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A VC Winner.
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L/Cpl William Henry Hewitt, 2nd S.A. Light Infantry. Born in Copdock, Suffolk, England in 1884, died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England in 1966. VC awarded 1917. Later reached the rank of Major.
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Thank you very much Hoot.Again the breadth and width of your knowledge amazes me.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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Jo, sometimes all you need is a pooter and a wee dram !!!.
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On the advice of "She who must be obeyed" I should point out that "pooter" is slang for a computer, just in case there's a loss in translation.
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Quote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Nobody
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No, I honestly thought you got the word "Pooter" from Charles Pooter, the lead character in that novel.
I have never heard the word anywhere else.
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Pooter is also the name given in Biology to the device used to collect insect samples. Haven't had to use that word in years!
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It's also slang for a certain part of the female anatomy, hence the wife's advice!!.
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A new and better photo of Lance-Corporal William Henry Hewitt,
© IWM (Q 79803) http://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/300/986/large_000000.jpg
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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Another South African (sort of) VC...
Major William Anderson Bloomfield VC.
A "Scotch-African" VC holder. Born in Scotland he married a Boer lady pre-Boer War and served in the Boer Forces. He was awarded the VC for actions in East Africa during WW1. Despite living most of his life in the Eastern Transvaal region of South Africa he is also often claimed as a Scottish VC. |
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Thanks for the info.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. |
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