Tag Picture Quiz

[Tim Marlow]

A V Roe?

 

[stillp]

No, keep trying!

Pete

 

[Tim Marlow]

Geoffrey De Havilland?

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Sydney Camm.

 

[stillp]

That's him Peter, designer of the Hurricane, arguably the man who won the BoB. (I'll let you off the spelling mistake!)

Your turn!

Pete

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Corrected the spelling Tim. Could someone else take my go please?

 

[Lee W]

Sir Fredrick Hadley

Lee

 

[Lee W]

Forget it! :D

Lee

 

[Jakko]

The Patchett Machine Carbine Mk.I.
Trialled from 1945 and used experimentally in service

Apparently, at least one was used in November 1944 in my neck of the woods. I would love to find a photograph of it …

 

[Tim Marlow]

As Peter inadvertently name dropped me, and has asked for a stand-in, I’ll go next......hopefully easy....

What regiment, what battle, which artist?

 

[Lee W]

11th Hussars, battle of balaclava, 1854, Richard Caton Woodville

Lee

 

[Tim Marlow]

Two out of three Lee...guess which one is wrong...

 

[Lee W]

Uh... the Light Brigade?

Lee

 

[Peter Gillson]

17th Lancers rather than the Hussars, otherwise as Lee suggested. Woodville's painting Releif of Balackava featured the 11th Hussars.

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

And you can see the 8th Hussars in the rear.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Sorry about that lads, busy day at work.....
Correct Peter, two thirds to Lee and one third to Peter then....it was the pointy sticks that gave it away Lee.....
I’d go for a picture each.....
Cheers
Tim

 

[Peter Gillson]

Ok. here is one whihc may be rather difficult. be careful.

Name the largest vessel in the photo of

 

[Tim Marlow]

Is this some sort of floating dock......with boats in it?

 

[Tim Marlow]

I’m going for USS Artisan?

 

[Peter Gillson]

Tim - that was rediculously quick. i thought it was going to take a bit longer for anybody to get it.

Here are a couple more photos - quite a remarkable piece of engineering: