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Did you know that the son of Mrs Humphrey Ward, the famous novelist, was such a dud that the army did not want him during WWI? Like he was literally a trained member of the militia, had been for years, volunteered for active duty, was sent to Egypt and managed to annoy his superiors so much that they sent him back. Then the same again in a different company. This was quite an achievement, given that junior officers were lasting an average of 6 weeks at the time. You’d have thought the ability to stand up and point at the front was pretty much all that was required at that point, and yet Arnold Ward was so annoying on a personal level that he got rejected.

Failed journalist, failed lawyer, failed parliamentarian, failed anti-suffragette, failed soldier, gambling addict.