Trivia 11-16-17 Poetic

[Trivia Master]

I'll weave a tale of adventure
To tell you of my fame
Despite my noble exploits
There are few who know my name.

Though some say 'tis but fancy,
Just a manufactured story
I served in six great armies
Gaining knighthood and much glory.

When the Southern states seceded
Firing shells at Sumter's wall
I offered up my sword in answer
To the Union's call.

I led men from the Garden State
With boldness and with dash
In battle's heat you'd find me
Furiously twirling my mustache.

My finest hour fighting was
On the field of Brandy Station
My troopers almost won the day
Through sheer determination.

I angered Mosby, calling him
A thief and not a ranger
In my HQ he stole my clothes
And made light of the danger.

Upon war's end I didn't stay
But sailed for India's shore
I tried to run a paper, opera,
A logging firm and more.

I met my end uniquely,
My hot air balloon in flame
But if I'd known the danger
I'd have done it just the same
For I always craved adventure
From my first day to my last
We're not all dull and colorless
We warriors from the past.

Who am I?

credit: @amweiner

 

[BlueNGrey]

Colonel Percy Wyndham

 

[Brenal]

Great question, you are,
Percy Wyndham.

 

[truthckr]

Percy Wyndham (soldier)

 

[Wallyfish]

This has to be Sir Percy Wyndham.

Not many can say they died in a balloon accident in India.

http://www.historynet.com/sir-percy...rmys-flamboyant-english-cavalry-commander.htm

 

[captaindrew]

Sir Percy Wyndham

 

[SWMODave]

Nice poem am

I am Percy Wyndham and I got the idea for the moustache from a bonsai tree

Source

 

[hughes]

Percy "Show no mercy" Wyndham

 

[FarawayFriend]

Great poem, great life! And I had never heard of you!
But now I know at least your name, you are Colonel Percy Wyndham and you died when you were only 45 years old.

"On 27 January 1879 he was killed when his balloon burst open and fell from a height of about three hundred feet into a lake near Rangoon, Burma. A newspaper there reported his death, concluding "Thus ended a singular and adventurous career.

Indeed! Rest in peace, Percy Wyndham!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Percy_Wyndham_(soldier)&oldid=805035109

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Percy Wyndham

 

[ErnieMac]

Sir Percy Wyndham.

 

[Jimklag]

You are Sir Percy Wyndham - source

 

[kholland]

Percy Wyndham

 

[DBF]

You Are Sir Percy Wyndham, a name I'll not forget,
one of the more colorful fighters, that you ever met.
from England, France, Austria and then to Italy,
it seems there was no battle, from which you did not flee.

So onward on to American to fight a civil war,
and then a move to India to another distant shore.
Like many dashing men - you would die too soon,
looking down from blue skies as you rode in your balloon.

Great Poem amweiner.
http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=665

 

[sjw83071]

Percy Wyndham

 

[WJC]

I'll weave a tale of adventure
To tell you of my fame
Despite my noble exploits
There are few who know my name.

Though some say 'tis but fancy,
Just a manufactured story
I served in six great armies
Gaining knighthood and much glory.

When the Southern states seceded
Firing shells at Sumter's wall
I offered up my sword in answer
To the Union's call.

I led men from the Garden State
With boldness and with dash
In battle's heat you'd find me
Furiously twirling my mustache.

My finest hour fighting was
On the field of Brandy Station
My troopers almost won the day
Through sheer determination.

I angered Mosby, calling him
A thief and not a ranger
In my HQ he stole my clothes
And made light of the danger.

Upon war's end I didn't stay
But sailed for India's shore
I tried to run a paper, opera,
A logging firm and more.

I met my end uniquely,
My hot air balloon in flame
But if I'd known the danger
I'd have done it just the same
For I always craved adventure
From my first day to my last
We're not all dull and colorless
We warriors from the past.

Who am I?

credit: @amweiner

Percy Wyndham (1833-1879)

 

[AnnaLee]

Sir Percy Wyndham.

 

[MC44]

Percy Wyndham

 

[LoyaltyOfDogs]

Sir Percy Wyndham, flamboyant in death as in life.
Source: http://www.historynet.com/sir-percy...rmys-flamboyant-english-cavalry-commander.htm.

 

[adisciu9]

Percy Windham