Comments on: Lieutenant General Sir Charles Gairdner http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39919 CherryPie Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:50:55 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39919 If the painting is accurate he did have a very manly chest and a kind face :-) If the painting is accurate he did have a very manly chest and a kind face :-)

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39905 Astrid Thu, 19 Feb 2015 04:36:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39905 It is good that he had such a huge chest, all the decorations nicely in order. What a great painting and what a carrier. People like that are born with the right genes. I bet he was a tough but wonderful person to be with. It is good that he had such a huge chest, all the decorations nicely in order. What a great painting and what a carrier. People like that are born with the right genes.
I bet he was a tough but wonderful person to be with.

]]> By: Andrew MacLaren-Scott http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39902 Andrew MacLaren-Scott Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:14:22 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39902 Much like Willie Whitelaw could be MP for Penrith and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Colonialism, or even its remnants, does not respect geography. Much like Willie Whitelaw could be MP for Penrith and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Colonialism, or even its remnants, does not respect geography.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39899 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:16:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39899 The information I read says it is so... The information I read says it is so…

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39898 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39898 The expression on his face commands a lot of presence too. Well it does to me, he has a kind look about him. The expression on his face commands a lot of presence too. Well it does to me, he has a kind look about him.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39897 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:12:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39897 A chap looks very smart in his dress uniform and bling ;-) The highest ranking officer I have met and talked to was a Major General, although he was wearing his every day kit not his dress uniform ;-) A chap looks very smart in his dress uniform and bling ;-) The highest ranking officer I have met and talked to was a Major General, although he was wearing his every day kit not his dress uniform ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39896 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:53:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39896 He is well decorated ;-) He is well decorated ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39895 CherryPie Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:52:27 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39895 I thought his painting very striking :-) I thought his painting very striking :-)

]]> By: james higham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39894 james higham Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:39:58 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39894 Between 1951 and 1968 he was Governor of Western Australia and the Tasmania. Not simultaneously, I trust. Between 1951 and 1968 he was Governor of Western Australia and the Tasmania.

Not simultaneously, I trust.

]]> By: Andrew MacLaren-Scott http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/17/lieutenant-general-sir-charles-gairdner/comment-page-1/#comment-39893 Andrew MacLaren-Scott Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:22:22 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15054#comment-39893 He'd look very different in his jim-jams and slippers. (I often think that when clothing and ornamentation are used to try to make a person look impressive, not that I am saying he is not impressive, knowing nothing about him until now). He’d look very different in his jim-jams and slippers. (I often think that when clothing and ornamentation are used to try to make a person look impressive, not that I am saying he is not impressive, knowing nothing about him until now).

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