Talk:H. R. C. Pettigrew

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Did you know... that colonel Hugh Pettigrew observed that troops that thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled Waziristan on India's North West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:22, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that colonel Hugh Pettigrew, formerly of the Gordon Highlanders, observed that troops that thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled Waziristan on India's North West Frontier, were of little use to anyone?

Reviewed: - Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören

Created by Philafrenzy (talk) and Whispyhistory (talk). Nominated by Philafrenzy (talk) at 18:40, 15 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:37, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]