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A fact from Digby Tatham-Warter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 May 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Major Digby Tatham-Warter disabled a Nazi armoured car with an umbrella while wearing a bowler hat?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Digby Tatham-Warter.

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The Saddle

What, exactly, is the significance of The Saddle to Sandhurst? Bthylafh (talk) 04:25, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Brodie helmet" link seems wrong

In Arnhem, paratroopers would have worn Helmet Steel Airborne Troop rather than the Brodie, unless I am much mistaken? --Lasse Hillerøe Petersen (talk) 18:49, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

V for victory sign in Morse Code

Digby flashed a V for Victory sign using Morse Code with his torch

How does one translate a hand gesture into Morse Code? Some more detailed explanation would be good here.

Sgrandpre (talk) 16:45, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

3 dots and a dash. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:50, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(e/c)From V sign#Victory sign "Ritchie suggested an audible V using its Morse code rhythm (three dots and a dash). As the rousing opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony had the same rhythm, the BBC used this as its call-sign in its foreign language programmes to occupied Europe for the rest of the war. The more musically educated also understood that it was the Fate motif "knocking on the door" of the German Third Reich" - so he flashed the Morse letter V. DuncanHill (talk) 16:53, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Racial Reconciliation in Kenya?

The Source cited does not appear to substantiate such claims about Tatham-Warter's beliefs on Kenyan independence and African agency. Indeed, it instead claims rather than being in opposition to the rest of the Kenyan expatriate community, that he became an important figure of that community and that Kenyan independence did little to change this fact. Should we not remove this sentence from the "Post-Second World War" section? Alex S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.76.8.93 (talk) 11:47, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 [[User:Sgrandpre|Sgrandpre]] ([[User talk:Sgrandpre|talk]]) 16:45, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
-:3 dots and a dash. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<font color="red">The C of E  </font><font color="blue"> God Save the Queen!</font>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<font color="darkblue">talk</font>]])</span> 16:50, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
+:3 dots and a dash. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.5em 0.5em 0.6em;"> '''[[User:The C of E|<span style="color:red;">The C of E  </span><span style="color:blue;"> God Save the Queen!</span>]]''' ([[User talk:The C of E|<span style="color:darkblue;">talk</span>]])</span> 16:50, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
+:(e/c)From [[V sign#Victory sign]] "Ritchie suggested an audible V using its Morse code rhythm (three dots and a dash). As the rousing opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony had the same rhythm, the BBC used this as its call-sign in its foreign language programmes to occupied Europe for the rest of the war. The more musically educated also understood that it was the Fate motif "''knocking on the door''" of the German Third Reich" - so he flashed the Morse letter V. [[User:DuncanHill|DuncanHill]] ([[User talk:DuncanHill|talk]]) 16:53, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
+== Racial Reconciliation in Kenya?  ==
+The Source cited does not appear to substantiate such claims about Tatham-Warter's beliefs on Kenyan independence and African agency. Indeed, it instead claims rather than being in opposition to the rest of the Kenyan expatriate community, that he became an important figure of that community and that Kenyan independence did little to change this fact. Should we not remove this sentence from the "Post-Second World War" section? Alex S.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.76.8.93|192.76.8.93]] ([[User talk:192.76.8.93#top|talk]]) 11:47, 7 March 2022 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->