http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wintle
If you get a chance you will find this a most informative and entertaining account of a "Most Remarkable Man"
Although now out of print, there are some copies on secondhand book sites. There was also a BBC play, starring Jim Broadbent ( a very accomplished character actor) with the same title, I think there are snippets on Youtube.
Wintle was a Cavalry Officer in every real sense of the word.
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What a character - good grief! Interesting guy!
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Yes...excellent of quotes. I especially like...
"Stop dying at once and when you get up, get your bloody hair cut"..(to trooper Cedric Mays, Royal Dragoons, who recovered and lived to the age of 95).
"Stop dying at once and when you get up, get your bloody hair cut"..(to trooper Cedric Mays, Royal Dragoons, who recovered and lived to the age of 95).