Talk:Leonard Parrington

A fact from Leonard Parrington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when Brigadier Leonard Parrington ordered him to surrender Sergeant Jack Hinton told him to "go and jump in the bloody lake"?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 19:21, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that captured British Brigadier Leonard Parrington was mistakenly thought to be pro-Nazi and was suggested to Heinrich Himmler as a possible commander for the British Free Corps? Source: "Berger reported to Himmler on 3 March 1944 that the volunteers had requested that 'Brigadier General Parrington' be appointed their commander ... according to Berger Parrington had 'the reputation of being both enthusiastically and sincerely devoted to the Fuhrer' ... Brigadier Leonard Parrington MC was ignorant of the Britische Freikorps and innocent of Berger's enthusiastic claims ... Everything pointed to an ill conceived recommendation" from:Tucker-Jones, Anthony (15 September 2022). Hitler's Armed SS: The Waffen-SS at War, 1939–1945. Pen and Sword Military. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-3990-0694-1.
- ALT1: ... that when Brigadier Leonard Parrington ordered him to surrender Sergeant Jack Hinton told him to "go and jump in the bloody lake"? Source: "Sergeant Hinton went to the headquarters of Brigadier Leonard Parrington, the officer in charge of the evacuation, to find out what was happening. On being told he must surrender by the brigadier Hinton exploded: 'Surrender? Go and jump in the bloody lake!" from: Best, Brian (28 February 2018). The Desert VCs: Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII. Casemate Publishers. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-1-5267-2107-5.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

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Overall: @Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:53, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke and Onegreatjoke: In the article I am not seeing a reference for "was mistakenly thought to be pro-Nazi". It appears in the lead but not in the body and it is without a reference. Bruxton (talk) 18:42, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Pinging Dumelow as well since Bruxton accidentally pinged me twice. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:43, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bruxton. Happy to discuss but I'd consider it a reasonable summary of his being reported to Himmler as being "enthusiastically and sincerely devoted to the Fuhrer" when this was not the case. The extract from the source is above - Dumelow (talk) 19:01, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Understood @Dumelow:. I guess it is a matter of jumping to different sections of our article with different wording in order to piece it together. I prefer the hook to be more explicit and connected in our article. That way it is easier for the prep builder and the que promotor. Thanks for the quick response and thanks Onegreatjoke. Bruxton (talk) 19:16, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]