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Pomp and Circumstance

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 12 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sir Hamar Greenwood liked waggling his stick ! ... www.britishpathe.com/video/sir-hamar-greenwood-1
  • beachcomber australia said:
    ... and appeared in a cartoon spilling red ink over Ulster - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000508368 . I'm not at all sure what that was about !
  • DannyM8 said:
    Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, PC, KC (7 February 1870 – 10 September 1948), known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician. He served as the last Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1920 and 1922. Both his sons died unmarried rendering the Greenwood viscountcy extinct in 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamar_Greenwood,_1st_Viscount_Green...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Per wikipedia: Initially the Parliament met in Belfast's City Hall
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Yes: Streetview

Sir John Simon, 1/3/16 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • B-59 said:
    "John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon,_1st_Viscount_Simon He was home secretary from 27 May 1915 to 12 January 1916.
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    B-59: Thank you for providing the information about Simon. We will expand the catalog record.

General Lord Roberts AKA "Bobs"

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • derangedlemur said:
    The pocket general.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    He was a very small man but was genuinely respected by the men who served under him including the Irish men many of whom served with him in India!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Victoria Cross, VC - top left medal. Details at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts "He was awarded the Victoria Cross medal for actions on 2 January 1858 at Khudaganj. The citation reads: Lieutenant Roberts' gallantry has on every occasion been most marked. On following the retreating enemy on 2 January 1858, at Khodagunge, he saw in the distance two Sepoys going away with a standard. Lieutenant Roberts put spurs to his horse, and overtook them just as they were about to enter a village. They immediately turned round, and presented their muskets at him, and one of the men pulled the trigger, but fortunately the caps snapped, and the standard-bearer was cut down by this gallant young officer, and the standard taken possession of by him. He also, on the same day, cut down another Sepoy who was standing at bay, with musket and bayonet, keeping off a Sowar. Lieutenant Roberts rode to the assistance of the horseman, and, rushing at the Sepoy, with one blow of his sword cut him across the face, killing him on the spot.
  • Swordscookie said:
    Roberts actually lived in Waterford for a while which might explain why his portrait is among the Poole collection! There's a plaque on a wall out the Dunmore Road giving details!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Red Herring - Well I never! There is a pub in Sydney, Australia renamed (1901) after him. www.lordrobertshotel.com.au/