"Most ct us who have lived out here for a number of years have acquaintance with a large circle of people of other nationalities and in many eases personal friendships sufficiently close to permit of free and easy exchange of remarks on the other fellow's peculiar national chi acteristic, There's always, 109, the sort of chap who does not wait for a very advanced degree of acquaintfanceship. before handing cut. some fairly blunt opinions, Well, there's cone thing about being British, we can take it alas it comes and generally find it rather amusing. Now what seme of them say?
well remember the remark of one of the old-style Chinese business men, whose knowledge of cur lange triage was confined to the good, old picturesque "pidgin" English. It was in 1927, when the units of the British Division were arriving here and had been watching that fine battalion of the Coldstream Guards marching Past his premises on Broadway. "Hi ya!" said he, "this. Genial Duncan Bong dam foolo!" On enquiring, why he should think that he replied "How proved fashion he bling such large man this same title. side?
So big man never can make Squadron Leader's Appreciation Mix Squadron tion follows—"Dear Aes, Worcester I am most distressed to tell you about the death of your son Tony.
has done so extraordinarily well in the squadron and has been with Us since we formed over a year and take, Sil the hiding that was going, but he was quite unconvinced of the wisdom of having six fect odd of body to be potted at when he fearfully believed that his own five fect nothing was more than enough. He went away muttering in all bewilderment "This Englishman, my never can savee he!
He position: always so cheerful and willing to carry out his dulles, and very popular amongst both the a men and his brother officers.
T feel his loss myself very deeply, as T got to know him <o well, and for him, Especially after wecese he had over Libya, against the the last few weeks, shoot aircraft in the minutes. He had on of the squadron to such high levels.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.