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A fact from Bill Godwin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when the Rhodesian Guard Force was disbanded in 1980, Brigadier Bill Godwin advised his men to fade away?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 20:30, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when the Rhodesian Guard Force was disbanded in 1980, Brigadier Bill Godwin advised his men to quietly unfurl their tents and fade away? "At the last parade of the force, he told his troops that it was time to quietly unfurl their tents and fade away" from: Chakawa, Joshua (November 2015), Abel Muzorewa’s Security Force Auxiliaries and After the War of Liberation in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe (PDF) (PhD thesis), Midlands State University, p. 215

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ivory Winston
Comment: Source doesn't present it as a direct quote so I haven't used quotation marks here.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:06, 27 September 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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Overall: Source for the hook says he was "very impolite to his men"; this might bear mentioning in the article. jp×g 07:16, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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