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The World About Us: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To

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on BBC Two England

The career of Col. Sir Hugh Boustead reads like an adventure from the Boys' Own Paper
He joined the Navy at 13, deserted to fight on the Western Front, went on to fight with the White Russians, became an Army boxing champion, had a go at Everest - and commanded the Camel Corps.
He left the Army to become eventually a Political Agent in the richest sheikdom in the world.

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Subject:
Sir Hugh Boustead
Writer/Narrator:
Jim Douglas Henry
Producer:
Ramsay Short
Source: Radio Times

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