tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post5175942691038581003..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: A timely reminder of WW1Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-29646266769875831262022-01-07T17:11:54.492+00:002022-01-07T17:11:54.492+00:00Fascinating stuff Conrad _ I shall definitely be s...Fascinating stuff Conrad _ I shall definitely be seeking that out at some point.Markhttp://www.beatingthebounds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-16426627302930246442016-04-06T16:51:56.881+01:002016-04-06T16:51:56.881+01:00S. Wilson - Welcome to my blog. I'don't th...S. Wilson - Welcome to my blog. I'don't think you've been here before? Thanks for the info.<br /><br />I am curious to know how you came to this particular post from over a year ago - my apologies if you are somebody I know and not realised.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-46824429995425120142016-04-06T16:07:12.995+01:002016-04-06T16:07:12.995+01:00He wasn't "only a Private." If you l...He wasn't "only a Private." If you look at some photos, you cans see three pips on his epaulettes which made him a Captain (although I don't suppose it bothered him a bit what rank he was).S. Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-34899553768386068592015-02-25T22:36:00.351+00:002015-02-25T22:36:00.351+00:00Anonymous - Welcome to the blog unless I have said...Anonymous - Welcome to the blog unless I have said that before, but with your name tag I'm not sure.<br /><br />It was RR's comment that attached the rank of private. This is a much as I could glean from Wikipedia:<br /><br />Hardy was aged 51 when war broke out, and was priest at Hutton Roof in the Lake District. He volunteered at once but was turned down as being too old. Eventually, in August 1916, he was accepted for army service as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class and attached to 8th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment.<br /><br />Whatever, there is no doubt about him getting the decorations. Wikipedia refers to Hutton Roof as being in the Lake District which it isn't by quite a long way.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-4044866019861633132015-02-25T17:04:10.293+00:002015-02-25T17:04:10.293+00:00MC and DSO = Officers Only - then, anywayMC and DSO = Officers Only - then, anywayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-60944971191087023532015-02-23T07:59:21.843+00:002015-02-23T07:59:21.843+00:00RR -My inherited copy of Bert’s magnum opus reside...RR -My inherited copy of Bert’s magnum opus resides high on my bookshelf. Daunted by it’s size I have never opened it - now you make me feel guilty and that is all mixed up with other irrational guilt at not having done National Service when most of my contemporaries did. I missed it due to my age by about three months.<br /><br />I wonder if we would have been brave and heroic in those appalling conditions?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-59958976592354984222015-02-23T06:54:24.700+00:002015-02-23T06:54:24.700+00:00A muscular Christian you'd have to say. And on...A muscular Christian you'd have to say. And only a Private. In my day chaplains had officer rank: the one that tried to turn me away from Bertrand Russell was, I think, a Squadron Leader. "Flights of angels" and all that.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-28108913022689637282015-02-22T12:35:42.897+00:002015-02-22T12:35:42.897+00:00aroundthehills - Welcome to the blog - thanks for ...aroundthehills - Welcome to the blog - thanks for the info.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-24498622615864713592015-02-21T13:15:15.125+00:002015-02-21T13:15:15.125+00:00I think CF just means "Chaplain to the Forces...I think CF just means "Chaplain to the Forces", so shows that he was an Army Padre. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Chaplains%27_Department" rel="nofollow"> wikipedia</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com