the british government and british defense policy and he had gone from the top down to this granular battalion level. this was something i didn't know about certainly while he was alive and he came through documents and people eventually opening up to me and telling me about conversations they had with him. he made himself really unpopular with the brigade. some people would say he thinks he's a general but he is a colonel and we are on the brigadier staff and he needs to up like everyone else. rupert felt he knew the reasons for some of these rules that were being quoted at him is the reason why he couldn't have more men. he was like you are mistaken. it's absolutely the reason i was there and i know because i was there when that rule was instituted. he was a self-effacing character. he didn't express this arrogantly but he was really dogged and i think he knew that he was destined for the highest ranks. i think he made the calculation that he could upset brigadiers and i also think he had at the core of him they believe in serving as well as leading his troops. he died for his troops and he

government and overseeing british defense policy and hey had gone from the top down to this very granular battalion level and so he was a -- this is something i didn't know about certainly while he was alive and it came through in documents and people sort of opening up to me and telling me about conversations they had with him, and, yes he mate himself really unpopular with the brigade. some people says he thinks he is a general but he is not. he is a lieutenant colonel and we're on the brigadier staff and he needs to suck it up. rupert felt he knew the reasons to some rules being quoted at him the reason why he couldn't have more men, and so he was telling people you're mistaken, you are interpreting this rule which is absolutely counter to the reason why it was there i know because i was there when the rule was instituted. now he was a very kind of self-efacing character and he wasn't arrogant -- he didn't expect this arrogantly but he was really, really dogged and i think he knew that he was destined to the highest ranks and he had made the calculation that he could upset brigadiers and he was