FOREIGN LEGION
Duke’s Son Fails to Enlist Declaring that lile in the French I'oreign Legion is good for any young man, Lady Louise Montague is surprised at the leturn oi her brother, Lord Edward Montagu, to England, alter lading to enlist. Lord Edward is the second son ol the Duke oi Manchester. He stated that lio was refused by the French authorities beuiiise be could not pro duce necessary papers. Lady Louise denies having destroyeu his passport and other papers and having handed him £l3 at Dunkirk when they found the recruiting office closed. The recruiting sergeant buys he told Lord Edwurd that ho would be immediately recruited it he returned in the morning. Ihe young man seemed surprised when he was told that the period of service must be five years, lie said he was enlisting ut bis family's desue, no lor Ins own pleasure.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 4
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146FOREIGN LEGION Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 4
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