1982
Search results
LE. 27 Jan 2007. #9. SLRboy said: EX_STAB said: Down at Bisley a couple of years ago I was talking to a couple of blokes and David Niven was mentioned. One of said blokes starts slagging him off for all he's worth saying that he was a liar a bully and all sorts. Got totally wound up about it for some reason.
Location: Edinburgh. Offline. David Niven received training at STC Lochailort in the early war years, which was operational as the first Independent Companies, SOE and special forces Special Training Centre from May 1940 onwards. - Commando D Living History Group -. www.commandod.com. 07/01/2009 10:59:19.
Jun 10, 2007 · David Niven joined the HLI from Sandhurst and was stationed in Malta. At Sandhurst when asked to write his 3 preferred regiments he wrote ' anything but the HLI'. Roy Urquhart latter of Arnhem fame was one of his brother officers. IIRC he was on leave in the US and he sent his CO a telegram stating his intention to resign his commision and not ...
Jan 27, 2007 · 28 Jan 2007. #21. While driving back to London from Godalming in the summer of 1940, when invasion precautions were high, Niven got tired of being repeatedly held-up at road-blocks. To expedite matters he decided to change into uniform and pulled off the Hogs Back to do so.
Aug 27, 2024 · Niven played the part of the Platoon commander on a break from his real-life rank of Lt Col as a squadron commander in Phantom, whilst Ustinov (a Private) co-wrote the screenplay and played a cameo role as the feelthy French cafe owner, and did it rather well IMHO, especially the darts match. I thoroughly recommend The Way Ahead.
Sep 11, 2024 · Old Salt. 11 Sep 2024. #42,048. American Hustle (2013) Christian Bale and Amy Adams play two con artists caught in one of their scams by an over-ambitious FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) and coerced into his scheme to bring down corrupt politicians. Bale is unrecognisable in dark glasses and a ridiculous wig which Cooper seemingly tries to out-do ...
Woopert. One of the original band of moderators from when ARRSE was written on a scroll rather than this inter-web-thingy. Charming and erudite and certainly in the "David Niven School of class, breeding, and culture". A "Trog" by virtue of the fact that no-one better would have him, still, "someone has to raise the standards"!
Sep 10, 2024 · Then we get someone like David Niven who rebelled against the same straight-jackets and attests to the inter-war mentality that had re-imposed itself on the day to day. Yet it allowed that certain innovators, such as Hobart, could wait until they had the opportunity to flourish, that Fuller's thinking could influence even the future opponents, just not our own thinking.
Aug 28, 2024 · The original featured Robert Harris as Alfred Frayne and Ian Holm as Bagley, 1970. More on the original here: Armchair Theatre: The End of the Line (1970) Written by John le Carré, produced by John Kershaw and directed by Alan Cooke. Broadcast on ITV at 8.30pm on 29 June 1970.
Apr 18, 2009 · LE. 18 Apr 2009. #8. Tremaine said: The thread John Wayne Could He Act throws up some actors who really did serve, some of them are remarkable. Henry Fonda - US Navy. Bronze Star for Valour. Glenn Ford - US Navy. In addition to his WWII service, he served in the reserves during the Korean War and the Viet Nam War.
