colonelshiel

Ah Colonel, but that's a fine Ronnie!

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• 16 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  At left, something noble Irlandaise
  
  given that Irlandaise is feminine, I think it might be À une noble Irlandaise, To a noble Irishwoman.

• John Spooner said:

  Flying visit reported in Edinburgh Evening News - Wednesday 23 July 1902
  

  COLONEL SHIEL AT QUEENSTOWN.
  The Boer Colonel. A. Shiel, who landed at Queenstown to-day, left immediately en route for Germany.

• Niall McAuley said:

  The first shipment of 514 PoWs arrived on the 10th April 1900, including General Cronjé and his wife, Colonel Schiel and 21 other officers.
  
  sainthelenaisland.info/boerprisoners.htm

• John Spooner said:

  Cork Weekly Herald - Saturday 18 November 1899
  

  THE BOER PRISONERS.
  INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL SHIEL.
  Cane Towun Thursday Cape llown, Thursday.
  Colonel Schiel, the German soldier who is generally supposed to have originated the Boer plan of campaign, has been interviewed on board the guardship Penelope, where he is at present detained a prisoner, He professed the highest admiration for the bravery displayed by the Gordon Highlanders at Flandslaagte, and remarked, “Whenever I meet one of them in future I shall take off my hat to him.”

• Niall McAuley said:

  Adolf has a wikipedia page, a different photo of the same officer.
  
  died on 8 August 1903 in Bad Reichenhall of the wounds he had received at Elandslaagte.