V.C.'S IN CIVIL LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18496, 5 September 1923, Page 6

V.C.'S IN CIVIL LIFE.

NO PREFERENCE SHOWN. L- . • SOME AMONG UNEMPLOYED.' . . * How arc V.C.'s of the great war faring 1 : in civil life ? asks a.,' London paper. One of them, it is - learnedj: has bii upon a novel idea of touring the villages of' Hampshire ' -with . a travelling cinema. This is Captain T. ;, E. Ad lam, who won the Cross at the storming of Thiejtjral io| September, 1916, >when ho was 22 yean of ago. ... •' • ; Other winners of "the decoration ; been found in the ranks of ; ilin tiiuio-. ployed, and there 'have been several snoVa attempts to pawn the little bronze Crosi • .'For a pawnbroker to accept : one as a pledge is, of course, illegal 'V • An official of tho British Legion stated:; that" many V.C. 's had gone back to the 'trade or work which occupied, them before tho'war. i , , - '' We do not find,'V ho said, ;, " thai th*;. possession of a; V.C. or other decoration makes any difference at ail when a mas is applying for a job. Employers are nok a bit impressed when they are; told that an applicant for a. post is a V.C. So® B V.C.'s are doing well, and others not sb well. It must rbo confessed that in' some c cases possession of the coveted honour has tended to turn a man's head. In other instances, .of course, the " man ;is M the same as he j•« as ; before he won ; the ' Cross—entirely modest and unspoiled. Two V.C.'s are at present acting JSi; advertisement agents for on journal, the British Legion. They are doing very well, too. * J " Another 7 has gone back to • his pid. employment as a surface'man in a' mining v ; village in the Midlands. ' r " Captain Towse, the famous blind V.C;». is working admirably - for St. DunsianiWe keep no record- 'here, however, ' l ' : V.C.'s and - their work in civil life, hi fact, to; us a V.C. is just the same a J : any other ex-service man.. We treat theni all alike."' -v. . .