The title of this hour long film aptly describes the way Colonel Wintle saw himself and lived his eccentric and highly individual life.
Injured in the First World War, he volunteered at the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. He was incarcerated in The Tower of London and subsequently parachuted into France with the SOE, before being captured by the Vichy French.
The film begins with his funeral in the early 60's and the story is told via flashbacks, narrated by an elderly gentleman holding a solitary wake in a country pub. It transpires that this old cove is Wintles batman who made a seemingly miraculous recovery from mortal wounds sustained on The Somme, his recovery being solely due to Wintle marching to his death bed and specifically ordering him not to die!
The rest of the film carries on in much the same, hilarious, vain. Despite the rather grim backdrop to the story, I laughed from beginning to end.
Definitely a classic and one to add to your library.
I went looking for a copy of "The Last Englishman" by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred D. Wintle On every site I found, the book costs between $300 and $600 for a used copy. (You were right about the expense!) I was hoping to buy a copy for my son-in-law, an English gent. Perhaps not this year, but I may find it at a thrift shop somewhere.
Happily, I found out you can borrow LtCol. Wintle's book from OpenLibrary.org here
w0w, many thanks, prof U...but wait! there's more... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMrXBKSBxE
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Billy Bunter
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Daniel Wintle MC
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Eccentricity personified
mccleans23 March 2001
The title of this hour long film aptly describes the way Colonel Wintle saw himself and lived his eccentric and highly individual life.
Injured in the First World War, he volunteered at the outbreak of hostilities in 1939. He was incarcerated in The Tower of London and subsequently parachuted into France with the SOE, before being captured by the Vichy French.
The film begins with his funeral in the early 60's and the story is told via flashbacks, narrated by an elderly gentleman holding a solitary wake in a country pub. It transpires that this old cove is Wintles batman who made a seemingly miraculous recovery from mortal wounds sustained on The Somme, his recovery being solely due to Wintle marching to his death bed and specifically ordering him not to die!
The rest of the film carries on in much the same, hilarious, vain. Despite the rather grim backdrop to the story, I laughed from beginning to end.
Definitely a classic and one to add to your library.
Ah if only I had done this to more than one letter.
Short and sweet
Lovely
Hey Shaun!
I went looking for a copy of "The Last Englishman" by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred D. Wintle On every site I found, the book costs between $300 and $600 for a used copy. (You were right about the expense!) I was hoping to buy a copy for my son-in-law, an English gent. Perhaps not this year, but I may find it at a thrift shop somewhere.
Happily, I found out you can borrow LtCol. Wintle's book from OpenLibrary.org here
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL4594761M/The_last_Englishman
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The monocle in the nurse’s uniform seems like a scene from a Wes Anderson film.
Monty Python lives!
Monty Python lives!