Talk:Reginald Pinney

The General
Are we absolutely sure he was the inspiration for this poem? I always thought it was supposed to be Ivor Maxse - ironically as Maxse was a highly competent commander. I may be wrong, or of course different books may say different things.Paulturtle (talk) 14:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Maxse has certainly been the other commonly quoted candidate. From memory, I couldn't find anything in books about Sassoon, but there's a statement in Pinney's ODNB entry, based on private information, that he is "supposed to have been", and the introduction to The War The Infantry Knew seemed fairly confident on the subject. I didn't find much sourceable pointing to Maxse, though I haven't yet checked his biography. The only clear evidence from Sassoon's side seems to be a sketch of the general in question on a MS of the poem, but it doesn't let us make an identification better than "has a moustache". Andrew Gray (talk) 18:43, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Copyvio?
The retirement section may contain a large chunk of copyvio: Beginning "following his retirement...." appears to be identical to a similar section here: The Church Lads' Brigade in the great War by Jean Morris (page 235). Giano   (talk) 08:01, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Oh dear. I wrote that and I'm fairly sure I've never heard of the book!
 * The listed publication date is September 2015; that section was pretty much complete in the version I wrote/updated in January 2011 or March 2012. The bit about the Fergusons was added in October 2013. Looks like it's been lifted from here without any credit. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:42, 20 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Ah, spotted this is now logged above. Andrew Gray (talk) 21:52, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * … and I missed 's post here. Yes, Ms Morris appears to have helped herself liberally to our content, without a by-your-leave or a thank-you – as noted above, on the same page as the copying from here there are also takings from Siegfried Sassoon and Ronald Knox. I didn't bother to check the whole book … Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:13, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Apologies to anyone who I have wronged here; I should have checked the publication date. One would have thought that Ms Morris could have at least have acknowledged her source. Giano    (talk) 00:59, 21 February 2016 (UTC)