Major Ian English - dies age 86

plant-pilot · 29-04-2006, 03:48 PM

Major Ian English, who has died aged 86, was one of only 24 officers to have won three Military Crosses during the Second World War.

The link to the story in the Telegraph here:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../29/db2901.xml

29-04-2006, 04:01 PM

A truly remarkable gentleman. He will be a great loss.

Owen · 29-04-2006, 06:47 PM

What a Man.
Another birder too.

Quote:

"In his spare time he enjoyed ornithology,"

Alot of these old Veterans seem to find peace in a bit of Birding.

lancesergeant · 29-04-2006, 11:21 PM

A true warrior with a compassionate and caring side. Setting up a trust for the Italian peasants, shows another side to this brave man's nature. Reading his war experiences reminds me of Lt Winters when he said if he got out alive he would build a farm away from it all, and live out his days there. One can understand how they wanted and found peace after what they went through. From one extreme to the other.

Owen · 30-04-2006, 12:55 AM

Just found this article on the web about his return to Normandy in 2004
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/...y/030604b.html

Gnomey · 30-04-2006, 02:01 AM

A great man, may he rest in peace.

spidge · 30-04-2006, 11:02 AM

Yes it has been said before but the few are becoming fewer.

RIP.

Kiwiwriter · 02-05-2006, 07:46 PM

Saddened to hear of this. He served his country well. A great loss.

My condolences to his family, and my wish that he enjoyed that long and happy life at peace.

29-04-2006, 03:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
plant-pilot Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 989	Major Ian English - dies age 86 Major Ian English, who has died aged 86, was one of only 24 officers to have won three Military Crosses during the Second World War. The link to the story in the Telegraph here:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../29/db2901.xml __________________ M3... the ship of the desert 2003

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Gnomey Per Ardua Ad Astra Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 2,957	A great man, may he rest in peace. __________________ "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum

30-04-2006, 11:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,025	Yes it has been said before but the few are becoming fewer. RIP. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	RIP, Major Saddened to hear of this. He served his country well. A great loss. My condolences to his family, and my wish that he enjoyed that long and happy life at peace. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

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29-04-2006, 04:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	A truly remarkable gentleman. He will be a great loss.

29-04-2006, 11:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
lancesergeant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 778	A true warrior with a compassionate and caring side. Setting up a trust for the Italian peasants, shows another side to this brave man's nature. Reading his war experiences reminds me of Lt Winters when he said if he got out alive he would build a farm away from it all, and live out his days there. One can understand how they wanted and found peace after what they went through. From one extreme to the other.

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