No Medals For His Side!
HIS little anecdote which I discovered a few days ago illustrates in a striking way the many nationalities which sooner or later gravitate towards support for the Union Jack. This was in the last
war and a captain who had served in General Kruger’s Boer army was drafted to a British regiment in France. The major in command noticing that he looked to be rather more than middle-aged asked him if he had seen service before. " Yes," said the captain, "in South Africa." "Then why the devil aren’t vou wearing
your ribbons," demanded the major. The reply rather nonplussed him: "I’m afraid there weren't any medals for our side," the captain replied quietly. -(From " Personalities end Places in the News" by George Bagley, 3YA, June 4.) * * *
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 10
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