Adrian cartoon de wiart biography sample
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A total disregard for his own personal safety, an indomitable fighting spirit, reckless courage, … and the gift of being nearly indestructible.
Adrian cartoon de wiart biography sample
This soldier survived five wars, including World War I and World War II becoming one of the most decorated British officers of all time and sustaining countless injuries. Was he the unluckiest soldier of all time or the quintessential British war hero?
Make up your mind as you hear the story of today’s protagonist: Adrian Carton de Wiart, the unbreakable soldier.
Typical Toff?
Adrian Carton de Wiart was born into an aristocratic family in Brussels, Belgium on 5 May 1880.
The father of this quintessential British war hero was actually Belgian, and a lawyer. The mother of this quintessential British war hero, was actually Irish. Adrian was so Belgian in fact that throughout his life he was amused by the rumour that he was an illegitimate child of King Leopold II, he who owned the Congo.
Adrian’s mother sadly passed away when he was just six