19 JUNE 1964, Page 13

ONE MAN'S D-DAY

SIR,—lain Macleod was lucky to have a batman who knew his Bernard Shaw so well as to recall from Arms and the Man:

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

T. A. BIRCH