Gutsy Types - Adventurers

Mr. Morton Braddock

Louisiana Boy Finds Bayou Gold: Seen here, young Morton Braddock leans against the car of his dreams made possible by a recent stroke of luck while shooting in the backwoods in the home of the former sugar industry along the Lafourche. Mr Braddock found a confederate satchel bearing the crest of Gen. Alfred Mouton, near the site of the little known Battle of Labadieville, contaning 4 solid bars of confederate gold. Mr. Braddock plans to use the money to travel and said of the luckey find, "Twasn't luck. I just sat me down to take me a bud an' if it weren't in the dirt at my feet. Like god was askin' me to take it for m'self"... New Orleans Bugle, 1st May 1905

Miss. Sarah Hunter-Fitz Simmons

Plucky Young Heiress Offers Wingwalking Extravaganza at Biggin Hill: The young Sarah Hunter-Fitz Simmons, daughter of World War flying ace William Hunter and well known socialite Eleanor Fitz Simmons, will be flying her Sopwith Camel Aeroplane over Biggin Hill this coming Saturday. Crowds will be treated to a daring display of aerial acrobatics culminating with a wing walk involving Miss. Hunter Fitz-Simmons and another, as yet undisclosed, lady. In her own words, Miss. Fitz-Simmons promised this reporter that the event will be a "smashing" one... Sussexshire Council Herald, July 1921

Mr. Edward "Eddie" Braithwaite

Racing Drives Claims Eighty Eight Miles Per Hour: Eddie Braitwaite, of the Brathwaite Baxter Team, claims to have beaten the World Land Speed Record. Offering only his verbal assurance of this record he has hit a wall of professional skepticism. Alas, the teams vehicle and instrumentation was destroyed in the attempt. Can Brathwaite and Baxter be believed? After all, Braithwaite has proven his courage and will to win on the track and he is a man certainly capable of such a feat. It's going to take a new sponsor to find out, and only time will tell... Motor Racing News, August 1922

Captain Benjamin Petrie VC

Infantry man, Cpl. 'Fighing' Benji Petri of the 16th, will be offering his dukes against the infamous Big Gordon 'The Cabre' McGordon of The Kings own 3rd Highland Regiment at the Municipal Band Stand on Sunday at six. McGordon, weiging in at 248lbs, is out of category for the much smaller Petri, son of our very own Captain Thomas Petri, but past performance shows the tenatious and sure footed young scrapper more than capable of putting up a good show and still worthy of a few shilling to come through trumps in the second or third round... Part of personal note to NCOs of Chelsea Barracks, June 1913

Consuela Amara Hawkes

Professor Jeremy St John Hawkes, eminent anthropologist and Fellow, passed away last month after a long sickness from malaria. Professor St John Hawkes conducted studies in many countries around the world, not least Peru, where he met his late wife Juanita. However, he will be most remembered for his work in Africa, with the Lugu tribe, where he greatly increased our understanding of their fertility rites. Sadly, Professor St John Hawkes spent his later years in a futile quest to locate his missing colleague, Mr. Pitt-Rivers, who as members will know, has not been seen since the second Boer War. Professor St John Hawkes is survived by a daughter, Consuela, who, after studying at University College London, has followed her father's career and is already rumoured to be planning an expedition to continue her father's work in Africa. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, January 1923.

"Lucky" Jack Flynn
"If that Finnian bastard ever sets foot on my dig site again, kill him!" Professor William Flinders Petrie

Lt. Douglas "Sandy" Flyte

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