Winston Churchill in WW1

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Taken from Assignment to Catastrophe Vol.2. Major General Spears:

    When I arrived at the Chateau I went straight to the Prime Ministers bedroom and found him finishing dressing. He was very cross.

    'Don't you point that revolver at me,' he barked as I fumbled in strapping the revolver to my belt; then added with a half chuckle: 'Do you remember when mine went off at Vimy?' and I remembered of course. He was then commanding a battalion and had come to visit me. He was always testing out new forms of trench clothing and weapons. On this occasion he had shown me before we had started for the trenches a complicated automatic revolver with which he was very pleased. I was leading the way down a communication trench when I heard a burst of fire literally in my ear. I dived behind the next traverse thinking we had been surprised by a daylight raid. I peered round cautiously, revolver in hand. There was Winston, his patent automatic firing dangerously and continuously in the direction of his feet as it dangles at the end of his lanyard, which he held at arm's length. He danced like a cat on hot bricks in his attempts to get out of the unpredictable line of fire as the barrel pointed this was and that. I collapsed on the duckboards laughing until I could laugh no longer. My guest was only half amused than and later when reminded of the incident, but he never forgot.


    Anyone else come across stories (Funny ones I hope) of Churchill in WW1?
     
  2. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Andy

    Lots of WW1 stories about Churchill in Carlo D'Este's "Warlord-The fighting life of Winston Churchill, from Soldier to Statesman"

    Couple of pages shown below.
     

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