tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post8416396886475512236..comments2024-03-28T09:55:48.460+00:00Comments on <p align="right">Steve's Random <br>Musings on Wargaming <br>and other stuff...</p>: Professor Richard Holmes, CBE (29 March 1946 – 30 April 2011)Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-18069988033206937172011-05-03T20:09:40.468+00:002011-05-03T20:09:40.468+00:00Very Sad news indeed.
Steve. Could you contact me...Very Sad news indeed.<br /><br />Steve. Could you contact me at: brown_peter4@sky.com with regard to publishing some of your stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-5527890484174649462011-05-02T23:01:12.221+00:002011-05-02T23:01:12.221+00:00P.S. That should be "rode" the route, no...P.S. That should be "rode" the route, not road! That's what tiredness does...<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-40110227955032557892011-05-02T21:27:33.992+00:002011-05-02T21:27:33.992+00:00Sad to hear.Sad to hear.AKIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00603611698724045609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-31963766012223272602011-05-02T01:11:31.249+00:002011-05-02T01:11:31.249+00:00Yes, terribly sad news. I gather from comments I s...Yes, terribly sad news. I gather from comments I saw on a Forces blog that they'd heard he was getting better so his death came as a shock to many who knew him, it seems. He sounds like a thoroughly decent, genial and generous chap, too, from comments I've read. His books that I've read are all very enjoyable; my favourite is "Riding The Retreat", a mix of travelogue and history where he road the route of the British army's retreat from Mons in 1914 as well as recounting the history of it. It's a wonderfully engaging read. At least he had a creative and successful, if too short, life and received much acknowledgement for his work as historian and TA soldier too. I'm sorry I never met him.<br /><br />David<br />http://nba-sywtemplates.blogspot.com/David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-31214786585291493752011-05-01T19:01:32.915+00:002011-05-01T19:01:32.915+00:00Sad and shocking news. Enjoyed his TV progs immens...Sad and shocking news. Enjoyed his TV progs immensely and read Redcoat which was also good. Wish I had had the chance to attend one of his lectures. Yahoo says he was battling against myeloma, a cancer that affects the bone marrow and weakens the immune system, eventually passing away from pneumonia. I'm sure he went down fighting. A great loss.<br /><br />DavyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-70996275033557605562011-05-01T18:24:15.076+00:002011-05-01T18:24:15.076+00:00Very sad to hear this, he was always a pleasure to...Very sad to hear this, he was always a pleasure to listen to but have never read anything he wrote, will try and rectify that.The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-14759848024176899712011-05-01T11:39:42.728+00:002011-05-01T11:39:42.728+00:00Very sad news indeed. I always found his books in...Very sad news indeed. I always found his books informative and educational in the main, thought provoking always.marinergrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393687295535460527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-73337612854655689822011-05-01T08:47:12.264+00:002011-05-01T08:47:12.264+00:00He has left his own mark on History and for that h...He has left his own mark on History and for that he can be proud.<br /><br />Sad DayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-38346091836694680592011-05-01T08:44:04.527+00:002011-05-01T08:44:04.527+00:00Very Sad indeed He was a fine historian and a g...Very Sad indeed He was a fine historian and a great gentleman.Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-72597571829361113042011-05-01T08:41:32.543+00:002011-05-01T08:41:32.543+00:00Terriby sad to hear this.Terriby sad to hear this.Dux Homunculorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00536604035307855671noreply@blogger.com