Talk:Donald Crisp
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Birthyear
[edit]Was Donald born in 1880 or 1882? Hotwine8 03:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC) he was born in aberfeldy in 1880 and is a scottish actor not english how green was my valley was his greatest movie in my opinion he won an osar for it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.35.71 (talk) 00:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
- Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp on 27 July 1882 at home in Bow in the Poplar District (now Tower Hamlets) in East London, and therefore an English actor. In the main article I indirectly cited the most reliable source as reference for the date and place of his birth. It is just a scanned image of the master index of all Births, Marriages, and Deaths for all of England and Wales, but it does permit free access and it does confirm both the place (East London) and the date (registered in the three month period July, August, September 1882). Those that wish to pay can look at his specific Birth Certificate details on page 594 of Volume 1 Section C in the Registry of Births for 4 September 1882 in the Poplar District (physically owned by its successor, Tower Hamlets). His mother Elizabeth Crisp did not register his late July birth until early September. You are not the first to be misled by his claims concerning his background (see the "Oxford University?" section below (coming shortly)). With thanks, from ChrisJBenson (talk) 09:00, 19 April 2015 (UTC).
staunch
[edit]This is Wikipedia, so Republicans must be "staunch". 2A02:AA1:1608:4FC3:91E5:CBAC:3A30:A9EB (talk) 11:29, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Proof of WWI British Military Service ?
[edit]Where is the actual proof that Mr Crisp returned to the UK during the First World War and served in the British military ? A medal card should exist for him if he truly did.
All this article provides as proof is a poorly sourced website. There is no proof that Mr Crisp ever served in the British military at all either in the Boer War or the First World War.
It is a well established fact that Crisp invented some highly colourful stories about his early life that have since been discovered to be entirely bogus.
I am highly sceptical that he ever did return to the UK to serve in WWI. 2A01:4B00:EAFF:6700:8D05:B809:8121:3449 (talk) 06:58, 24 July 2025 (UTC)