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We sem to be getting in a bit of a tangle here. Erskine Crum was appointed GOC on 4 February, and relieved on 2 March. CAIN implies he'd already had a heart attack by then, but didn't die until 17 March. We now have text in this article saying he had a heart-attack on the 16th (by implication 16 February from where it's sited in the text), but then it's later stated he died in hospital the day after the heart-attack. David Underdown (talk) 15:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
It probably looks confusing because I hadn't read the previous sentence in relation to my addition/change, or something. According to the Bew book, entry dated 3rd of Feb 1971,
On the following day Lieutenant-General Vernon Erskine-Crum succeeds Sir Ian Freeland as Army GOC in Northern Ireland; however he suffers a severe heart attack 12 days later and days in hospital on 17 March. [and now I see where I went wrong!] On 2 March Erskine-Crum is replaced by Lieutenant-General Harry Tuzo who proves to be a controversial appointment in as much as he plays a greater political role in NI affairs than any other GOC.
I see from your references that he was promoted from Major-General to Lieutenant General from 4th Feb, the date he became GOC NI. Normally that rank carries an automatic knighthood: presumably he died before that could be arranged? NRPanikker (talk) 07:42, 3 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
Probably, the next available occasion for honours would have been the Queen's Birthday Honours, which wouldn't have been until June, which was the pattern followed with Ian Freeland, Erskine-Crums predecessor in the post as GOC NI. David Underdown (talk) 08:22, 3 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
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