The Top 40

When speaking of eccentric British military men, let us not forget Admiral Sir Walter Cowen, who turned 70 in 1941 and fought with the British commando forces throughout the war.

Here is a summary of his WW II military service from Wikipedia:

"During World War II he was given a job by his old friend Roger Keyes, then head of the Commandos. Cowan voluntarily took the lower rank of Commander and went to Scotland in 1941 to train the commandos in small boat handling.[1] He served in North Africa, where he saw action at Mechili and at the Battle of Bir Hakeim, where he was captured on 27 May 1942,[1] having attached himself to the Indian 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry (his commando unit having been disbanded). He was fighting an Italian tank crew single-handedly armed only with a revolver. He was repatriated in 1943 under an unusual agreement with Italy whereby some 800 Italian seamen interned in neutral Saudi Arabia from the Red Sea squadron were exchanged for a similar number of British POWs. An unusual feature was that there was no stipulation about the men’s future activities and they were free to return to action so he rejoined the commandos and saw action in Italy during 1944. He was awarded a bar to his DSO. He retired once more in 1945. After the war he was invited to become Colonel of the 18th King Edward VII's Own and visited India to receive this honour, which he considered the greatest he had received."

I wonder what either of these fellows would say if they could see the U.K. now.

Speaking of archery, you should check out this video courtesy of Debbie's (VA Viper) daily links at NRO:
http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2013/11/10-arrows-in-less-than-5-seconds.html