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The hero in a kilt who tackled a Panzer division on his own
Daily Mail ^ | 28th October 2010 | Tony Rennell

Posted on 10/28/2010 12:33:43 PM PDT by the scotsman

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1 posted on 10/28/2010 12:33:44 PM PDT by the scotsman
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2 posted on 10/28/2010 12:35:09 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: the scotsman

For later. Thanks.


3 posted on 10/28/2010 12:36:25 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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It's a strong heritage.


4 posted on 10/28/2010 12:38:30 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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Glè Mhath!!


5 posted on 10/28/2010 12:39:38 PM PDT by tbpiper
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Wow!


6 posted on 10/28/2010 12:39:47 PM PDT by griswold3 (Nov 2 is not just an election, it's a restraining order)
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bflr.


7 posted on 10/28/2010 12:39:54 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Aye, that it is.


8 posted on 10/28/2010 12:44:15 PM PDT by wita
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To: the scotsman

ping


9 posted on 10/28/2010 12:44:51 PM PDT by unkus
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That should make one helluva book, and movie.


10 posted on 10/28/2010 12:46:11 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Sadly today these same people surrender to Islam led by two Scotsman names Blair and Browne who are responsible to the Islamification of the UK.


11 posted on 10/28/2010 12:51:50 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: CougarGA7

They don’t make them like this anymore.


12 posted on 10/28/2010 12:53:02 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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Indeed!


13 posted on 10/28/2010 12:56:48 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 645 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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ping! :)


14 posted on 10/28/2010 12:57:36 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's Easy! Use FR to Pimp Your Blog!)
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The man has stones!


15 posted on 10/28/2010 12:58:26 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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Bumping for later. As a wearer of kilts, this should be good!


16 posted on 10/28/2010 12:59:42 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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Must get this book! And will pass on to my progeny. This is the stuff heroes are made of !


17 posted on 10/28/2010 1:16:20 PM PDT by onona (dbada)
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http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum/Interview-Tommy-Macpherson-Britain39s-most.5317553.jp


18 posted on 10/28/2010 1:19:38 PM PDT by the scotsman (I)
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http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum/Interview-Tommy-Macpherson-Britain39s-most.5317553.jp

‘He went to Oxford, where he got a first in PPE while also being tutored by AL Rowse and sharing rooms or studying with the future head of the BBC Marmaduke Hussey, with James Ramsden, the minister of war in the first post-war Conservative government, and Dick Crossland, the legendary Labour minister.

The military figures who feature in his life include Charles de Gaulle, Tito, David Stirling, Blair Mayne and Churchill, while Montgomery (whose wartime aide-de-camp was Clement Freud) gave him his home in Paris for his honeymoon with wife Jean Butler-Wilson. He was best man at Michel de Bourbon’s wedding, at which Pope John Paul officiated, and the list of people he has hung around with include Neil Armstrong, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Norris McWhirter, the Queen and Prince Phillip (who he let bowl him first ball in a scratch game of cricket), Tony O’Reilly and conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent.

He enjoyed a stellar career in business, earning a knighthood for his services to British business and chairing the European Chamber of Commerce. As well as his long-term career, which saw him become chief executive of Mallinson-Denny plc, he became chairman or director of, among others, Scottish Mutual Assurance, TSB Scotland, Birmid Qualcast, Société-Generale merchant bank and the National Coal Board.

Yet if he has one disappointment, it’s in the sporting sphere. A talented athlete, he ran in the AAAs at White City, beat Roger Bannister over half a mile and ran against Sidney Wooderson in Dublin and Emile Zatopek in Paris, and is the only man alive who knew Chris Brasher, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. Yet when it came to the big stage, nothing seemed to go right. He was selected for the British team at the World University Games in Paris in 1947 but fell and twisted his ankle. He was invited to be in the 1948 Olympic squad as a miler, having been finalist in the AAAs championship, but simply could not spare the time from his new job.

His rugby was even more frustrating. In 1947 he played for Oxford University, then the best team in the country, against the All Blacks, but was moved to centre from fly-half and didn’t have a good game, injuring both thumbs, so missed the Varsity match. Despite playing stand-off for London Scottish until the age of 35, he was the only member of its back division never to play for Scotland, although he was twice a travelling reserve.’

My god.

What a life.


19 posted on 10/28/2010 1:24:45 PM PDT by the scotsman (I)
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20 posted on 10/28/2010 1:28:14 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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