peter monahan

Good to know, Hilary. What Hugh said, too, about hours spent!

Angelina Jolie for her work to end violence against women, ok. But David Cameron's hairdresser? Really?

I certainly see Odulf's point but, as Steve says, he's rescuing stuff which would otherwise rust or dust away and creating truly impresive art from it!

Didn't we get as high as a '10' to go on the ribbon of the UN Medal for guys who had multiple Cyprus postings - Signalers and so on? That might be one solution and perhaps a little tidier than multiple bars, which might end up looking like some of the Legion medals I see, with a 6" ribbon to accomadate the bars for each of 27 successive annual barbeques or whatever they are.

The first medal I ever bought - Pte. R. Milne, 7/W YORK. R, killed on the first day of the Somme - came into a shop where I was in a cigar box with 50 others, on iits way toa smelter. Silver was $11.00 an ounce and the fellow sold the medals to anyone who wanted one for $10.00 each! What a shame and, in some places, a crime.

Aboslutely! Quarter Master 101: "If you give you one, there'll be paper work and a space on the shelf and... So just p*** off, there's a good soldier!"

I, with my British colonial bias thought '15th Prince Albert's [Own?]... and never finished the thought.

Not that I'm aware of, Hugh. I got a pastiche of old memoirs, old London Gazettes and some odds and ends in my searches for Tullochs, but nothing like a central source for HEIC info.

Excellent - especially for the Rangers!

I wonder what services one would render to be eligible for that very attractive medal.

A good choice! Well done, Azyeoman.

Hugh Good for you for turning up all that! I started to look for Tullocks in the HEIC but got bogged down by the sheers number of them. Severeal obviously did important things during the Mutiny, but the contemporary references in biographies are all to 'Mr. Tulloch' or 'Lt Tulloch', no first names given. Presumably one was just supposed to know. Anyway, I got discouraged and then distracted, so only got as far as 'E' being 'Edward'.

Paul Next you'll be telling us reality shows aren't real, you cynic, you.

Linden - is that who I think it is in your avatar box? 'No politics.', you naughty boy! BTW,Welcome to the GMIC. there are a few of we colonials lurki9ng in the bushes round here. Peter

The helmet is definitely early pattern. Not qualified to comment on the liner. Perhaps Stuart will share his expertise on this one.

Thank you for the clarification, Graham. Presumably collar badges would have been G.S. as well, then.

Oh, I'm sure it will go for above estimates. With a piece like this the auction house can afford to low ball it and then say 'See how much better...' Good marketing that. I suppose the good side of Lord Ashcroft is that the medals will be safe forever, as it appears they are all destined for the NAM in the end.

I would hope that it would be self evident that this numismatic abortion isn't a genuine medal! A nice idea, but 2.0 from even the Russian judge for execution!

Great! I love the one with the dugout equipped with a Grecian bust.

Spasm Word problem math to me: "If six weasels can dig half a hole in two days, why do wombats roof cars?" Heard yours before, 35 years ago. Still no clue. When I taught Philosophy and had to touch, briefly and painfully, on formal logic, I always had the kid with the best math mark teach that bit. But ask me how many angels can dance on the head of a pin and I'm your man!

Azyeoman I've always been fascinated by the Arab levies too - too much Lawrence as a boy? Hence part of my interest in the old Indian Army and what George MacDonald Fraser, in a comment on Tuareg, calls 'the wild men of the world'. Probably grossly stereotyping som eof the men you worked with, but an interesting lot both militarily and culturally. Peter

Looks as if there's a touching story there for whoever reads German script. Man, woman, man visiting his wounded comrades/subordinates... Thanks for sharing, Mervyn.

Yes, just read another reference to the myth on another web site - presented, and rightly so, as how science gets mis-used or misunderstood in the service of popular myth and a good story. Still embarrassed I got taken in, though.

Mervyn That's what I've been thinking. Or simply 'Died - 1922'. two other names on the roll are of men who were invalided home and died here, one on November 23, 1918. So he'll be in company!

It would indeed be a fitting tribute to what sounds to have been an extraordinary man. You may or may not know that General Romeo Dallaire, the UN commander in Rwanda has become an acknowledged expert on PTSD, based on his own experience's thee and after, and is now a human rights advocate of some fame, at least here in Canada. A horrible horrible chapter in human history and a story which deserves to be retold often as a lesson and warning on good intentions gone wrong!