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and position of his unit's trench latrines, apparently something of a pet topic. A "fire-eater with a marvellous flow of language", it was Cubitt's manner of speech, more than anything else, which made an impact on his contemporaries; a front-line officer in 1918 described watching him, during the
October offensive, clearing a traffic jam with merely "a magnificent gush of language". A colleague from his early days in the artillery described him as a "perpetual joy to the soldier's world ... because of his picturesque language, which never gave offence because it was so absolutely natural and so aptly fitted the occasion", but under some circumstances it proved less suitable. Following a failed raid in 1918, he visited the offending battalion and harangued the officers collectively for some time, before demanding that they "damn well had to do the raid over again, and damn well see that made a proper job of it, or, by God, damn well go on raiding until damn well did." To the officers on the receiving end, already tired and dissatisfied, this was seen as a "contemptible exhibition" for a senior officer to make.
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Frank Astley Cubitt and his wife Bertha, daughter of
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1093:"CUBITT, Gen. Sir Thomas Astley". (2007). In
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881:. 11 September 1903. p. 5664.
728:"Julian Francis Cubitt (CBT887JF)"
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1114:Dunn, Captain J. C. (1994).
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494:Distinguished Service Order
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331:Jesus College, Cambridge
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217:Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt
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518:Somaliland Protectorate
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195:Mentioned in Despatches
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1109:. London: HMSO. 1919.
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1045:The Long, Long Trail
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658:Governor of Bermuda
526:Dhulbahante garesas
514:Deputy Commissioner
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1095:Who Was Who
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70:19 May 1939
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1255:1927â1928
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