How the old war horses of 1914-1918 are restive to get back into the fighting! The V.C's of the last war are anxious to get into action again, in armies led by a man who secured that highest honour a quarter of a century ago, Lord Gort. Vice-Admiral Carpenter vc. of H.M.S. Vindictive is now retire He may be called up again, and, if he is, he is ready. Mr. Francis George Miller, a collier, also decorated for bravery has written to his former major in the Gloucestershire Regiment asking if he can be of assistance. Capt, Edwin Unwin, hero of the first Gallipoli landing at Cape Helles, now 75 years of age, remarkable for the manner in which he beached the River Clyde under heavy machine-gun fire, at once wrote to the War Office offering his services, to be told that he was too old. Another Dar-dandles V.C., Admiral Sir M. Dunbar-Nasmith, is Commander-in-chief at Plymouth. Ex-Driver J. H.C. Drain who as a lad of 19 years saved two guns under heavy fire on August 26, 1914, is now driving a bus through London's black-outs, anxious to do his bit in the national service. The first "Bantam" V. C, Private Edwards of the West Yorkshires is a qualified A.R.P. worker. Coventry's two V.C's Sergeant Candy and Corporal Butt are doing National Service in engineering works. Captain Hedges v.c. is enlisting volunteers as trench wardens for air-raid shelters, and the famous Michael
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