Talk:Duncan Sandys

Dinner conversation with the Prime Minister

As recounted by U.S. Air Force general Elwood R. Quesada in: Kohn, Richard H.; Harahan, Joseph P. (1983), Air Superiority in World War II and Korea: An interview with Gen. James Ferguson, Gen. Robert M. Lee, Gen. William Momyer, and Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada, Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, p. 56

Shortly before the invasion of Normandy, Sandys attended a formal dinner hosted by his father-in-law, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, at which Sandys and Churchill scandalized the military guests present with the following exchange:

Sandys: Pops.

Churchill: Yes, my son?

Sandys: Would you give us a hand at this end of the table?

Churchill: I will try.

Sandys: We are trying to decide who is the greatest living statesman of our time.

Churchill: Mussolini!

Sandys: Well, why do you say that, Pops?

Churchill: The only statesman of our time with sufficient courage to murder his own son-in-law!

- Morinao (talk) 02:57, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Those injuries.

Depending on which account you read, Duncan Sandys injuries were the result of a motoring accident when an exhausted driver fell asleep at the wheel while driving Duncan Sandys to a meeting.

So what happened to the driver?AT Kunene (talk) 13:54, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

If the driver did not die, he was most likely prosecuted for driving without due care and attention.Cloptonson (talk) 14:58, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

National Service

Much to my relief, while serving my apprenticeship Duncan Sandys also finally abolished National Service.AT Kunene (talk) 08:26, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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