Jacker and Baker

April 26, 2020 00:29:38
Jacker and Baker
Wireless Theatre Ltd Audio Drama
Jacker and Baker

Apr 26 2020 | 00:29:38

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Show Notes

Two students, Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson and Philip John Noel-Baker, became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. One became a war hero, awarded the DSO and three Bars and becoming the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army. The other created the Friends Ambulance Unit, served in WW1 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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