Marsh - Oakley

M

Marsh

Swampy

Play on words - in the sense of boggy ground

Marshall

Scrumpy

Martin

Pincher

Nickname of Admiral Sir W F Martin (1801-95), renowned for being a strict disciplinarian who did not hesitate to "pinch" ratings for minor offences.

Mason

Perry

Name of a defence lawyer who featured in the American 1960s TV series of the same name

Matthews

Stanley

1940s/50s Stoke City, Blackpool & England footballer.

May

Daisy

"Daisy May" was the ventriloquist's dummy (a little schoolgirl puppet) used by Albert Saveen. He became the first ventriloquist to have his own radio series, with a post-war BBC Light Programme show called Midday with Daisy May. A Cockney printer, Saveen developed the info on Daisy May Children's character voice by learning to use one lung at a time whilst recovering in hospital after being blown up by a bomb during the war.

Alternative explanation In the sense of raising doubts about a young lady's virtue - "Daisy may; or alternatively, she may not".

May

Piggy

McRae

George

1970s soul singer

Meadows

Grassy

Play on meadows being grassy places

Metcalfe

Fruity

Miller/Millar

Dusty

Play on a miller being covered in dust

Miller/Millar

Windy

Play on words - windmill

Mills

Bomber

WW1 hand grenades were known as Mills Bombs

Moore

Pony

After George Washington "Pony" Moore (1820-1909) who ran the Magpie Music Hall, Battersea and later formed the Moore and Burgess Minstrels (an offshoot of the Christy Minstrels and very famous in the mid-19th century) He was a well known sporting character who allegedly always bet in "ponies" (betting slang for a sum of £25).

Morgan

Rattler

After Sir Henry Morgan (circa 1635-88) buccaneer and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Rattle is the naval slang for prison and Morgan is reputed to have always carried a large bunch of keys.

Murphy

Spud

Play on Murphy being a common Irish surname and association with the Irish Potato Famine

Murray

Ruby

Popular 1950s female singer

N

Nelson

Sandy

Renowned American session drummer of the 1950s/60s, much in demand and amongst others played with The Coasters, Gene Vincent, Phil Spector and Duane Eddy.

New

Knocky

Newman

Alfie

Nicholson

Jack

1970s - present day; American film star

O

Oakley

Annie

Legendary female American Wild West markswomen - subject of famous musical "Annie Go and Get Your Gun".