shortly after the start of world war i, from 12 to 31 august 1914, he was commander of the 6th squadron. in may 2008 he appeared on soccer am's crossbar challenge on sky sports 1 dressed as wonder woman. he collects a sample of 6 tortoises and 6 hares, and makes them all run his race at once. that is, timing accuracy is relative to the size of the interval being timed. it was made to a very high quality standard and had an increased rate of fire (around 900 rounds per minute). 