DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER’S LIFE OF THRILLS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23002, 3 October 1936, Page 15

DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER’S LIFE OF THRILLS

Now beyond the age limit for recall to the Colours, General Sir E. Peter Strickland has ceased to belong to the Reserve of Officers, reports a London journal. In a distinguished career he was with Kitchener at Khartoum, served in France, Egypt, and Burma, and was a “ marked man ” in Ireland. Sir Peter retired from active service in 1931, after more than 40 years in the Army, and at his home at Snettisham, in Norfolk, declared that he enjoyed every minute of his time. “They used to call me the strictest disciplinarian in the British Army,” he said. “ I don’t know why„ If I was strict, they never minded it; they nevei* resented it.” “What can I say about the young men in the Army to-day? I haven’t seen much of the young men in the Army since I retired, but I’m sure they are all right.” When Sir Peter was in command of the 6th Division in Ireland from 1919 to 1922 the I.R.A. determined to “ get him." He was travelling in mufti in a motor car from Cork to Queenstown when a hail of bullets struck the ear.