Talk:Charles Blackader

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 * Leaving this out for the moment until I can work it in - Dunn, p. 443, entry for Feb. 9th - "The GOC [Blackader] looks a bon vivant first and last, possibly a sick man."


 * Who's Who gives his father as C. G. Blackader, no other details; probably not military or they'd have said. This suggests Charles George; per this a Charles George Blackader was a master at Cheltenham 1846-49; 1853-62; then at Clifton 1862-65 (see also here, and photo); then to Southampton for the 1870s and at Boulogne 1874-1889 (or later). Son of a schoolmaster, it seems...
 * I am almost completely convinced of this, but I can't find an explicit link - it's all inference. Charles George Blackader married Charlotte Louisa Dorothea _Guinand_ in 1864 in Clifton; they appear in the 1871 census living in Southampton (with children Mary, Catherine, and "Charles G") and then disappear from the census, which fits strongly with the record of Charles George; he was living in France from 1874 onwards. This suggests (probably) that Blackader was raised abroad, which explains why no record of his schooling; it also fits with French's note about him probably being relatively poor. But, annoyingly, I can't find that explicit missing link.


 * No photo that I can currently find anywhere.


 * A couple in Jenkins. There's also one here - Hilton DeWitt Girdwood may be worth an article; see, , Featured picture candidates/Storming a bunker, World War I etc.

A new definition of 'success' ?

 * "Blackader died on 2 April 1921, at Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital, Millbank,[6] succeeded by his wife and two daughters."

This is a different definition of success than I've ever seen before. Could, mayhaps, 'survived' have been meant? Shenme (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Well spotted! I remember trying to put my finger on the right word and failing, but I didn't realise I'd left the bad phrasing in the final draft... Shimgray | talk | 14:59, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

the mad dog
"...according to one historian, he had fallen ill after 'being licked by a rabid dog' ". This is the hook that appeared on the Main Page. Who is the "historian"?--Wetman (talk) 16:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * This one presumably Kernel Saunters (talk) 16:10, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I was about to reply and say "Ekins, per the footnote", but it seems that it was someone else entirely - that particular chapter was written by Gary Sheffield, which I hadn't noticed until now. I'll clarify. Shimgray | talk | 19:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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