Military
- Richard Wallace Annand (1914–2004), first Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), hero of the Gallipoli campaign in WWI.
- Henry Howey Robson (1894–1964), recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)
“We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)