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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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When I reflect upon the characters and attainments of some of the general officers of this army...on whom I am to rely...I tremble: and as Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names he trembles as I do.
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, military dispatch, 1810
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January 10
1308: The Templars created in England
1862: The Victoria Rifles of Canada are organized, during a period of Anglo-American tension during the American Civil War, as the '3rd Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles'
1946: First UN General Assembly held in London
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