Talk:Lofty Large

Request for info, references etc.
I've put this article together as best I can with the sources I've been able to track down, but I'm missing a few things. Would anyone out there have any reliable info/sources on any of the following:

1. Lofty's Date of Birth. I've tracked down a Register of births entry for a "Donald Large" in Witney, Oxfordshire for October, November & December 1930, but that's a) Not specific enough, b) Isn't conclusively Lofty anyway, and C) Constitutes original research.

2. Medals awarded. The MID I've got covered, but, as far as I can tell (and I have no military background or specialist knowledge whatsoever, so could be completely off the mark on this) he should also have been awarded a Korea Medal, a General Service Medal (1918) with an Arabian Peninsula clasp, and a General Service Medal (1962) with a Borneo clasp and a South Arabia clasp. Presumably various others as well? Long service awards? Sundry others? Unfortunately I have no reliable sources to back any of this up.

3. A freely licensed or other usable photo of some sort. I've found some photos on the internet but I've no idea about copyright holders. Another possible one at the Imperial War Museum archive which I think may show Lofty standing on the right of the group. Height and face look about right. Far from certain though.

4. Any more info on his early life: parent's names and professions, where he went to school, how he did at school, influences, any other jobs before joining the Army. Anything of that ilk really. I think this is probably the major weakness of the article as it stands, as there really isn't much detail.

Arthur Holland (talk) 13:15, 31 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Got the Date Of Birth: Sourced from Soldier against the odds. Arthur Holland (talk) 19:01, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorted a photo too under fair use. Arthur Holland (talk) 08:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)