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For those to whom this isn’t obvious, Dulwich College is a private high school in London. The events described probably happened when they author was 14. Also,
by moomin 3y ago
For those to whom this isn’t obvious, Dulwich College is a private high school in London. The events described probably happened when they author was 14.
Also, apropos of nothing, the school that gave us Nigel Farage.
Top-flight chess does not go in for this kind of nostalgia.
- eddtests 3y agoDulwich College also ‘gave us’ seven Victorian cross medalists and numerous admirals/generals - better chance of someone being notable in military strategy coming out of Dulwich than an average school, regardless of the articles worth
- hef19898 3y agoBetter chamce of progressing in the military, espevially in the UK, when comming from a London family afluent enough to send you to a private Highschool I guess. Victoria Crosses aren't earned easily so.
- moomin 3y agoIronically, apparently my no-name family has one (I don’t know the details, or rather, I forgot and the family historian is long-since dead). But even VCs are much easier to achieve at a commissioned rank.
- hef19898 3y agoInteressting family history. If you have the name and time, the VC citations should be available from the DoD.
- moomin 3y agoYeah, I don’t, sadly. All I have is a bunch of memories from 40 years ago from when someone drew out a family tree and I’ve no particular inclination to put in the hard yards to reconstruct it far back.
- eddtests 3y agoThe list isn't too bad actually, if you're English! Or any other nationality, but here is the English list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Victoria_Cross_recipients https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_Victoria_Cross... Just in case it's easy enough to ctrl+f for your surname :) Edit: I'm sorry, just realised this is a partial list. My bad.
- manlobster 3y agoAlso P. G. Wodehouse[0], so it can't be all that bad. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse