Thursday 25 July 2013

Major General Walsh

Major General Michael Walsh CB CBE DSO.
Harrogate 1927-

My Company Commander, Cyprus, Suez.
Then a Major.
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A modest start to military things
a rifleman in the Royal Kings.
The Rifles an old regiment
no doubt his time well spent.

A commission then Yugoslavia bound,
Trieste a complex battle ground.
Then teaching handling weapons
in Cyprus giving me lessons.

Some rough ground with targets popping up
my first time, what a cock up.
What patience, that's what I found
he never talked you down.

Always comfortable with command
I bet in great demand.
Strait, not one of those Jekyll and Hyde's
and innate talent besides.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpainti...1927-cb-135266

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