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Sir (Joseph) John Asser

(1867-1949), General

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Sir (Joseph) John Asser

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1920
NPG x67091

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Sir (Joseph) John Asser

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1920
NPG x67092

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Sir (Joseph) John Asser

by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1920
NPG x67093

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John Hodgson

28 July 2015, 19:03

General Sir John Asser is referenced in André Maurois' (the author of 'Colonel Bramble's Silence' and 'Fattypuffs and Thinnifers' ) memoirs as "A superb giant of a man, who had been the commander-in-chief in the Sudan, with taut eyebrows over eyes which remained half shut by the Egyptian sun and was, as Kipling said, a presence." my translation from the French.
"Memories, 1885-1967, p127