Talk:Ivor Thord-Gray

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[edit] Existence verified, at least

I think cursory googling has at least established (to my satisfaction) that a guy with that name existed, and had some adventures. Further work will have to verify whether he did everything attributed to him on this page. So I deleted the 'prod' tag, but not the 'hoax' tag. --Alvestrand 17:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Wikified

Wikified as part of the Wikification wikiproject! I wikified his extensive list of unlikely achievements. He may have existed, but I'm doubting he warred for multiple, sometimes opposing, armies all over the globe. Definitely needs sources. JubalHarshaw 15:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

His Mexican presence is well documented. I found references to several of the others - check the sources listed. Which of the parties listed were opposing each other? --Alvestrand 21:02, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
The Ivor's biography may seem implausible, but he's not the only soldier with such an extensive resume, for another example, see Sam Dreben. Tubezone 12:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Ivor Thord-Gray did serve in all these wars and in all these units. There are more than 1000 documents in the Royal Library, the Army Museum Archieves and the Research Archive of Umeå University.

Stellan Bojerud, Prof Mil Hist (Rtd), Royal General Staff College, Stockholm