... if you are fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:


Arthur Conan Doyle connection

All lost their lives in the Great War

Captain Arthur Alleyme Kingsley Conan Doyle – his son (Hampshire Regiment) died of influenza 1 November 1918 age 24 aggravated by wounds received on the Somme.
Brigadier General John Francis Innes Hay Doyle – his brother CMG DSO dies of pneumonia 19 February 1919 on service at age 45.
Captain Malcolm Leckie – one brother-in-law (Royal Army Medical Corps attached Northumberland Fusiliers).
He will be awarded the DSO for his bravery Mons and will die of his wounds as a prisoner of war 28 August 1914 – the first of nine hundred three medical officers in the British Army to die in the Great War.
Major Leslie William Searles Oldham – a second brother-in-law (Royal Engineers) killed in action 28 July 1915 age 45.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Oscar Hornung – his nephew (Essex Regiment) killed in action 6 July 1915 age 20.
Captain Alec Forbes – his nephew (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) dies of wounds 3 September 1916 age 28.
Lieutenant John Ernest Vivian Rathbone – Basil Rathbone’s (Sherlock Holmes in the movies) younger brother (Dorsetshire Regiment) killed in acation 4 June 1918 age 20.
Eric William Benson – a cousin once removed of Basil Rathbone Lieutenant Colonel commanding 9th King’s Royal Rifle Corps killed in action 15 September 1916 age 29.

Anyone read the tales of Brigadier Gerard by Connan Doyle. A very tounge in cheek bunch of stories about a Napoleonic officer written with all the respect that the English generally give the French.

Ordered a copy of the "Complete Gerard," Randy. Thanks for the heads up.

You'll love it Bill.