Not for the Legion
DUKE’S SON CHANGES MIND.
DECISION AT ELEVENTH HOUR
After flying to France, with tho reported intention of joining. Hie French Foreign Legion, Lord Edward Alonf.agu changed his mind.on August 4, and left for England b,y steamer. : .
Had Lord, Edward had his > papers with him when he went to the recruiting office he might have signed on, but ho had not got them and,was asked to bring them with him later. Lord Edward was accompanied by a party of friends. He called them to his room in a Dunkirk hotel at two o’clock in the morning and announced that he would not engage for five year’s service in Africa with the Foreign Legion. A, quarter of an hour later the whole party boarded a steamer due to. sail from Dunkirk to Folkestone. - •
Lord Montagu, who is 27 years of age and the second son of the Duke of Manchester, was accompanied by his sister, Laxly Louisa Montagu, and a friend when they flew from Heston Airport. They landed at St. Englebert and Lord Alontagu entrained for Dunkirk.
Before he changed his mind Lord Montagu made tho remark: “I know the will be very hard indeed, but there is no going back.’’
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 4
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204Not for the Legion Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 4
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