"I shall not tonight try and concern you with the relative importance of the three services; nor shall T apologive for reintroducing in this series of talks the name of General Sir Alan Brooke who now leads the British Army in Britain; because it is primarily upon the British Army that the eyes of the world are focussed at the present moment—in admiration of their exploits where the id has given them scope; and In specul: tion upon the possibilities of the battleflelds of the Titure.
"To take the youngest of the three Generals, first General Viscount Gort is most notable as a fighting man, "He is a holder of the Victoria Cross and no higher decoration could mark his physical courage.
"As director of the campaign. in France he has already had an extrem moly dificult task to perform of which he has ably acquitted himself.
"He was born in 1686 and was commissioned at the age of nineteen in the Grenadier Guards, At the beginning of the last war he was serving on the personal staff but early in 1915 he was made General Staff Officer, Third Grade, and joined the Intelligence Branch of the Staff. He was not satisfied, however, to continue with junior work on one of the branches which did not throw him into direct contact with fighting and a year later became Brigade Major to a fighting brigade.
His outstanding qualities of leadership were unmistakeably shown during the last war and by 1918 he was a General Staff Officer, First Grade.
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