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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 Theleekycauldron (talk04:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that Lieutenant Colonel Richard John Andrews survived the Second Boer War, First World War, the Russian Civil War and the Irish War of Independence only to be killed by a defective tool in his garage? "during the South African War, found himself swept to the front with the Imperial Yeomanry... At the outbreak of hte Great War he hurried back from South Ameirica and enlisted in the London Scottish ... after the Armistice Colonel Andrews volunteered for North Russia and was captured by the bolshevists ... accidentally killed at his garage" from: "Col Andrews's War Service". The Times. 19 January 1923.; "CO G Company, Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, October 1920-January 1921." from: Taylor, Michael Anthony (September 2016), The History of 119 Infantry Brigade in the Great War with Special Reference to the Command of Brigadier-General Frank Percy Crozier (PDF) (PhD thesis), University of Birmingham, p. 324 and "there was a flaw in the sharpening wheel ... accident was caused by the improper mounting of the wheel" from: "Colonel's Accidental Death". Evening Telegraph. 24 January 1923.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 18:13, 21 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Both hooks are approved, but as far as I'm concerned it'd be a crime not to run one as exquisite as ALT0. Great work, Dumelow. ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 07:29, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Promoter's comment to @Ezlev: I couldn't agree more.
ALT0 to T:DYK/P6