Although I have read Gordon Graham's account on Grover before, I di enjoy reading it again here. When one reads and studies the many individual actions on the different stages of the Battle for Kohima, there is a feeling that perhaps (from nearly 80 years on AND from my chair), that perhaps Grover could have moved quicker but was he perhaps more careful of the lives in his hands. The late Reverend Bill Davidson (a capt in 100th AA Regt RA at Kohima), Said that Grover generally called for a Padre to pray with him before he committed his men to battle..
It’s interesting that the bark, bite and chaffing of a senior Officer can become admired, no loved, by his subordinates. How is it achieved, after all, do we not all go through the same battle schools, training regimens, yet some have “it” and some do not. A mighty observation of a Senior Officer Dr Robert, if only he had left a memoir. Have you? Have I!
Although I have read Gordon Graham's account on Grover before, I di enjoy reading it again here. When one reads and studies the many individual actions on the different stages of the Battle for Kohima, there is a feeling that perhaps (from nearly 80 years on AND from my chair), that perhaps Grover could have moved quicker but was he perhaps more careful of the lives in his hands. The late Reverend Bill Davidson (a capt in 100th AA Regt RA at Kohima), Said that Grover generally called for a Padre to pray with him before he committed his men to battle..
It’s interesting that the bark, bite and chaffing of a senior Officer can become admired, no loved, by his subordinates. How is it achieved, after all, do we not all go through the same battle schools, training regimens, yet some have “it” and some do not. A mighty observation of a Senior Officer Dr Robert, if only he had left a memoir. Have you? Have I!
An intriguing what if.