James Moody

[MAB]

Can you get that book on amazon? I have to see that image of James on his full WSL gear.

[I E Sheil]

Hallo Aly - yes, it is now available on the Amazon websites.

[Aly Jones]

Thanks Inger for your research. I'm going to order it when I get home. Can't wait to see him in his uniform.

[Aly Jones]

In Inger's photo, I had posted above and other Inger's moodys Images on the net, James Moody looks like he had tanned olive skin. Was that he's true skin colour,tanned olive? or was that only the camera playing tricks and James moody was actually faired skin?

[VW1956]

Hello Aly. From that picture you posted a while ago James Moody certainly does look to have a sun tan. I would have thought that working on a ship with the salty air blowing all the time would have given anyone a tan. Ken.

[George Lorton]

I think his build gave an impression of greater height).

Wilde was the tallest of the officers 6'1"

My dad was like that in that the way he walked made him look taller then he was. reminds me of that old saying, walking tall or stand tall.

[Aly Jones]

Maybe James moody was not hunch back ( many of us are today) and he had great posture? Making him look taller.

Can't believe moody is only 5:11, my brother taller than moody; my brother stands at 6:1 foot but moody looks 6:1 foot in the image.

[Aly Jones]

Ken- that may explain why Moody's hand is white compared to his face, because he wore gloves, it were apart of his uniform.

[VW1956]

Hello Aly. You could be right about the gloves. Would an officer be required to wear gloves all the time he was on duty? Thats a difficult one to answer. Ken.

[Aly Jones]

Ken, I actually thought they had too. 1912 was not like these days, were officers walk around with half their uniform tucked In or half on and off. You see In many of 1900-1912 photographs, the officers wearing whole uniforms and holding gloves In their hands? I could be way wrong.

[George Lorton]

I've wondered that myself and I think they could take them off if they had to work with their hands doing something like working with lines. If they were writing I bet the gloves came off but at any other time while on duty I think the gloves stayed on.

[Aly Jones]

The officer group photographs and the 4 officers on the Olympic bridge that show officers holding their gloves in their hands, I guess Officers wore gloves most of the time.