Danny La Rue Danny La Rue Danny La Rue, (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 – 31 May 2009) was an Irish-English singer and entertainer, particularly in stage theatre known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Born as Daniel Patrick Carroll in Cork City, Ireland, in 1927, La Rue was the youngest of either four or five siblings. The family moved to England when he was six and he was brought up at Earnshaw Street in Soho, central London. When the family home was destroyed during the Blitz, his mother, a seamstress, moved her children to Kennford, a Devon village where young
Daniel Patrick Driscoll Daniel Patrick Driscoll Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Patrick Driscoll (11 May 1862?, Burma? – 6 August 1934, Mombasa, Kenya) was a British army officer, awarded many military honours for his combat service in Burma, South Africa, and German East Africa in WWI. Driscoll served in the British Merchant Navy from 1879 to 1882. He served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886–1889 (medal and clasp). During the Second Boer War, Driscoll was a captain and later a lieutenant-colonel in command of the Driscoll Scouts, a reconnaissance unit that he formed despite some official opposition. For his combat service from 1900 to