Talk:Ivor Thord-Gray

Existence verified, at least
I think cursory googling has at least established (to my satisfaction) that a guy with that name existed, and had some adventures. Further work will have to verify whether he did everything attributed to him on this page. So I deleted the 'prod' tag, but not the 'hoax' tag. --Alvestrand 17:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikified
Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! I wikified his extensive list of unlikely achievements. He may have existed, but I'm doubting he warred for multiple, sometimes opposing, armies all over the globe. Definitely needs sources. JubalHarshaw 15:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * His Mexican presence is well documented. I found references to several of the others - check the sources listed. Which of the parties listed were opposing each other? --Alvestrand 21:02, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The Ivor's biography may seem implausible, but he's not the only soldier with such an extensive resume, for another example, see Sam Dreben. Tubezone 12:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Ivor Thord-Gray did serve in all these wars and in all these units. There are more than 1000 documents in the Royal Library, the Army Museum Archieves and the Research Archive of Umeå University.

Stellan Bojerud, Prof Mil Hist (Rtd), Royal General Staff College, Stockholm

Regarding the line "He changed his name to Gray in 1899 and Thord-Gray 1917." A facsimile of Thord's commission as Captain of artillery in the Mexican Constitutionalist Army, dated 9 December 1913, signed by Alvaro Obregon, cites his name as "Ivor Thord Gray" — Preceding unsigned comment added by August1914 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Photo and description
In the photo, he is wearing the uniform of a US Army Infantry Lieutenant General (3-star), but the only reference the article makes to him being a general officer in the US is as a Major general (2-star) in the Florida National Guard in 1935. Additionally the photo is labeled as being from 1914 when, according to the article, he was with the Mexican and British armies. Perhaps the Mexican army of that period had uniforms that were similar the the US? Is there any more info about the photo? --rogerd (talk) 16:26, 22 December 2014 (UTC)