Why 12 stripes on a sleeve.

[Graham Stewart]

Cheers for that Ken - what a marvelous career. Wonder if he was buried in London or returned to his native Ireland??

[jembo]

Originally Posted by matti467

On the subject of longevity of service; was not one of the VC winners from Rorke's Drift still in service as late as 1914?
Matti

Yes, you are right about this.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_(VC)

[Fatherofthree]

Greetings Ken.

Well done, that's a marvellous outcome to my original question.

Many thanks.

Hope to see you at Farnham on Sunday.

Regards
Brian

[Fatboy Ken]

You most certainly will Brian Ken