Sir John Gilmour

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    Conscription may have been good for the country, but it damn near killed the army.
    Richard, Sir Hull (b. 1907)

    Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
    Spare their women for Thy Sake,
    And if that is not too easy
    We will pardon Thy Mistake.
    But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
    Don’t let anyone bomb me.
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)