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Hi guys saw this article , would make a great bust
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely true.
In what many are describing as the best Wikipedia entry ever, the soldier's page opens with the following paragraph: 'Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish descent.
'He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived a plane crash; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
'He later wrote that "Frankly I had enjoyed the war" when describing his service in the First World War.'
The life and times Victoria Cross-winning de Wiart were certainly far from dull.
He also escaped from a PoW camp and when he returned to London, his well-appointed house was flattened by a German bomber and his possessions, including his hard-earned military medals, were destroyed.
But none of this apparent misfortune appeared to sap his morale.
Cheers Chris
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hot-face-head-stomach-ankle-leg-hip-ear.html#
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely true.
In what many are describing as the best Wikipedia entry ever, the soldier's page opens with the following paragraph: 'Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer of Belgian and Irish descent.
'He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived a plane crash; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.
'He later wrote that "Frankly I had enjoyed the war" when describing his service in the First World War.'
The life and times Victoria Cross-winning de Wiart were certainly far from dull.
He also escaped from a PoW camp and when he returned to London, his well-appointed house was flattened by a German bomber and his possessions, including his hard-earned military medals, were destroyed.
But none of this apparent misfortune appeared to sap his morale.
Cheers Chris
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hot-face-head-stomach-ankle-leg-hip-ear.html#
