User talk:Lemunz

Adrian Jones and the Expedition to Abyssinia
Lemunz, in reply to your message, I notice the list in your user page includes Adrian Jones (the sculptor) as last veteran of the 1867-68 British expedition to Abyssinia. Had you put this up before I raised the question in the talk page of the Last surviving veterans article? Have you found any reference to any claim to being the last survivor, which could be used in citation? (I looked in vain in his Times obituary.)Cloptonson (talk) 20:09, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

I've had his name up for a while since I had found this link at the website for the British National Army Museum which describes one of its archives as the "Press Cutting from: Evening Standard, 11 Feb 1936; detailing experiences of Capt Adrian Jones, thought to be the last survivor of the Abyssinian Campaign; associated with Abyssinia (1867-1868)" (Lemunz (talk) 22:39, 20 August 2014 (UTC))

Christ Papantoniou
Thank you for filling in a massive hole in the Last Surviving Veterans of World War I page. Just to be clear, did the quoted article actually say he was the last vet to serve with the Greek forces in World War I, or the last vet of the Macedonian war? Thanks. Czolgolz (talk) 14:28, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Your welcome Czolgolz, but to be honest, I have not actually read the source myself. Infact, I was debating whether or not to actually add him to the list since the cited source comes from a Greek article on the Macedonian village of Neochorouda, his hometown and a Bulgarian article on the village Novo Selo. Through these links as well as a description from a blog, I was able to conclude through the translations that Papantoniou was a member of the Greek nationalist Andartsko movement and sided Pavlos Melas's Hellenic forces in 1904 against the Bulgarians, eventually being 18 at the war's end. He also served with the Greeks in the Balkan Wars against, the blog described, the swamp Turks in [1912] and Bulgarians guerillas [in 1913] (translations). He kept fighting with the Greeks in both World Wars and throughout the Greco-Turkish War. I used the link from the Macedonian Life magazine ",The last Macedonian Christos Papantoniou" (translation), because it had been used in the wiki articles as the source that described his life and participation in these wars. Finally, due to the fact that the majority of World War I veterans had died out by 1995 and that Greece had mobilized ~230,000 troops during the war that Papantoniou, while not directly indicated as the last, probably would have been one of the last in the Hellenic forces. So, to answer your question, the article probably states that he was last vet of the Macedonian war while also giving information on his WWI service. Still, he's a good place to start. Lemunz (talk) 21:05, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'm probably going to have to revert your edits. If you look at the wiki article, most countries lost their last vet in the 21 century. If you're citing an article that you cannot read, we cannot consider it as a valid source. Czolgolz (talk) 13:54, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

I completely understand. I'll comeback if I find something more credible and presumably after 1995. Lemunz (talk) 22:30, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Robert Francis Ruttledge
Hi there, I was looking into Ruttledge recently as an ornithologist and came across your user page listing him as a war vet. I was wondering if you had any plans of writing a page on him? I was thinking about starting one, if you have an material on him, I'd be very interested to hear about it. At the moment I'm unsure as to foreground his war record or his work on Irish birds. Thanks! Smirkybec (talk) 14:22, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Hmm, I had never thought about making an article for him. If you're looking for good resources, here's his obituary from The Telegraph. It said that he joined The Poona Horse Regiment and was about to go to the European theatre just before WWI ended. It also has a good amount on his other war-time services, bird activities and his early and later life as well. Hope this is a good starting point for you. Lemunz (talk) 18:01, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I've made a start on it anyway (Robert Francis Ruttledge), lots more that could be added to it, given he had such a long and interesting life! Smirkybec (talk) 22:39, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

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