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Jenny · 13 May 2008, 10:50 AM

Dear Mr. Hill or is it Pete?,
I sent you a post a few days ago. I will edit it today as I need to clean up some spelling and grammar. Could you tell us what you are looking to do? Obviously, you want folks who served in the military. What about civilian intelligence? Nurses? People who left their civilian jobs to provide services for the military? What about potential soldiers deemed too important to release for service? Do you want categories? Here are some more people:
1. Charley Best , artillery sergeant, made it to the UK when the war ended.
2. Victor Klemperer
3. Otto Frank
4. Paul Poirot, French designer. He closed up his fashion house to serve the military by streamlining uniform production. He went broke during the war, and never recovered. Died in obscurity in 1944.
As a designer he is pretty much forgotten, as he was over shadowed by Chanel. However he was famous for as he said "freeing the waist and shackling the feet." He dispensed with the corset, and invented the hobble skirt. The skirt was a trend among fashionistas, such as my paternal grand mother, although I doubt she got rid of her corsets at least for daytime wear.
5. Alfred Eisenstaedt. Native of East Prussia, raised in Berlin. Severely wounded Flanders, 9 April,1918. Only survivor of his artillery battery. Walked with a severe limp for the rest of his life.
6. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German expressionist.
7. Ferdinand Foch.
8. Felix Yusapov. He had a positively lovely war. He looked smashing in uniform, and managed to stay posted at a military academy for the duration. One might say that the only man he was responsible for killing while in service was Rasputin. The rest is history.
9. Reginald Wingate British High Commissioner for Egypt.
10. The future Admiral Donitz, who owed his to Chester Nimitz .
11. Baron Gottfreid von Banfield, the Eagle of Triest. Gregory Peck could have played him in a film. Highest scoring Austrian naval ace. Imprisoned by the Italians after the war. Married another impoverished aristocrat. Immigrated to UK. Became a draftsman in Newcastle. Raised family. His son became a prominent British classical composer. At age 84 he was running the French consulate in Triest.

It almost a given that nearly everyone who made it to General and its equivilence by WW2 served in WW1. Try look under such topics as "British Admirals, WW2", or "Russian Generals, WW2", etc.

You might try looking under such headings as "Harvard Men WW1", or "Women WW1".

Try spartacus.schoolnet.com.It had a section on women and the war..
Check 1914-18 war - Art of the First World War. "Art of the first World War".
Look at "Famous Jews International". famous.heebz.com

I was wondering about the artist Ernst Dryden. His dates 1883-1938, are right, but I couldn't find anything on him.
Good luck. Jenny

13 May 2008, 10:50 AM	#29 (permalink)
Jenny Observer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Jolla, California Posts: 29	People Who Served In Ww1 Dear Mr. Hill or is it Pete?, I sent you a post a few days ago. I will edit it today as I need to clean up some spelling and grammar. Could you tell us what you are looking to do? Obviously, you want folks who served in the military. What about civilian intelligence? Nurses? People who left their civilian jobs to provide services for the military? What about potential soldiers deemed too important to release for service? Do you want categories? Here are some more people: 1. Charley Best , artillery sergeant, made it to the UK when the war ended. 2. Victor Klemperer 3. Otto Frank 4. Paul Poirot, French designer. He closed up his fashion house to serve the military by streamlining uniform production. He went broke during the war, and never recovered. Died in obscurity in 1944. As a designer he is pretty much forgotten, as he was over shadowed by Chanel. However he was famous for as he said "freeing the waist and shackling the feet." He dispensed with the corset, and invented the hobble skirt. The skirt was a trend among fashionistas, such as my paternal grand mother, although I doubt she got rid of her corsets at least for daytime wear. 5. Alfred Eisenstaedt. Native of East Prussia, raised in Berlin. Severely wounded Flanders, 9 April,1918. Only survivor of his artillery battery. Walked with a severe limp for the rest of his life. 6. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German expressionist. 7. Ferdinand Foch. 8. Felix Yusapov. He had a positively lovely war. He looked smashing in uniform, and managed to stay posted at a military academy for the duration. One might say that the only man he was responsible for killing while in service was Rasputin. The rest is history. 9. Reginald Wingate British High Commissioner for Egypt. 10. The future Admiral Donitz, who owed his to Chester Nimitz . 11. Baron Gottfreid von Banfield, the Eagle of Triest. Gregory Peck could have played him in a film. Highest scoring Austrian naval ace. Imprisoned by the Italians after the war. Married another impoverished aristocrat. Immigrated to UK. Became a draftsman in Newcastle. Raised family. His son became a prominent British classical composer. At age 84 he was running the French consulate in Triest. It almost a given that nearly everyone who made it to General and its equivilence by WW2 served in WW1. Try look under such topics as "British Admirals, WW2", or "Russian Generals, WW2", etc. You might try looking under such headings as "Harvard Men WW1", or "Women WW1". Try spartacus.schoolnet.com.It had a section on women and the war.. Check 1914-18 war - Art of the First World War. "Art of the first World War". Look at "Famous Jews International". famous.heebz.com I was wondering about the artist Ernst Dryden. His dates 1883-1938, are right, but I couldn't find anything on him. Good luck. Jenny Last edited by Jenny; 13 May 2008 at 08:16 PM. Reason: spelling/grammar.