First edition was 1980, so the 'scandal' could have prompted the memory? There's no Brayley in the 1994 revised edition's index, for what it's worth. He's not in the first edition index either. His nickname was "Slapsey". I wonder if that has any significance
Just been reading John Frost's excellent 'A Drop Too Many' in which he details his involvement in the landings on Sicily. He mentions, in passing, an officer, previously decorated for bravery, who somehow managed to avoid the fighting and turned up "fresh, clean and untroubled" after it was all over. Frost goes on to say that the officer left the battalion, "prospered greatly and became a byword in more ways than one". I'm intrigued. Who can this man have been and how did he become a byword? Anyone have any ideas? Could be we will never know Tom ,I would hate to make a judgement call on it,how ever having said that I wonder if the great Sir Anthony Hopkins has any idea?
Just noticed its only taken you 30 months to post a Q Yes, I was surprised too! I could have sworn I posted a few times a couple of years back but my interests are mainly Great War and I'm only an occasional visitor to this wonderful forum. Very impressed by the responses by the way, though, as bugleboy suggests, we'll probably never know the answer for sure. Have to admit I like the idea of asking Anthony Hopkins!
