2nd August 2020
I've written another song, this one is about General Herbert Plumer who lived for a period of time at his parent's house in Haldon Road. Torquay. After his father had squandered away the vast majority of a large inheritance on drink and horses the family moved from London to Torquay where they purchased the villa Malpas Lodge in the Lincombes in Torquay. Having recently read a book about him I now know what a clever officer he was and it might come as a surprise to some people how well he did during the First World War.
A hero of the Boer war
His strategies well planned
He served in India
And in the Sudan
Young Herbert went to Eton
With holidays in Torquay
Cricket in the summer season
There by the sea
Young Herbert went to Eton
With holidays in Torquay
A general of the Great War
His strategies well planned
He served in the Flanders mud
Where he was in command
He came back to Torquay
From the Great War
Honoured with a ceremony
In the town hall
Yes he came back from Torquay
From the Great War
They gathered in the town hall
To honour his return
The freedom of the borough
He was given and he had earned
A general of the Great War
His strategies well planned
He served in the Flanders mud
Where he was in command
Commander of the army
That occupied the Rhine
After the armistice
That had been signed
After the armistice
That had been signed