Quote Originally Posted by Allan Thomson View Post
Thankyou Figheadair interested to hear your comments, I'd always been given the impression wearing the Glengarry was something he'd done to make the point that he was prepared to suffer in the hardships as the men he looked after (and because he preferred it to the conventional RAMC cap). But obviously that wasn't the case - was it something that was done but could have been frowned upon or is that just a misconception based on the part of the legend?
It's standard practise now and I think it was then too, so probably just a misconception.

It's ambigious as to whether he never received promotion beyond Captain because of the way he stuck his nose out or because of his insistence with staying on the front. Also an accomplished athlete and Scholar, qualifying for the 1908 Olympic Games and getting a 1st from Oxford.

Incidentally but if I recollect correctly but I think when he was fatally wounded he was eventually able to crawl to Martin-Leake's aid post where he died?
I think that MOs that stayed 'in-roll' at the front rather then going down the commend route tended to stay at their commissioned rank. Ditto Martin-Leake who served through and survived the war as a Capt. I don't know whether he was at the Third Battle of Ypres and therefore in the same sector when Chavasse was mortally wounded.