Re: The Last Word
No Ned was well preserved before Lewes was born (I think). Lewes was the trainer for the SAS (yes during WW2). He invented a bomb with with both incendiary and explosiveness, and light enough to be carried in bulk behind enemy lines to blow up aircraft on airfields.
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And Jock Lewes was an Australian. The SAS is what it is because of Jock's early influence and training methodology. As proof, one of the two shades of blue of the SAS is after Jock's association with Oxford University (the other is Cambridge after founder David Sterling).
It just occures to me that this essential British institution was founded by a Scot, and both and Aussie and an Irishman (Paddy Mayne) were principal members of 'L' Detatchment/the Regiment during WW2.