History Gems - The bravest Belgian you'll ever read about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was born in Brussels to an Irish mother and was likely to be the illegitimate son of
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TrueStory on Twitter: "Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart served the British Army in the Boer War, WWI and WW2, and is one of the most remarkable soldiers ever. ep. 10 https://t.co/Y8lME9hmg1" /
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