Rotarian David Cherry, gave a fascinating insight on the life of General “Galloper Jack” Seely and his horse Warrior.
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, CB, CMG, DSO, TD, PC, JP, DL (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), was also known as Jack Seely, He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924.
He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, . He led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior. Seely was a great friend of Winston Churchill and the only former cabinet minister to go to the front in 1914. Jack Seely was at the heart of some of the most important events of the first part of the 20th century. His life was one of adventure, and service. At the outbreak of the First World War, Seely went to the Western Front and there made his name as a humane and innovative leader.
David summed up Jacks life as a “Boys own hero“ A soldier, a Statesman and adventurer.
The book: General “Galloper Jack” Seely, details the remarkable story of the man who rode a Real War Horse.
