Wavell was a great lover of literature, and while Viceroy of India he compiled and annotated an anthology of great poetry, Other Men's Flowers, which was published in 1944. He wrote the last poem in the anthology himself and described it as a "...little wayside dandelion of my own". [68] He had a great memory for poetry and often quoted it at length. He is depicted in Evelyn Waugh's novel Officers and Gentlemen, part of the Sword of Honour trilogy, reciting a translation of Callimachus' poetry in public. [69] He was also a member of the Church of England and a deeply religious man. [70]

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But what makes Montaigne’s meditation so incisive — and such an urgently necessary fine-tuning of how we think of “curation” today — is precisely the emphasis on the thread. This assemblage of existing ideas, he argues, is nothing without the critical thinking of the assembler — the essential faculty examining those ideas to sieve the meaningful from the meaningless, assimilating them into one’s existing system of knowledge, and metabolizing them to nurture a richer understanding of the world. Montaigne writes: Wavell died on 24 May 1950 after a relapse following abdominal surgery on 5 May. [71] After his death, his body lay in state at the Tower of London where he had been Constable. A military funeral was held on 7 June 1950 with the funeral procession travelling along the Thames from the Tower to Westminster Pier and then to Westminster Abbey for the funeral service. [72] This was the first military funeral by river since that of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, in 1806. [73] The funeral was attended by the then Prime Minister Clement Attlee as well as Lord Halifax and fellow officers including Field Marshals Alanbrooke and Montgomery. Winston Churchill did not attend the service. [74] The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times. No.36899. London. 15 October 1902. p.8. By the way, thank you Dame Judy for prompting me to dip into a remarkable anthology. In the last few laughing seconds of the programme she may have whispered that she wanted none of the records but I like to think she would hang on to this book. Operations In The Western Desert from December 7th, 1940 to February 7th, 1942", sent to Secretary of State for War June 1941 and published in "No. 37628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1946. pp.3261–3269.Wavell was given a number of assignments between the wars, though like many officers he had to accept a reduction in rank. In May 1920 he relinquished the temporary appointment of Brigadier-General, reverting to lieutenant-colonel. [28] In December 1921, he became an Assistant Adjutant General (AAG) at the War Office [29] and, having been promoted to full colonel on 3 June 1921, [30] he became a GSO1 in the Directorate of Military Operations in July 1923. [31] Dowager Countess Wavell". Online dictionary of distinguished women, Index W. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 22 March 2015. Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "World War II Unit Histories and Officers". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008 . Retrieved 20 December 2008.

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or musically, the more it will feel like an organic whole. Syntax can do much of the work of sense. Wavell read and remembered poetry widely throughout his life. Less in the war years (wwII) when he relied on his facility for poetic recall. Kipling and Browning could have been his favourites. Kipling, Browning and Chesterton have the largest numbers of poems included by far and the rest cover a broad range of poetry through the ages. There 108 other poets, including quite a few Anons and approximately 260 poems or extracts, long and short. A taste of the variety of poets is: Blake, WH Davies, John Buchan, Edward Lear, Jean Ingelow, Burns, Housman, Belloc, Robert Frost and on, up and down the ages Apart from a short period unemployed on half pay in 1926, [32] [33] Wavell continued to hold GSO1 appointments, latterly in the 3rd Infantry Division, until July 1930 when he was given command of 6th Infantry Brigade with the temporary rank of brigadier. [34] In March 1932, he was appointed aide-de-camp (ADC) to King George V, [35] a position he held until October 1933 when he was promoted to Major-General. [36] [37] However, there was a shortage of jobs for Major-Generals at this time and in January 1934, on relinquishing command of his brigade, he found himself unemployed on half pay once again. [38] Generals and Generalship: The Lees Knowles Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1939. 1941. OCLC 5176549. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help) CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Glynn, Irial (2007). "An Untouchable in the Presence of Brahmins: Lord Wavell's Disastrous Relationship with Whitehall During His Time as Viceroy to India, 1943–7". Modern Asian Studies. 41 (3): 639–663. doi: 10.1017/S0026749X06002460. S2CID 143934881.Felicity Ann Wavell, b. 21 July 1921, married at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption, New Delhi, 20 February 1947 Capt. P. M. Longmore MC, son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore. [80] Jeremy Cooper, no FuN without U: the art of Factual Nonsense, London 2000, pp.10, 12, 30, 75-6, 78-9, 89-90, 114-21, 179-80, 184 and 221, reproduced (colour) p.119