Luke Hoare

Army Officer | Husband | Father | PhD Researcher | Erstwhile Jungle Pilot, Taipan and Cormorant | CO V

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

“Fair winds and following seas”

Three Junglie legends.

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

We can confirm the names of the three Royal Navy personnel who tragically lost their lives during a helicopter training exercise on 3 June:

Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Somerset
Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Surrey
PO Owen Green, 24, Hampshire

🔗https://t.co/25RFAkJdqq

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@Telegraph @Mr_Andrew_Fox “What’s the Army for?”

Richard Haldane, 1906.

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@Hush_Kit

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[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

When British soldiers are being killed by Russian drones in a future conflict in Estonia because we can't afford proper counter drone equipment, the endless wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Red Arrows is going to look pretty fucking ridiculous

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

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[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus https://t.co/AjsWeQ4l5l

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

“I tell them they're talking bollocks”

100% right 💪

https://t.co/yFMz0le1ld

[Defence Operations 🇬🇧 @DefenceOps]

96KM. HISTORY. HONOUR.

🪂 4 PARA retraced 3 PARA’s 96km Falklands route from Port San Carlos to Stanley

🤝 Along the way, veterans shared first-hand accounts of the battle, stopping to honour those who fell

🌹 Lest we forget

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@DiariesEmpire Looks like the absolutely awesome ex-RAF Castle Donington?

(Currently East Mids (IGNX)).

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@robert_lyman Fascinating! I think can see:

• HAP Fisher (Sir Henry etc - Leicestershire Regt)
• Charles Wintour (Norfolk Regt later Evening Standard)
• Colin St Clair Oakes (RA later CWGC)

The big one is top left? Is that WJS himself? If so that is awesome!

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https://t.co/AzSM22Gwly

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@pinstripedline See also the RAF in Helmand!

Apparently people were the prize in COIN…

… So I’m just not sure how killing illiterate children with leaflets was particularly helpful?!?

https://t.co/7Wv6Yw1T6a

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@John_ForemanCBE @edwardstrngr @BO3673 @thinkdefence Eerily just used this exact quote in some academic writing ten mins ago!

“In battle nothing is ever as good or as bad as the first reports of excited men would have it.”

Slim, W. (1956) Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma, 1942–1945. London: Cassell (Penguin). p. 10

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@robert_lyman Initially thought NW Frontier but turns out to be Ismailia, Egypt (Canal Zone) in autumn 1914 - which he knew well 28 years later!

Chicago ref:

Qureshi, M. The 1st Punjabis: History of the Regiment, 1759–1956. Aldershot, 1958.

Correlating Wiki link:

https://t.co/6okhytgdVb

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@robert_lyman No p.s.c for the Auk? Typo surely?

He went to Quetta albeit later than usual and unusually post CO in 1920/21 as a substantive Lt Col - thereby outranking most of the DS!

But he was definitely qualified p.s.c.

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@simonharley Hankey was the CID Secretary for 26 years. He often chaired in the PM’s absence but you’re quite right he was never appointed Chairman.

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We are fortunate indeed that these men serve, and serve so well. Every man an Emperor. Go well LCpl Hooley 🪂🫡 🇬🇧

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

We pause today to remember Lance Corporal George Hooley as he returned home to the UK.

Before his passing, Lance Corporal Hooley wrote a letter to his family and friends to be opened in the event of his death. At their request, we now share his words with you.

Our thoughts remain with his family, friends and colleagues. May his words bring comfort to all who read them.

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@EODHappyCaptain “Soldiers won’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care”. Wise words from a superlative leader - General Sir Patrick Sanders. Rings true every single day.

[Luke Hoare @LukeHoare82]

@pinstripedline I see your Ministerial Fox-Bats and raise you ECAB debating whether officers should carry swords or rifles. In 1907. 1.9.0.7. (As in five years *after* the Boer War) 😳.

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@Dunkirk_1940 Well done dude. So pleased for you 🙌