Template:Did you know nominations/Temporary gentlemen

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:06, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

Temporary gentlemen

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... that some British Army officers were considered to only be gentlemen on a temporary basis?["Most of these new officers were commissioned from the ranks, for the duration only, and the term “Temporary Gentleman” was born." from Root, Laura (1 January 2006), ""Temporary Gentlemen" on the Western Front: Class Consciousness and the British Army Officer, 1914-1918", The Osprey Journal of Ideas and Inquiry Collections, All Volumes (2001-2008) (76) (page 1).
- ALT1:... that many of the 250,000 British officers recruited during the First World War were temporary gentlemen? from Holmes, Richard (2011), Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors, ISBN 9780007225699 (page 183)
- ALT2:... that more than 1,000 coal miners served as temporary British Army officers during the First World War? from Lewis-Stempel, John (2010), Six Weeks: The Short And Gallant Life Of The British Officer In The First World War, London: Orion, ISBN 978-0-297-86007-5
- ALT3:... that after the end of the First World War thousands of former British Army officers were forced to sleep rough in Hyde Park? "Already, ex-officers were tramping the streets looking for any job, and within months thousands of them were sleeping in Hyde Park, absolutely destitute" from Petter, Martin (March 1994), "'Temporary Gentlemen' in the aftermath of the Great War: rank, status and the ex-officer problem", The Historical Journal, 37 (1): 127–152, doi:10.1017/S0018246X00014734 (page 135).

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dehenna Davison

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:54, 16 December 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Great new article! Personally, I like ALT3. b uidhe 08:04, 17 December 2019 (UTC)