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G

Gale/Gail

Windy

Play on words - in the sense of storms

Gay

Betsy

Gilbert

Tosh

Gordon

Flash

1930s American comic strip hero - has reappeared in numerous spin-off cinema serials and films

Graves

Digger

A play on grave digger, digging graves

Gray

Dolly

"Goodbye Dolly Gray" title of famous marching song from both the Boer War and WW1

Green

Jimmy

Gunn

Ben

Character from the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

H

Hall

Nobby

See related explanation for Nobby Clark, the nobility live in halls

Hall

Albert

The Albert Hall of "Last Night at the Proms" fame

Hare

Dusty

Hart

Ticker

Play on someone's heart beating or "ticking"

Harris

Bomber

WW2 - Head of Bomber Command, Air Chief Sir Arthur Harris

Harris

Chats

Harris

Chopper

1970s - Chelsea fullback renowned for his hard tackling

Harris

Wiggy

Henderson

Granny

Hewitt

Nosher

Hill

Bunker

Battle of Bunker Hill 1775, American War of Independence

Hill

Pusser

Hinds

Cosher

Holland

Dutchy

Play on words - the Dutch coming from Holland

Holding

Scaff

Play on scaffolding

Honeybun

Gus

1970s/80s West Country ITV children's character

Horn

Trader

Trader Horn was a white hunter and ivory trader in Africa who became the subject of cinema films of the same name in 1931 and 1973.

Horner

Jack

Nursery rhyme character

Howe

Gibley

Hubbard

Mother

Nursery rhyme character

Hudson

Rocky

1950s/60/70s Film star - Rock Hudson

Hudson

Soapy

Brand of soap issued to the Fleet which is reputed to have been produced by a company called Hudson

Hughes

Flapper

Hughes

Spike

1930s/40s jazz musician (bass), composer and band leader

Hunt

Peewee

After the country singer of the same name

I