From today’s Telegraph letters page:
Comparatively ungallant nickname for a military hero
SIR – Those with experience of the old Stock Exchange floor will readily recall some of the nicknames (Letters, August 22) bestowed upon its habitués.
Among them were two brothers, both with highly distinguished military careers and both winners of the Military Cross, one with bar and one without.
The latter acquired the sobriquet of “The Coward”.
[Many thanks to AH for the tip.]Quentin Smith, Dunley, Hampshire
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