3VNsf-jR0kM6w5TywE_5TMjjRoSZTaxdBllglAih0c_nOMlBKHS0-65gfpYq7g-7c218yS0V4_g7A5t3yJ4LFBx8CBAobyVIeWrCyCNOiLs/s1600/While%20there's%20a%20Lucifer%20to%20light%20your%20fag%20.....JPG" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucifer matches</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Sources: Find my Past, FreeBMD and</p><div><div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Powell</div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/history-of-lighters/</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-83904276650335948472023-10-23T05:32:00.000-07:002023-10-23T05:32:12.789-07:00 Spahis<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaQWGmFQlITGbmLEREj93lDUpXwRX21l2SRr07NEYvmDY5Z8m7MQ5154WIy0np5ugnwLPh9doS9vd95d4v3ZIOLEcnaCg0Rku-LEoVRZaxQWMERatri2nvTBPXJ7EqDR2gzsN_NBmzVcvg6I7aV5e0YofL5qUZIvtrPZOVoje855ugdmnm9CHE-htTsg/s1339/Spahi%20of%20the%205th%20Regiment%20de%20Spahis%20Alg%C3%A9riens%20(5th%20RSA)..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1339" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaQWGmFQlITGbmLEREj93lDUpXwRX21l2SRr07NEYvmDY5Z8m7MQ5154WIy0np5ugnwLPh9doS9vd95d4v3ZIOLEcnaCg0Rku-LEoVRZaxQWMERatri2nvTBPXJ7EqDR2gzsN_NBmzVcvg6I7aV5e0YofL5qUZIvtrPZOVoje855ugdmnm9CHE-htTsg/s320/Spahi%20of%20the%205th%20Regiment%20de%20Spahis%20Alg%C3%A9riens%20(5th%20RSA)..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Photo: Spahi of the 5th Regiment de Spahis Algériens (5th RSA) from Wfa België https://www.facebook.com/wfa.belgie.1<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWYV0dhpaab2NkE3_s9S0PBFFPida1rYRLFsHwcwF0QraZfo8KJmEUiAadxJnbn8GpKkLh6ZiVhKui06By8EHUNqI_vVaqkcwSJFOITJCoiFqnSMiSq16yEbYjqtK7V0uVcVaElmwVa6oAqZuvFd7VA5q8-DNeJo1UyCt4bq6bKJQ8m7WUvXOXcOYOl0/s200/Spahi%20insignia.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="200" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWYV0dhpaab2NkE3_s9S0PBFFPida1rYRLFsHwcwF0QraZfo8KJmEUiAadxJnbn8GpKkLh6ZiVhKui06By8EHUNqI_vVaqkcwSJFOITJCoiFqnSMiSq16yEbYjqtK7V0uVcVaElmwVa6oAqZuvFd7VA5q8-DNeJo1UyCt4bq6bKJQ8m7WUvXOXcOYOl0/s1600/Spahi%20insignia.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spahi insignia</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 1st Spahi Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Spahis) is an armoured regiment of the modern French Army, previously called the 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Spahis Marocains). </p><p>The Regiment was established in 1914 as a mounted cavalry unit recruited primarily from indigenous Moroccan horsemen. The regiment saw service in the First World War, and in the Second World War as part of the Forces Françaises Libres, as well as post-war service in the French-Indochina War and elsewhere. The modern regiment continues the traditions of all former Spahi regiments in the French Army of Africa.</p><p>The Moroccan Spahis of the French Army were created in 1914 by Général Hubert Lyautey. The initial title of the regiment was that of the Régiment de Marche de Chasseurs Indigènes à Cheval (R.M.C.I.C). The French Army had already raised four regiments of indigenous cavalry in both Algeria and Tunisia during the 19th century, and extended the designation of "spahis" to the Moroccan mounted units recruited after 1908.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first Marching Moroccan Spahi Regiment (Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains, R.M.S.M) participated in the First Battle of the Marne. Subsequently, sent to the Eastern Front, the regiment served with distinction at Pogradec, Skumbi, Bofnia, Uskub and on the Danube. The regiment was accordingly awarded 5 citations and a fourragere with the colours of the Médaille militaire.</p><p>The 5th RSA was founded in August 1914 and consisted of 8 squadrons and was dissolved in 1962.</p><p>The Indochina Wars (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Đông Dương) were a series of wars which were waged in Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1992, by communist Indochinese forces (mainly the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) against the opponents (mainly French, the State of Vietnam, South Vietnam, American, Cambodian, Laotian Royal, and Chinese forces). The term "Indochina" originally referred to French Indochina, which included the current states of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. In current usage, it applies largely to a geographic region, rather than to a political area. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-46990928786451637762023-10-21T10:57:00.001-07:002023-10-21T10:57:30.288-07:00 The Raid on the Suez Canal, 1915<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrKUFifwONkwbuHTm2Yj1eSzHhY67Bcr7HKNn8vkX1u_SYc5poFPLoRoMAabXmAewmJNl2nF8Q0usmPFL8aqKVXV3P33ipRoHFIOydvkdevvuvhdnXXk7ZAPRJmirKabNPXk2c-qOxgAP0VsN-13yYd1fJsVzj8doCNi56zVOPuBG1QSBvHtK_a9iWnE/s2048/War%20Memorial%20remembering%20Suez%20Canal%201916%20photo%20by%20Andrew%20Mackay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrKUFifwONkwbuHTm2Yj1eSzHhY67Bcr7HKNn8vkX1u_SYc5poFPLoRoMAabXmAewmJNl2nF8Q0usmPFL8aqKVXV3P33ipRoHFIOydvkdevvuvhdnXXk7ZAPRJmirKabNPXk2c-qOxgAP0VsN-13yYd1fJsVzj8doCNi56zVOPuBG1QSBvHtK_a9iWnE/s320/War%20Memorial%20remembering%20Suez%20Canal%201916%20photo%20by%20Andrew%20Mackay.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The Raid on the Suez Canal, also known as Actions on the Suez Canal, took place between 26th January and 4th February 1915, when a German-led Ottoman Army force advanced from Southern Palestine to attack the British Empire-protected Suez Canal, marking the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) of World War I (1914–1918).<p></p><p>Substantial Ottoman forces crossed the Sinai Peninsula, but their attack failed – mainly because of strongly held defences and alert defenders.</p><p>Since its opening in 1869 the Suez Canal had featured prominently in British policy and concerns. Among its great advantages were as a line of communication and also the site for a military base as the well equipped ports at Alexandria and Port Said made the region particularly useful. </p><p>However, the Egyptian public was becoming increasingly opposed to the British occupation of Egypt, in particular various policies issued by Britain during the occupation.</p><p>The Convention of Constantinople of 1888 by the European great powers guaranteed freedom of navigation of the Suez Canal. In August 1914 Egypt was defended by 5,000 men in the Force in Egypt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrodZUmVKoioBa2eejL0jd4MThJExstKDIvnIep9bIjIQ_Cdxr38nNHE_HBJVIT3L4rj3ob0hkEpz2xSXNi6eAO_oOLhQ1F53X_Bpg5VwXRtARBDqIk7mXJaCG-En7_SQlOo-FCAfo_C9BVmGoOG3XiDbvVtgV3MntZtvkukU-1Enjj9ViFDZfupSVO4o/s300/The%20Ottoman%20camel_corps_at_Beersheba%201916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="300" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrodZUmVKoioBa2eejL0jd4MThJExstKDIvnIep9bIjIQ_Cdxr38nNHE_HBJVIT3L4rj3ob0hkEpz2xSXNi6eAO_oOLhQ1F53X_Bpg5VwXRtARBDqIk7mXJaCG-En7_SQlOo-FCAfo_C9BVmGoOG3XiDbvVtgV3MntZtvkukU-1Enjj9ViFDZfupSVO4o/s1600/The%20Ottoman%20camel_corps_at_Beersheba%201916.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Photos: Memorial photo - Chorley Pals Memorial by Andrew Mackay</p><p>The Ottoman Camel Corps 1916</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div><br /></div>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-49446455338969311562023-08-17T10:01:00.001-07:002023-08-17T10:01:30.326-07:00 Two excellent WW1-related books published by Chris Warren <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHbLgqhF0LQNyqCqXuqwnZDeNRk9CG9foCX2J3rpmmz2eWHCeirgBwsRcwAIkiyH73wJxuT96kls_yTT-TVVh_u6QgBq9eMEQVJiv49gyArXA96e9aPU4Xx8jTILiyktuqW3EMtd6jELWYoHNdJMuHzvyldQ_0TiKuONiNzNcSg7uIVvvwQCyHObW3PU/s3796/Covers%20of%20Warren%20Books%20right%20way%20up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="3796" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHbLgqhF0LQNyqCqXuqwnZDeNRk9CG9foCX2J3rpmmz2eWHCeirgBwsRcwAIkiyH73wJxuT96kls_yTT-TVVh_u6QgBq9eMEQVJiv49gyArXA96e9aPU4Xx8jTILiyktuqW3EMtd6jELWYoHNdJMuHzvyldQ_0TiKuONiNzNcSg7uIVvvwQCyHObW3PU/s320/Covers%20of%20Warren%20Books%20right%20way%20up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Retired school teacher Chris Warren has published two excellent WW1-related books:<p></p><p>- “Somewhere in France: Letters written from the Front 1914 – 1918 by Jack Turner, MC, Croix de Guerre”. Chris’s Uncle Jack’s letters sent home from the Western Front </p><p>And</p><p>- “In Flanders Now: The War Poems of Father Albert Purdie 1915 - 1918”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Albert Bertrand Purdie (1888 - 1976) – British writer, poet and Catholic Church Minister, Army Chaplain in WW1. For the poem by Father Purdie, please see</p><p>http://forgottenpoetsofww1.blogspot.com/2023/08/albert-bertrand-purdie-1888-1976.html</p><p>John Turner MC, Croix de Guerre (1882 – 1918) – British schoolteacher and artist (known as Jack Turner). </p><p>In a letter home written in July 1915 by Chris’s Uncle Jack when he was serving on the Western Front, he wrote about meeting the Catholic Chaplain Father Albert Purdie and reading the poem Father Purdie had written about Ploegsteert Wood. </p><p>In an extract from one of Jack’s letters published in the book, he mentions being given a copy of a book – a special gift to Catholic soldiers during the First World War from Lady Edmond Talbot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqHgJ51AC6B2gdxhyIVoJyUeUDmnjMgmYws33lU6HYAld2N3icEaijjU_TdWvaYpWSCLKkVTCv_dPrkbnYPnZJn-TBsqAfPzWrL-TJch-jVE1x_xUcThSUWOxksXJbI-DRmcNChd0qZAU0CJTFX2nzWq7bskGY3SvXvt2Vi1Q-DbGu5FaptVGOoqOpx0/s259/Garden%20of%20the%20Soul%20book%201914.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqHgJ51AC6B2gdxhyIVoJyUeUDmnjMgmYws33lU6HYAld2N3icEaijjU_TdWvaYpWSCLKkVTCv_dPrkbnYPnZJn-TBsqAfPzWrL-TJch-jVE1x_xUcThSUWOxksXJbI-DRmcNChd0qZAU0CJTFX2nzWq7bskGY3SvXvt2Vi1Q-DbGu5FaptVGOoqOpx0/s1600/Garden%20of%20the%20Soul%20book%201914.jpeg" width="194" /></a></div><p></p><p>“He has also given me a jolly little “Garden of the Soul” (Lady Edmond Talbot’s gift to the Catholic soldiers) which is small but has all the offices in.”</p><p>These two books are really interesting and give us an insight into what life was like on the Western Front from the perspective of a soldier and an Army Chaplain.</p><p>Chris Warren’s wonderful books can be purchased by following these links:</p><p>https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11285382-in-flanders-now</p><p> https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/9304624-somewhere-in-france</p><p>Sources:</p><p>“Somewhere in France: Letters written from the Front 1914 – 1918 by Jack Turner, MC, Croix de Guerre” and</p><p>“In Flanders Now: The War Poems of Father Albert Purdie 1915 - 1918”.</p><p>https://www.hcbooksonline.com/product/garden-of-the-soul-catholic-repository-1914/</p><p>For further information please see</p><p>http://inspirationalwomenofww1.blogspot.com/2023/08/lady-edmond-talbot-18591938.html</p><p>http://forgottenpoetsofww1.blogspot.com/2023/08/albert-bertrand-purdie-1888-1976.html</p><p>http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/2023/08/john-turner-mc-croix-de-guerre-1882.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-91781059798129531012023-06-23T05:41:00.001-07:002023-06-23T05:41:17.575-07:00Thomas Arthur Nelson MiD (1876 – 1917) – Scottish International Rugby player<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjoXWY7WpiYkumH3z4f70NXtzBCPWNUGp60wilBso_sRkyJzwX2RGiOi8FBTDT6N3I1_KF3RF8NYJVsTfTJs9MnKT_NRf7BVxONvZH4WG0LlH20MO3WVoEXyM9QNYpDsuP-q6s7GflZ4tnnj9WTYA2agO7CS_Lg8aIRMdG4oidSidCEe_rvq6LYm8KyU/s600/Captain%20Thomas%20Arthur%20Nelson,%201916%20portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjoXWY7WpiYkumH3z4f70NXtzBCPWNUGp60wilBso_sRkyJzwX2RGiOi8FBTDT6N3I1_KF3RF8NYJVsTfTJs9MnKT_NRf7BVxONvZH4WG0LlH20MO3WVoEXyM9QNYpDsuP-q6s7GflZ4tnnj9WTYA2agO7CS_Lg8aIRMdG4oidSidCEe_rvq6LYm8KyU/s320/Captain%20Thomas%20Arthur%20Nelson,%201916%20portrait.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portrait of Thomas<br />by Philip de László</td></tr></tbody></table>Born on 22 September 1876 in St. Leonards, Edinburgh, Scotland, Thomas’s parents were Thomas Nelson, Head of the Nelson Publishing Company in Edinburgh, and his wife Jessie Nelson, nee Kemp. The family lived in the house that had belonged to Thomas’s paternal grandfather, Thomas Nelson - Abden House - in the south of Edinburgh. The grandfather died in 1861.</p><p>Thomas’s father built a new house – St. Leonards - in the grounds of Abden House and the family moved in there in 1890. In 1892, the family purchased an estate in Achnacloich & Kilmaronaig, Argyll, Scotland, on the shores of Loch Etive near Oban in Scotland and spent a considerable part of each year there.</p><p>Thomas initially attended Edinburgh Academy, where he became a Rugby Union player, playing for a combined Edinburgh Academy /Watsons College schoolboy team in January 1895. He went on to study Classics at Oxford University, where he met and became friends with John Buchan. Thomas played Rugby for Oxford University from 1896. He captained the side in 1900.</p><p>On 18th June 1903, Thomas married Margaret Balfour, daughter of the Liverpool merchant, Alexander Balfour. </p><p> John Buchan’s novel “The Thirty-Nine Steps” (1915) is dedicated to Thomas, who became head of the family publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons. John Buchan was taken on by the firm as literary advisor.</p><p>During the First World War, Thomas was commissioned as a Captain into the Lothians and Border Horse Regiment, attached to the Machine Gun Corps, before moving to special service. After eighteen months on the Western Front, Thomas was killed by a stray shell on the first Day of the Battle of Arras, Easter Monday, 9th April 1917. </p><p>Thomas was buried in Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, near Arras, France, grave reference VII.G.26, and is also remembered on the headstone to his parents’ grave in Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh and on the Scottish Rugby Union War Memorial at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOsmhe5KQ2fHVS-_UcuTglEHUrO_RxsHe2eN8VZwKQSZe82zZHOqtZ9StXQ2jL2ODxI21lYlnWlpdW3rVs0bU58qcyVuK5unQQLdxCxtj22fWNUnyKxXMNLfZ25qBdeALqgUS85jEetpt_NgpMcbg_eLO5WQTjEtVYU7avDTGHYqbX1zDbbY9tmcVUqo/s463/Grave%20of%20Captain%20Thomas%20Nelson%201917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOsmhe5KQ2fHVS-_UcuTglEHUrO_RxsHe2eN8VZwKQSZe82zZHOqtZ9StXQ2jL2ODxI21lYlnWlpdW3rVs0bU58qcyVuK5unQQLdxCxtj22fWNUnyKxXMNLfZ25qBdeALqgUS85jEetpt_NgpMcbg_eLO5WQTjEtVYU7avDTGHYqbX1zDbbY9tmcVUqo/s320/Grave%20of%20Captain%20Thomas%20Nelson%201917.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CWGC headstone for grave of<br />Thomas Nelson, <br />Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>NOTES; </p><p>MiD – Mentioned in Despatches </p><p>Portrait of Thomas Arthur Nelson, wearing a greatcoat over service dress of the Lothians and Border Horse, 1916 paintd by Philip de László (1869 – 1937)</p><p>Sources: Find my Past, Free BMD, Wikipedia, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and </p><p>https://www.guildfordanzacs.org.au/military-abbreviations-used-ww1-reference-sources</p><p>https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/lifestyle/14369214.highland-history-at-achnacloich/</p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-80287057708339774472023-04-08T05:24:00.002-07:002023-04-08T05:24:29.303-07:00A poem and image from "The Bystander" 1917 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwV-z9sQAu5ZoxhNYPootesWN_asz79jLMSfCnZJGxq7X3l9uo9d4iqU7tfQDCK1HRIlw300nOmyyZ571XF6kg0QdrXDJLuZ242JsJ7Ui75BNcSrS7AO61XpQMXQzQ1S2sKbeUND8goSb1Xqxnqx4bF4LR2ZEJ_TncAJIiJPveJcpKlAgd_oW1teia/s1885/Harrowing%20a%20poem%20and%20picture%20from%20Bystander%20April%201917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="1241" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwV-z9sQAu5ZoxhNYPootesWN_asz79jLMSfCnZJGxq7X3l9uo9d4iqU7tfQDCK1HRIlw300nOmyyZ571XF6kg0QdrXDJLuZ242JsJ7Ui75BNcSrS7AO61XpQMXQzQ1S2sKbeUND8goSb1Xqxnqx4bF4LR2ZEJ_TncAJIiJPveJcpKlAgd_oW1teia/w264-h400/Harrowing%20a%20poem%20and%20picture%20from%20Bystander%20April%201917.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>With thanks to Historian Debbie Cameron for finding this for us.<p></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-62730998205046156942023-03-15T07:56:00.003-07:002023-03-15T08:05:54.873-07:00 Ernest Bristow Farrar (1885 - 1918) – Scholar of the Royal College of Music. Composer and Organist.<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Found by Historian Debbie Cameron while trying to find out more </i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>about the WW1 poet E.D. Farrer*</i></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0veUeImow5r9hH0dSOkK_eAqgrm1Km8l98JJ-GeXinXq3Qoz5M3TdXdHQ1RHLljggldl-C7qQWOUc91scQTfUHo3PRKCclXxHDlFvIGN3bj5lRMNQjgMVq39bLPnDxDs-FCqwVhdLB737JBk7p_p-WBMxv8ILYA2ubFt6fAupHd8_4qagAdTnG42/s226/Ernest%20Farrar%20WW1%20composer.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="169" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0veUeImow5r9hH0dSOkK_eAqgrm1Km8l98JJ-GeXinXq3Qoz5M3TdXdHQ1RHLljggldl-C7qQWOUc91scQTfUHo3PRKCclXxHDlFvIGN3bj5lRMNQjgMVq39bLPnDxDs-FCqwVhdLB737JBk7p_p-WBMxv8ILYA2ubFt6fAupHd8_4qagAdTnG42/s1600/Ernest%20Farrar%20WW1%20composer.jpg" width="169" /></a></div>Ernest was born in Lewisham, London, UK in July 1885. His parents were the Rev. and Mrs. C. D. Farrar, of Micklefield Vicarage, Leeds, where the family moved in 1887, where his father was a clergyman. The rest of Ernest’s life was very much centred in the North of England, which had a thriving concert and recital tradition, particularly at the turn of the century. <p></p><p>Ernest became involved in the thriving musical scene in Harrogate. He conducted the Harrogate Orchestral Society and was involved with the Harrogate Municipal Orchestra through his friendship with the flamboyant conductor Julian Clifford, who performed a number of his premieres, including the now-lost Orchestral Rhapsody No.2 ‘Lavengro’ in 1913, the extended orchestral fantasy The Forsaken Merman in 1914 and the Variations on an Old British Sea Song on Ernest's 30th birthday in 1915. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzoMcIz9_nJwND-rcOET2vwXeyyVmTEb_29jpnKQjIoytdgqZLXLYWMzZ_VbogJtEn8_GR3Pv6kgaFXz5xcTkm6tlDT4DRWDv1R0kmSv_5oPJCjjGrVw09WcTDlCBWd4Qu3ZrCfDmZd3OOrVPUx3l-_lTN2bK96B5xogvOLL3kSi9ExjGbvMh_zlP/s314/Vagabond%20Songs%20cover%20by%20Ernest%20Bristow%20Farrar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="223" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzoMcIz9_nJwND-rcOET2vwXeyyVmTEb_29jpnKQjIoytdgqZLXLYWMzZ_VbogJtEn8_GR3Pv6kgaFXz5xcTkm6tlDT4DRWDv1R0kmSv_5oPJCjjGrVw09WcTDlCBWd4Qu3ZrCfDmZd3OOrVPUx3l-_lTN2bK96B5xogvOLL3kSi9ExjGbvMh_zlP/s1600/Vagabond%20Songs%20cover%20by%20Ernest%20Bristow%20Farrar.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><p>Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 27th February 1918,Farrar was posted to France on 6th September 1918. When he arrived in France Ernest had briefly befriended the playwright and later broadcaster J.B. Priestley. He was granted leave in the summer of 1918 and returned to England, where he conducted the premiere of his final opus, the “Heroic Elegy”, at the Royal Hall in Harrogate. This piece was dedicated to his fallen comrades. </p><p>Ernest returned to duty in September and was killed by machine gun-fire at the Battle of Ephey Ronssoy on the Western Front Farrar near Le Cateau in the Somme Valley, south west of Cambrai on 18th September, after just two days back in the Front Lines. Ernest was buried in Ronssoy Communal Cemetery, Grave Reference: B. 27. His grave lies just outside the churchyard wall in Ronssoy Communal Cemetery Extension, in a corner under a few trees.</p><p>Ernest’s obituary published in the “Musical Times”: ‘He was a musician of the highest ideals, and was devoted to the art he served so faithfully.’ Stanford, writing in the “Durham University Journal” wrote: “Farrar was one of my most loyal and devoted pupils. He was very shy, but full of poetry, and I always thought very high things of him as a composer, and lamented his loss both personally and artistically.”</p><p>Sources: Find my Past</p><p>https://www.findmypast.co.uk/t ranscript?id=GBM%2FLIVES%2F1200125</p><p>https://www.warcomposers.co.uk/farrarbio</p><p>http://www.stwilfrid.org/ww1-memoriam/</p><p>Debbie Cameron runs the Facebook Group Remembering British Women in WW1 – The Home Front and Overseas https://www.facebook.com/groups/1468972083412699/</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the poem Debbie found written by E.D. Farrer and published in "Forget=me-Not" Journal in 1914: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbnA62lSlwzUe9BI4LqYSwanjJNnyYqVrD_HdgQWMmJD71LB7LA0oQPaM3qq7oJ2G5nOqZjEzfHA0y6GNVGeTdBJ5ehV2qpR8sQu61cBY42lhsIYQ0jASdI8Miie25z5MoM4EfP6pPP6aVdHtTSrro4p85Z6I2df5xx52e0iX3mTqGyB_ZDHw-_tw/s205/Poem%20A%20Lover%20in%20Khaki%20by%20E.D.%20Farrer%20in%20Forget%20me%20Not%20journal%20for%20Ladies%20Sept%201914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="161" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbnA62lSlwzUe9BI4LqYSwanjJNnyYqVrD_HdgQWMmJD71LB7LA0oQPaM3qq7oJ2G5nOqZjEzfHA0y6GNVGeTdBJ5ehV2qpR8sQu61cBY42lhsIYQ0jASdI8Miie25z5MoM4EfP6pPP6aVdHtTSrro4p85Z6I2df5xx52e0iX3mTqGyB_ZDHw-_tw/s1600/Poem%20A%20Lover%20in%20Khaki%20by%20E.D.%20Farrer%20in%20Forget%20me%20Not%20journal%20for%20Ladies%20Sept%201914.JPG" width="161" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-46915174822638913202023-02-12T08:02:00.003-08:002023-02-12T08:02:41.347-08:00Sarah Marie Worthman asks : “Have you heard about the Canadian Government’s 2SLGBTQ+ persecution campaign during WW1? Presentations in Canada<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYAWNgfZkavJ1fZko82RB-GwqIJP78vMMVQ5Wb9Wutm2ljAHjHuKs-6AQFREHFUw60S7keJS6DHqv3-RSK7d38RneVI7dmko8CeOONE4dYL6Jji7T_6Jl1M3xxqtkckZPDR-c2MWy6ctWyiHCqaZ2Lq99IAYEqGtcRREmH7heagS45LQWj6Asvm_E/s1620/Canadian%20Government%20WW1%20cpersecution%20campaign%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYAWNgfZkavJ1fZko82RB-GwqIJP78vMMVQ5Wb9Wutm2ljAHjHuKs-6AQFREHFUw60S7keJS6DHqv3-RSK7d38RneVI7dmko8CeOONE4dYL6Jji7T_6Jl1M3xxqtkckZPDR-c2MWy6ctWyiHCqaZ2Lq99IAYEqGtcRREmH7heagS45LQWj6Asvm_E/s320/Canadian%20Government%20WW1%20cpersecution%20campaign%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sarah Marie Worthman asks : “Have you heard about the Canadian Government’s 2SLGBTQ+ persecution campaign during WW1? Or about the famous queer performer who travelled across the Western Front performing for Canada’s soldiers? <span style="color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drag artists from the war are discussed in my presentation. Come and learn about this history and much more at one of the presentations we are hosting in St. John's, Ottawa, Toronto, and Halifax.”</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sarah has given me permission to share the information about these presentations with you:</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0s50y0SAoDBQciD6jTBRSIhitNFWHqvGjV43tJ0PeV9szlNQmgGS90M7btRmTgNJagNzVQKsap2l1hdnPdcvTFEkz7Xh1tSZ_jKe76fFFzZ6MhvP4XG58wLpnGEURqnc3_vihitkl_--i-FFwlqCvmX5zhtQ22IWhykN7iRgE_ZzpCEAVZYWn2mL/s1620/Canadian%20Government%20WW1%20persecution%20campaign%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc0s50y0SAoDBQciD6jTBRSIhitNFWHqvGjV43tJ0PeV9szlNQmgGS90M7btRmTgNJagNzVQKsap2l1hdnPdcvTFEkz7Xh1tSZ_jKe76fFFzZ6MhvP4XG58wLpnGEURqnc3_vihitkl_--i-FFwlqCvmX5zhtQ22IWhykN7iRgE_ZzpCEAVZYWn2mL/s320/Canadian%20Government%20WW1%20persecution%20campaign%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103819154058097010.post-51260723909006661622023-01-20T04:12:00.000-08:002023-01-20T04:12:09.656-08:00 John Scott Haldane (1860 – 1936) – British physician and inventor of the gas mask<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUxvmnt_PidbuiKs3TRM38F_8BiB11ybmUaCIridt17MjSajCXwSOK5WuUXwk5PXPX3L2i3yPI2pq5bqpdpTgQiVqeHIQL19h88hHCtdkOp7kXLoQnccwxzkVUvDYEo_9VvD03tABdtkLJFAzJck9EcHBge4eDDSx5KmyMFhzceFOwfE7nd6jfdXs/s312/John_Scott_Haldane_1910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="220" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUxvmnt_PidbuiKs3TRM38F_8BiB11ybmUaCIridt17MjSajCXwSOK5WuUXwk5PXPX3L2i3yPI2pq5bqpdpTgQiVqeHIQL19h88hHCtdkOp7kXLoQnccwxzkVUvDYEo_9VvD03tABdtkLJFAzJck9EcHBge4eDDSx5KmyMFhzceFOwfE7nd6jfdXs/s1600/John_Scott_Haldane_1910.jpg" width="220" /></a></div>Educated at Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh University and the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, John graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University Medical School in 1884, after which he was a Demonstrator at University College, Dundee. From 1907 to 1913 he was a Reader in Physiology at Oxford University where his uncle, John Burdon-Sanderson, was Waynflete Professor of Physiology.<p></p><p>Through his research, John Scott Haldane became an international authority on ether and respiration and was famous for self experimentation – locking himself in sealed chambers breathing potentially lethal cocktails of gases while recording their effect on his mind and body. </p><p>John married Louisa Kathleen Coutts Trotter (1863–1961) in December 1891. She was the daughter of Coutts Trotter FRGS and Harriet Augusta Keatinge. They had two children – a son J. B. S. Haldane, who served in WW1 and became a scientist - and Naomi, who became a writer and wrote using her married name of Mitchison. His nephew was the New Zealand doctor and public health administrator Robert Haldane Makgill.</p><p>When the Germans used poison gas during the First World War, John travelled to the Western Front at the request of Lord Kitchener to try to identify the gases being used. One outcome of this was his invention of a respirator, known as the black veil - an early gas mask After being forced out of combatting poison gases in WWI due to alleged German sympathies, he began working with victims of gas warfare and developed oxygen treatment including the oxygen tent.</p><p>After John’s death in March 1936, the poet Sir Henry Newbolt wrote this poem:</p><p>"For J. S. Haldane"</p><p>SILENT Moon and silent morning air,</p><p>Silver frost on green and silver lawn,</p><p>Shimmering mist in downland hollows bare,</p><p>Magical night dying in timeless dawn—</p><p>O Earth, Earth, Earth! what needs this loveliness</p><p>To quiet a graveyard of unnumbered clods?</p><p>Is thy bread truth, or we that break and bless?</p><p>Shall we not live at last, when we are Gods?</p><p>Sir Henry Newbolt 1937, published in Newbolt’s collection “A Perpetual Memory and other Poems” With brief memoirs by Walter de la Mare and Ralph Furse (Murray, 1939).</p><p>http://martingoodman.com/soyouwanttobeawriter/2008/02/poetry-of-mourning.html</p><p>https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/John_Scott_Haldane.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956422195610297062noreply@blogger.com