{"id":130,"date":"2020-10-23T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2023-11-10T00:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:23:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/?page_id=130","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"130\" class=\"elementor elementor-130\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-863ede4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"863ede4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;pyramids&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M761.9,44.1L643.1,27.2L333.8,98L0,3.8V0l1000,0v3.9\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cabdde4\" data-id=\"cabdde4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d248149 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d248149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I first met James when I was a young lad in the early 1970s. He was a good friend of my Grandmother and lived in Somerset. I remember him as being a gentle man, intelligent and very well spoken. He had old fashioned values and standards as you would expect from someone of his era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">With great foresight and luckily for us today, James was interviewed on two occasions about his involvement in the First World War, details of both interviews are contained in this website.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">David Lance of the Imperial War Museum conducted an audio recording, during which James shares many interesting and humorous memories. Secondly, Alex Revell interviewed James for the Cross and Cockade journal (Vol.4 No.3 1973). Details of this interview and some photographs supplied by James make an interesting read.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">It is now over 100 years since the end of WW1 and the time that James\u2019s service with the RFC\/RAF came to an end. It is fitting that this website is created in memory of him and other brave men and woman who fought for our country.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1edc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ae1edc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Default Statcounter code for James Gascoyne\r\nhttps:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar sc_project=12417017; \r\nvar sc_invisible=1; \r\nvar sc_security=\"ba5386c8\"; \r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js\"\r\nasync><\/script>\r\n<noscript><div class=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"Web Analytics\r\nMade Easy - StatCounter\" href=\"https:\/\/statcounter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"statcounter\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/c.statcounter.com\/12417017\/0\/ba5386c8\/1\/\"\r\nalt=\"Web Analytics Made Easy -\r\nStatCounter\"><\/a><\/div><\/noscript>\r\n<!-- End of Statcounter Code -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08af5a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08af5a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcd176e\" data-id=\"dcd176e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e34d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e34d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/92_sqn_Nov_1918-768x392.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-18\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/92_sqn_Nov_1918-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/92_sqn_Nov_1918-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/92_sqn_Nov_1918.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f812665\" data-id=\"f812665\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a88c060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a88c060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/J_v_Gascoyne_DFC_WW1_RAF.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23\" alt=\"Distinguished flying cross\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/J_v_Gascoyne_DFC_WW1_RAF.png 600w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/J_v_Gascoyne_DFC_WW1_RAF-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f051089 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f051089\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ee0e7f\" data-id=\"9ee0e7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c322a4 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c322a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1-1024x319.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1-1024x319.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1-1536x479.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/double-decker-1563611_1920-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first met James when I was a young lad in the early 1970s. He was a good friend of my Grandmother and lived in Somerset. I remember him as being a gentle man, intelligent and very well spoken. He had old fashioned values and standards as you would expect from someone of his era. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/?page_id=130\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mark","author_link":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/author\/mark"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I first met James when I was a young lad in the early 1970s. He was a good friend of my Grandmother and lived in Somerset. I remember him as being a gentle man, intelligent and very well spoken. He had old fashioned values and standards as you would expect from someone of his era.&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesgascoyne.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}