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The picture Floreat Etona! by Elizabeth Thompson depicts an incident at the Battle of Laing's Nek, when Robert Elwes "shouted to another Eton boy (an Adjutant of the 58th whose horse had been shot), 'Come along Monck! Floreat Etona! We must be in the front rank!’ And he was shot immediately". Do we know anything more about Monck? Our article on the picture says he survived the battle. What became of him after? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 16:37, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
According to our article Battle Hymn of the Republic the Finnish military are wont to sing Kalle-Kustaan muori makaa hiljaa haudassaan, ja yli haudan me marssimme näin ("Carl Gustaf's hag lies silently in her grave, and we're marching over the grave like this") to the tune of John Brown's Body. Who's the Carl Gustaf and who's his hag? I did think of Charles X Gustav & Hedwig Eleanora but why would it be them particularly? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 22:43, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
I found this entry in PDB about a individual called Sanji but i have not been able to find anything about this historical figure. Did i just encountered a hoax? Trade ( talk) 22:47, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Our article Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill says Abdelkadir Chanderil attended Churchill's funeral as President of Algeria. Our article List of heads of state of Algeria says Ahmed Ben Bella was President at the time. Our article List of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy has Abdelkadir Chanderil as President of the [Algerian] Republic, but again Ben Bella appears to have been President at the time. So, who was Abdelkadir Chanderil? Why did he get to go to these funerals? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 23:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
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The picture Floreat Etona! by Elizabeth Thompson depicts an incident at the Battle of Laing's Nek, when Robert Elwes "shouted to another Eton boy (an Adjutant of the 58th whose horse had been shot), 'Come along Monck! Floreat Etona! We must be in the front rank!’ And he was shot immediately". Do we know anything more about Monck? Our article on the picture says he survived the battle. What became of him after? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 16:37, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
According to our article Battle Hymn of the Republic the Finnish military are wont to sing Kalle-Kustaan muori makaa hiljaa haudassaan, ja yli haudan me marssimme näin ("Carl Gustaf's hag lies silently in her grave, and we're marching over the grave like this") to the tune of John Brown's Body. Who's the Carl Gustaf and who's his hag? I did think of Charles X Gustav & Hedwig Eleanora but why would it be them particularly? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 22:43, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
I found this entry in PDB about a individual called Sanji but i have not been able to find anything about this historical figure. Did i just encountered a hoax? Trade ( talk) 22:47, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Our article Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill says Abdelkadir Chanderil attended Churchill's funeral as President of Algeria. Our article List of heads of state of Algeria says Ahmed Ben Bella was President at the time. Our article List of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy has Abdelkadir Chanderil as President of the [Algerian] Republic, but again Ben Bella appears to have been President at the time. So, who was Abdelkadir Chanderil? Why did he get to go to these funerals? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 23:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)