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... that Lieutenant Colonel Richard John Andrews survived the Second Boer War, First World War, the Russian Civil War and the Irish War of Independence only to be killed by a defective tool in his garage? "during the South African War, found himself swept to the front with the Imperial Yeomanry... At the outbreak of hte Great War he hurried back from South Ameirica and enlisted in the London Scottish ... after the Armistice Colonel Andrews volunteered for North Russia and was captured by the bolshevists ... accidentally killed at his garage" from: "Col Andrews's War Service". The Times. 19 January 1923.; "CO G Company, Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, October 1920-January 1921." from: Taylor, Michael Anthony (September 2016), The History of 119 Infantry Brigade in the Great War with Special Reference to the Command of Brigadier-General Frank Percy Crozier(PDF) (PhD thesis), University of Birmingham, p. 324 and "there was a flaw in the sharpening wheel ... accident was caused by the improper mounting of the wheel" from: "Colonel's Accidental Death". Evening Telegraph. 24 January 1923.
ALT1:... that "fire-eating" Lieutenant Colonel Richard John Andrews led his men across the River Scheldt at the end of the First World War, shouting "allez, allez!"? "the old fire-eating Andrews ... He finished the war commanding 13th East Lancashire, and “thruster, fighter and man of action”, was in the vanguard of his battalion on 8 November 1918 crossing the Scheldt crying “Allez, Allez"" from: Hodgkinson, Peter E. (15 April 2016). British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War. Routledge. p. 187. ISBN978-1-317-17191-1.
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Both hooks are approved, but as far as I'm concerned it'd be a crime not to run one as exquisite as ALT0. Great work, Dumelow. ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 07:29, 24 October 2021 (UTC)