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A man with a past and a code

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Innes, A. L. (Alexander Lee), 1868-1948, photographer. St Helena Studio, Jamestown No idea re subject
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Captain Jens Friis from Denmark ?? "Mr Uggla had continued recruiting and on 20th January 1900 another 20 new volunteers arrived from Pretoria under command of Captain Jens Friis, who was a Dane. The decision to disband the Company was now altered and it should instead be reorganized. The new organization was: ... ..." From - www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/boer-units/1955-sca... (Use 'find on page' "Friis") He was taken Prisoner of War and must have ended up on St Helena. Not sure "V.C" refers to Victoria Cross.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Similar info here - samilitaryhistory.org/vol145sb.html
  • beachcomber australia said:

    A censored letter to Jens Friis in Cape Town.
    Via - stampauctionnetwork.com/ha/ha301285.cfm
  • beachcomber australia said:
    This wiki page about Boer foreign volunteers mentions an Irish brigade, which might be a possible connection to Alice Stopford Green - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_foreign_volunteers And - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_commandos

Dressed to kill

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Google Lens is suggesting a "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Malta", whatever that is. See similar garb - from - ristorantevillaalta.com/villa-sagna/
  • O Mac said:
    Was this taken at the 1922 Met Gala?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Certainly looks identical. Now on to the "whatever that is", the whoever that is, whenever that was, and the photographer...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    O Mac Probably a bit too understated.
  • John Spooner said:
    Reporting the coronation of Pope Pius XI in February 1922, the correspondent of the Drogheda Independent noted that
    The Knights of the Order of Malta and those of the Holy Sepulchre were much admired in their red and white uniforms

Seán T the peacemaker?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • John Spooner said:
    The hat and the roof of the grandstand match this picture from the Illustrated London News of 26th August 1950.

    Edit: but I'm not sure about the collar.
    Illustrated London News - Saturday 26 August 1950
  • John Spooner said:
    President O'Kelly attended on Friday 11th August, arriving at 3 p.m. (Irish Independent - Saturday 12 August 1950)
  • John Spooner said:
    Judging from a picture in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News - Wednesday 24 August 1949 (which includes the presidental collar, matching this time), The picture was taken at the 1949 event, and the military man on the right is Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
  • Irish251 said:
    Youtube is useful here: youtu.be/5jvaheS8AxU youtu.be/aayPjTAIJHs
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands (1911 - 2004) was a character and a half - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Bernhard_of_Lippe-Biesterfeld