Nelson voted greatest British military hero of all time

**indus creed** · 01 Dec 09,, 11:56

I am not a military man, but shouldn't the list have these men as well?

1) T. E. Lawrence
2 ) Charles George Gordon

**astralis** · 01 Dec 09,, 19:11

not really-- TE Lawrence and the Arabian Revolt is overrated in terms of actual impact, while Gordon was in charge of a last stand (a position no good commander should ever be in).

**redco** · 01 Dec 09,, 22:31

Originally Posted by indus creed

I am not a military man, but shouldn't the list have these men as well?

1) T. E. Lawrence

A good leader of irregular forces, but his contribution to the defeat of the Turkish forces in the Middle East in WW1 was minimal.

2 ) Charles George Gordon

To be blunt, the man was an idiot. He got Britain dragged into a war it didn't need to get involved in. The British government did its best to stay out of it, but public opinion forced them to attempt to rescue him out of the mess he had got into.

**Prof** · 02 Dec 09,, 03:21

John Churchill, D of M
The Black Prince
Hank V
Arthur Wellesley, D of W
Paddy Gough
Nelson
Winston Churchill (good family, that)

**macrylinda** · 16 Aug 10,, 05:31

Originally Posted by tankie

So i heard as well C/A , why the hell would a sunray charge a machine gun nest by himself get killed and leave sunray minor in charge ,he should have been back in his HQ directing ops ,, the stories i heard were he was a PAPA ROMEO INDIA CHARLY KILO , A vc was for propoganda methinks .

I had a good friend who served in the Falklands with the Paras', and he confirms the very same. You are correct '9'er, the 2i/c, Ops should have been back at '0' location directing Operations. A complete idiot me thinks.

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