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'Finding Louis' - 2nd Lt Louis Stokes RMLI


Louis Stokes 1916

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Well done! Most poignant...

One asks oneself why they did not join, say, the ASC - or even fly with the RFC - rather than becoming, en masse, Infantry officers.

Kindest regards,

Kim.

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Many Rugbeians did join the RFC actually, and a terrible proportion of them died in flying accidents. Quite a few in highland regiments too (though they're still infantry, of course). Louis' two best friends, both of whom also died, were RFC and RFA.

 

As a former naval officer myself I was sorry to see that very few joined the RN, but then most naval officers of the time went to Dartmouth or Osborne rather than a public school.

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That reminds me too - I think it was the 6th Manchesters who had nine Old Rugbeian officers out of the thirty or so in the battalion. Extraordinary.

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