# Name a figure associated with World War I **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802 "2016-05-27T11:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/81 "2016-05-29T20:42:29Z")
> [@bump](#): > > [And more phallic than a field piece…](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Liberty_Memorial_2008.jpg) It even has testes :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/82 "2016-05-29T22:54:40Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I have a son at the University of Missouri Journalism School, and I DO plan a Kansas City trip within the next year or two. To eat barbecue, have a cheeseburger at Winsted’s, and to see the U.S. WWI memorial. (Maybe something having to do with jazz music, too, since it was Count Basie’s and Charlie Parker’s hometown) Dopefest! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/83 "2016-05-30T03:12:57Z")
Pershing was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/84 "2016-05-30T03:26:17Z")
Sarge York of course. Famous WWI hero from TN ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/85 "2016-05-30T03:48:39Z")
[Sergeant Stubby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/86 "2016-05-30T03:50:50Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > If you haven’t been yet, check out the Kansas City WW1 memorial and museum. It’s both impressive and educational. And also reverent. We visited there on our road trip from CA to TN in 2014. I can’t even begin describe the impact the trenches exhibit had on us, especially my son who was 15 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/87 "2016-07-10T19:42:02Z")
Archie Duke. He shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/88 "2016-07-10T20:10:27Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Wilfred Owen sprang to mind. But then I’m an effete ponce of an Englishman, so no surprise there. I’ll see your Wilfred Owen and raise you a Rupert Brooke. Don’t even try the Siegfried Sassoon ploy… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/89 "2016-07-10T20:37:06Z")
Bismarck. Yes, I know he technically wasn’t in the game any more by the time WW1 broke out, but it’s his policies and moreover the whole spirit he gave Germany (or maybe enabled in Germany might be more fair ?) that ultimately screwed the pooch. ---
**Author:** ![Melisande](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Melisande](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melisande)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/90 "2016-07-11T01:30:17Z")
It’s not a person but [Simpson’s donkey](https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/forging/australians/simpson.asp). We did Wilfred Owen at school. And there was the guy that got assassinated, but I didn’t remember his name. ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/91 "2016-07-11T01:44:02Z")
First thoughts are Archduke Ferdinand, von Richtofen, Pershing, the Kaiser, Rickenbacker, Churchill and Woodrow Wilson. If all but one name on the board were revealed, I had to choose a name and we were down to our last strike, I’d say, in order, Hitler, Albert Ball, and Hobey Baker. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/92 "2016-07-11T05:00:37Z")
Churchill, Red Baron, Sergeant Alvin York, Eddie Rickenbacker Churchill The First Lord of the Admiralty was responsible for a major blunder at Gallipoli. He resigned and rejoined the Army to serve in France. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/93 "2016-07-11T05:41:19Z")
Lloyd George Sgt. York Kaiser Willi ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/94 "2016-07-11T06:27:24Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Bismarck. > Yes, I know he technically wasn’t in the game any more by the time WW1 broke out, but it’s his policies and moreover the whole spirit he gave Germany (or maybe enabled in Germany might be more fair ?) that ultimately screwed the pooch. Bismarck was at least smart enough to recognize the danger of a major war and work on avoiding it. He understood the importance of things like keeping France isolated, keeping Britain neutral, and keeping Austria and Russia from going to war over the Balkans. Another important thing Bismarck understood was that there were limits to how far a nation could push around other nations and Bismarck always backed off before that point. Unfortunately for Germany, it took an awful lot of work to keep all these factors in balance and after Bismarck was gone, his successors tried to simplify the situation. But by doing so they threw off the balance of power and events began moving against Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/95 "2016-07-11T10:22:48Z")
Gavrilo Princip. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/96 "2016-07-11T13:31:03Z")
Was trying to think of any famous women associated with WWI but could only up with [Mata Hari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari). ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/97 "2016-07-11T13:52:58Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Was trying to think of any famous women associated with WWI but could only up with [Mata Hari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari). I think I might start a _Name a figure associated with The Charge Of The Light Brigade_ thread… ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/98 "2016-07-11T14:11:25Z")
After Ferdinand, the only two I could think of (and these likely wouldn’t pop up on a Family Feud survey) were Alf Razzell and Bill Hubbard. The first and last tracks on Roger Waters’ album “Amused to Death” contain a haunting interview with an elderly Razzell in which he recounts his WW1 experience of attempting to carry a fatally wounded Hubbard across [No Man’s Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_man%27s_land#World_War_I); after a short distance Hubbard was in too much pain to continue, and Razzell had to abandon him there to die. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/99 "2016-07-11T14:41:36Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Was trying to think of any famous women associated with WWI but could only up with [Mata Hari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari). [Edith Cavell](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Cavell) was also shot as a spy. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802/100 "2016-07-12T20:03:21Z")
My grandfather. He immigrated from Sicily and joined the U.S. Army and went to fight in France. We grew up with a picture of him in an Army uniform that included a sort of Smokey the Bear hat and holding a rifle. Vittorio Orlando too (speaking of Sicilians), not from the war, but from the Versailles conference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-figure-associated-with-world-war-i/755802.md?page=6)