Luckier than the Prince

In the autumn of 1916, while attending to the loading of ammunition at

Minden Post, a driver suddenly exclaimed, "'Struth, Quarter; who's the

boy officer with all the ribbons up?"

Glancing up, I recognised the Prince of Wales, quite unattended,

pushing a bicycle through the mud.

When I told the driver who the officer really was, the reply came

quickly: "Blimey, I'm better off than he is; they _have_ given me a

horse to ride."--_H. J. Adams (ex.--B.Q.M.S., R.F.A.), Highclare,

Station Road, Hayes, Middlesex._

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