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278: Did Rudyard Kipling Send His Only Son To His Death

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Episode 278: Did Rudyard Kipling Send His Only Son To His Death

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Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that bring the past to life.

During the First World War, Rudyard Kipling (author of "The Jungle Book" amongst others) pulled strings to get his son a commission after he failed his army medical. His intervention would end in tragedy for both father and son.

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