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From the Daily Mail today.
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Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
Sir Adrian Paul Ghislan Carton de Wiart's page causes Twitter storm
Soldier fought in Boer, First and Second Wars and won Victoria Cross
Describing his experiences he later wrote: 'Frankly, I had enjoyed the war'
Wiki Intro
Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He served in the Boer War, WWI, and WW2; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived a plane crash; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He later wrote that "Frankly I had enjoyed the war" when describing his service in the First World War.
After returning home from service in the Second World War, he was sent to China as Winston Churchill's personal representative. While en route he attended the Cairo Conference.
Links
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...shot-face-head-stomach-ankle-leg-hip-ear.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart
Is this the best Wikipedia entry ever?
Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
Sir Adrian Paul Ghislan Carton de Wiart's page causes Twitter storm
Soldier fought in Boer, First and Second Wars and won Victoria Cross
Describing his experiences he later wrote: 'Frankly, I had enjoyed the war'
Wiki Intro
Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British officer of Belgian and Irish descent. He served in the Boer War, WWI, and WW2; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived a plane crash; tunnelled out of a POW camp; and bit off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He later wrote that "Frankly I had enjoyed the war" when describing his service in the First World War.
After returning home from service in the Second World War, he was sent to China as Winston Churchill's personal representative. While en route he attended the Cairo Conference.
Links
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...shot-face-head-stomach-ankle-leg-hip-ear.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiart
