Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-18 | Page 1 | churchill Dons Army Uniform

' ARMY UNIFORM Bids Wife Farewell and Leaves Unrecognized on Special Car for France. London, Nov. IS, 11:32 a. in Wius-ton Wius-ton Spencer Churchill, former first lord of tho admiralty, and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, In the uniform uni-form of his regiment, le4t for the front this morning. Hia wjre bade him farewell fare-well at the railroad station, where he pasBed unrecognized on the platrorm as he waited to euter a special can Mr. Churchill became widely known aB a soldier before ho began his political po-litical career. He entered the army In 1S95 after being graduated from Sandhurst He served with the Ma-lakand Ma-lakand field in 1907; was present at the operations In Bajavur, served with tho Tirah and Nile expeditionary forces, for-ces, being present at the battle of Khartum. He also saw service as a lieutenant of South African light house before he became a newspaper correspondent to report the Boer war. Mr. Churchill Is listed as a major of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Hus-sars and it probably Is this rogiment which ho has left to Join.