100 YEARS ON............LEST WE FORGET

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

The Scots have good reason to remember a certain Anibal Milhais a Portuguese soldier and his heroism during the fighting at the Lys offensive...

I'll be damned, Norman !!
You know about private Milhões. Yes, he had his name 'changed' from Milhais to Milhões as, after holding along the enemy's advance with his Lewis gun (called Luisa), he managed to rescue a Scottish Doctor from drowning in a swamp. When the Doctor reported his feats to the allies, the camp Comander said: you are Milhais, but you are worth Milhões (millions).