patches Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share #26 Posted February 8, 2016 Then there is Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front. taken into the Army in I gather late June 1916, he appanrently spent some time in Germany before going to the front, assigned to the Westphalian Reserve Infantrie Regiment Nr. 15. he was at the front for a little over a month when he was badly wounded on July 31 1917 in the Third Battle of Ypres, and spent the remainder of the war in hospital and in convalescence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share #27 Posted February 8, 2016 Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, or Bela Lugosi as he's more famously known. Here he is as an officer in 1914. A bit skechy on his actual service unit in the Austrian Army, one of the other forums gives Infantrie Regiment Rupprecht Kronprinz Von Bayern Nr 43, initially at least. His more famous look https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share #28 Posted February 8, 2016 Maurice Chevalier, French Army, think it say's 81 for the 81st Infantry Regiment on his collar, circa 1918. One other site says he was in the 35th Infantry Regiment, this was in 1913, Chevalier was a member of the Pre-War Army. Here he is in the 1958 movie Gigi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #29 Posted February 9, 2016 Basil Rathbone the actor who made Sherlock Holmes famous on the silver screen in the 1930s & 40s. He served in France as a Second Lt. in the 2nd Bn, London Scottish and was awarded the Military Cross Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes jpeg.jpg Here's a photo of Rathbone during the war, here he was in the Liverpool Scottish, he went on to the London Scottish at a later date, I think in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #30 Posted February 9, 2016 In Hodden Grey. As mentioned Ronald Colman served in the London Scottish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Colman As a bit of movie trivia one of the GIs (Hansen) in the seminal 1950 WWII movie about the Big Red one in Normandy, BREAKTHROUGH, imitates Ronald Colman from the 1938 movie If I Were King (fellow Londonian Scots Basil Rathbone also stars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #31 Posted February 9, 2016 Two other Hollywood actors from England served in the same London Scottish, Herbert Marshall, who actualy lost a leg at the Second Battle of Arras in April 1917. In WWII he worked with Amputees, visiting U.S. Army hospitals both in the States and Overseas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marshall Claude Rains Here is a photo of Rains after he returned to limited Duty in England in another Arm, looks like Royal Artillery? Rains was badly hit by GAS near Vimy Ridge in November 1916, he almost went completely blind, he did lose most of his sight in his right eye, And his voice was affected, Rains' voice was now huskier and would be forever be his Hollywood Stock & Trade. Here he is in the 1963 movie Lawrence of Arabia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #32 Posted February 9, 2016 Here's a photo of Rathbone during the war, here he was in the Liverpool Scottish, he went on to the London Scottish at a later date, I think in France. rathbone-liverpoolscottishbeforelondonscottish.jpg Seems to be a error here, seems Rathbone went to the London Scots first when he enlisted, and then to the Liverpool Scots upon commissioning. Here's his mention in the newspaper The London Gazette, note the date and L'pool R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted February 9, 2016 Share #33 Posted February 9, 2016 C.S.Lewis was commissioned into the Third Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and fought at the Somme. He and J.R.R. Tolkien became good friends after the war. Both reflected the absolute horrors of war in their writings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #34 Posted February 9, 2016 Charles Laughton. Another GAS casualty. Here is an extensive site on his Great War service. http://www.huntscycles.co.uk/C%20L%201%20Home%20Page.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted February 9, 2016 Share #35 Posted February 9, 2016 Although he died in combat in 1916, Allan Seeger was an American poet serving in the French Foreign Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #36 Posted February 9, 2016 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Sergeant, Italian Army. He's better known as Pope Saint John the XXIII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII Here's one more photo of him in the war when he was a Corporal. One as a Bishop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #37 Posted February 9, 2016 And later as IL Papa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #38 Posted February 9, 2016 Buster Keaton - U.S. Navy WWI Buster-Keaton-flickr.jpg Eh Buster was actually in the Army, the 40th Division, the 40th Div was in the AEF but it was a DEPOT DIV, redesignated there as the 6th Depot Division, it provided replacements for the front. A one of a kind page on his WW service. http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/buster.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniformcollector Posted February 9, 2016 Share #39 Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks for the correction. I must have missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted February 9, 2016 Share #40 Posted February 9, 2016 Then, of course, there's another American poet, Joyce Kilmer who served and died in the "Fighting 69th". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohn#3RD Posted February 9, 2016 Share #41 Posted February 9, 2016 Don’t forget forget Pre-WWI 4 time Indy 500 Hundred Winner "Fact Eddy” a.k.a. Edward Rickenbacher who later became America’s Ace of Aces Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker. Image found at https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M7dc62884670e7eacf4838025744b4a41o1&pid=15.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #42 Posted February 9, 2016 Then there was the Great Waldo Pepper, USAAS vet who became famous in the Mid West as a Barnstormer in the late 20s early 30s. Only joking, nothing like a little levity now and again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted February 9, 2016 Share #43 Posted February 9, 2016 actor George Percy Collins: Fought in the US Army in World War I. When the US entered World War II, he enlisted in the army and fought again. G. Pat Collins was born on December 16, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as George Percy Collins. He is known for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) He died on August 5, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. G. Pat Collins played Lieutenant Bertinck in the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share #44 Posted February 9, 2016 actor George Percy Collins: Fought in the US Army in World War I. When the US entered World War II, he enlisted in the army and fought again. G. Pat Collins was born on December 16, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as George Percy Collins. He is known for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) He died on August 5, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. G. Pat Collins played Lieutenant Bertinck in the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" 1930 A interesting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3bs Posted February 9, 2016 Share #45 Posted February 9, 2016 Ernest Hemingway was an ambulance driver during the war for the Red Cross and was in the middle of the fighting. To me that is close enough to being in the military. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 9, 2016 Share #46 Posted February 9, 2016 Ernest Hemingway was an ambulance driver during the war for the Red Cross and was in the middle of the fighting. To me that is close enough to being in the military. Post #10 Papa Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3bs Posted February 10, 2016 Share #47 Posted February 10, 2016 Oh well - - that was his twin - - - thanks - - - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted February 10, 2016 Share #48 Posted February 10, 2016 The son of Alois Schicklgruber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share #49 Posted February 10, 2016 The son of Alois Schicklgruber schickelgruber.jpg No Politicians Please or Generals of the Second World War. Harry Truman excepted, as he was already posted. Only those Vets from the Entertainment, Sports, and the Literary world and or Art and Architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share #50 Posted February 10, 2016 Here's two more U.S. Navy Vets. Emanuel Goldenberg, better known as Edward G. Robinson. Spencer Tracy. Photo of Tracy taken in H.S. AFTER his Navy Service, he went to finish H.S. at the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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